Comments on: Books I should have read by now #94: The Anabasis http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/books-i-should-have-read-by-now-94-the-anabasis/ Thu, 23 May 2013 22:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dwighttowers http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/books-i-should-have-read-by-now-94-the-anabasis/#comment-5194 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:27:45 +0000 http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/?p=5267#comment-5194 Will do then! Thanks. Like your site, btw!

]]> By: anonemiss http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/books-i-should-have-read-by-now-94-the-anabasis/#comment-5186 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:29:16 +0000 http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/?p=5267#comment-5186 You should read it. It has some great nuggets of gold: democracy vs. autocracy, what sports and games meant to the ancient Hellenes, heavy infantry vs massed peasants, etc.

I always imagined a film version would start with foots walking on snow (from the walkers point of view) when a faint shout is heard: “The sea! The sea!” the walker lifts his eyes and start running past marching men until he comes to the edge and sees the sea, then the camera turns and shows the face of Xenophon. The screen goes black and the title is shown: The March of the Ten Thousands.

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