Being Greek
Henry Day: Up Country with Xenophon, 2 November 2006
The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand
by Robin Lane Fox.
Yale, 351 pp., £25, September 2004,0 300 10403 0 Show More
by Robin Lane Fox.
Yale, 351 pp., £25, September 2004,
The Expedition of Cyrus
by Xenophon, translated by Robin Waterfield.
Oxford, 231 pp., £8.99, September 2005,0 19 282430 9 Show More
by Xenophon, translated by Robin Waterfield.
Oxford, 231 pp., £8.99, September 2005,
Xenophon’s Retreat: Greece, Persia and the End of the Golden Age
by Robin Waterfield.
Faber, 248 pp., £17.99, November 2006,0 571 22383 4 Show More
by Robin Waterfield.
Faber, 248 pp., £17.99, November 2006,
“... after 380 seems likely: George Cawkwell, in the Lane Fox volume, argues persuasively for 370-367; Tim Rood, in his excellent introduction to Waterfield’s translation, also favours a date in the 360s. It’s probable, then, that Xenophon was aware of Isocrates’ criticisms. In response, he emphasises that not all the mercenaries followed Cyrus simply ... ”
