The Witt, C. (Carl) 1815-1891 creator Xenophon 432 BCE-351? BCE Dakyns, Henry Graham 1838-1911 Younghusband, Frances text utu 2023 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Retreat of the Ten Thousand" by C. Witt and Xenophon is an ancient Greek account written around 370 BC. It tells the story of ten thousand Greek mercenaries stranded deep in Persia after their employer, Cyrus the Younger, dies in battle against his brother. With their leaders killed by treachery, the soldiers must fight their way north through hostile territory, treacherous mountains, and foodless deserts to reach the safety of the Black Sea. Their desperate journey becomes one of history's greatest survival adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon) Based on Xenophon's Anabasis. Release date is 2023-10-17 Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896 Iran -- History -- To 640 Cyrus, the Younger, approximately 423 B.C.-401 B.C. Greece -- History -- Expedition of Cyrus, 401 B.C. PT London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896 https://archive.org/details/retreatoftenthou00witt https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71894 https://archive.org/details/retreatoftenthou00witt https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71894 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134649.0 71894