Xenophon. Xenophon in Seven Volumes, 3. Carleton L. Brownson. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; William Heinemann, Ltd., London. 1922.
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One of the all-time great adventure stories.
Love the Anabasis and admire Xenophon. His name makes me wonder if he murdered (xenos) the Greek language (sound). I love how one of his fellow chieftans sneezed during one of their last battle planning meetings where he once again emerged as the de-facto general, and the sneeze was taken as an omen of the ‘gods’ communicating their blessing.
Learned a new word...
parasang
păr′ə-săng″
noun
An ancient Persian unit of distance, usually estimated at 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers).
Some of my earliest Greek translating was from this work. Couldn’t see the forest for the trees, though. IMO a good many ancient texts could use a colloquial translation. One that irks the purists but enlightens the layman.
If these physical descriptions were given to 50 different English readers with instructions to draw an illustration based upon the same, how many would come up with the same result?
Remind anyone else of the "climate change" narrative's influence on people today???
I love ancient history because Man doesn't change. He is always such a fool. (Though Christ did cause some improvement.)