In a rare moment, the normally proud narrator and author demonstrates his folly when he is chided by Cheirisophus for his inability to guard the rear.
In a rare moment, the normally proud narrator and author demonstrates his folly when he is chided by Cheirisophus for his inability to guard the rear. Told in seven books, the longer section details the return march down to the Euxine, while the first part details the march to the Battle of Cunaxa, where Clearchus is killed. The Greek mercenary troops are harried by the forces of Tissaphernes during the return, with the author figuring prominently in the retreat.  FTP, name the celebrated prose history of the defeat of Cyrus and the heroic retreat of the Ten Thousand, written by Xenophon.
In a rare moment, the normally proud narrator and author demonstrates his folly when he is chided by Cheirisophus for his inability to guard the rear.
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