And what of Xenophon himself? There is much to be said on that topic. But it is ‘another story.’ In this he must speak for himself.
H. G. Dakyns.
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
In translating Professor Witt’s version of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand, I have ventured to divide the chapters, and also to re-arrange in some cases the grouping of sentences and paragraphs, for the sake of greater clearness. The figures given for numbers, distances and sums of money, are the same as in Mr. Dakyns’ translation of the works of Xenophon. Here and there too I have modified or omitted or added a phrase, as for instance in substituting, on the first page, Alfred the Great for Karl der Grosse, as an example more familiar to English readers; and in adding to the description of Persepolis one or two details to explain the illustrations. But in the main I have endeavoured to reproduce accurately Professor Witt’s text in simple English, without either addition or omission.
The illustrations are mostly taken (by permission) from MM. Perrot and Chipiez’s ‘Histoire de l’Art dans l’Antiquité.’ Some few are from Baumeister’s Dictionary. The two views are from photographs kindly lent for the purpose by Mr. Cecil Smith, of the British Museum.
I am glad to take the opportunity of expressing my very grateful thanks to Mr. Dakyns for his kindness in forwarding this attempt to interest English children in the writings of an author to whom he has himself given so many hours of sympathetic study. And I hope that many readers of this little book may be stimulated to the effort of studying for themselves the works of the great historian in the original Greek.
Frances Younghusband.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Great King | [1] |
| II. | The Persian Empire | [7] |
| III. | Hellas | [13] |
| IV. | The Rival Brothers | [15] |
| V. | Preparations | [21] |
| VI. | On the March | [27] |
| VII. | The Princess Epyaxa | [32] |
| VIII. | Clearchus | [38] |
| IX. | Negotiations at Tarsus | [42] |
| X. | From Tarsus to Myriandus | [49] |
| XI. | The Crossing of the Euphrates | [53] |
| XII. | In the Desert | [57] |
| XIII. | The Treachery of Orontes | [62] |
| XIV. | The King approaches | [65] |
| XV. | Before the Battle | [71] |
| XVI. | The Battle of Cunaxa | [75] |
| XVII. | The Treaty with Ariæus | [81] |
| XVIII. | The Treaty with the Great King | [86] |
| XIX. | The Defection of Ariæus | [93] |
| XX. | A Conference with Tissaphernes | [96] |
| XXI. | The Treachery of Tissaphernes | [100] |
| XXII. | Xenophon | [105] |
| XXIII. | Election of Officers | [110] |
| XXIV. | Xenophon addresses the Troops | [114] |
| XXV. | Annoyed by Mithridates | [119] |
| XXVI. | Harassed by Tissaphernes | [124] |
| XXVII. | The last of Tissaphernes | [129] |
| XXVIII. | The River or the Mountains? | [134] |
| XXIX. | The Carduchians | [137] |
| XXX. | Seizing a Pass | [141] |
| XXXI. | A long Day’s Fighting | [147] |
| XXXII. | The Crossing of the Kentrites | [151] |
| XXXIII. | The Satrap Tiribazus | [157] |
| XXXIV. | An Armenian Winter | [162] |
| XXXV. | Armenian Villages | [167] |
| XXXVI. | The Taochians | [171] |
| XXXVII. | The Sea! the Sea! | [177] |
| XXXVIII. | The Macronians and the Colchians | [181] |
| XXXIX. | The Games at Trebizond | [185] |
| XL. | The After-life of Xenophon | [189] |