March of the Ten Thousand

Thanks to Xenophon we have a detailed description of events, written in the style of a war correspondent. When other leading Greek figures fell, he had to step up and embrace the task of conveying information about unknown peoples, the locations of ancient ruins, exotic landscapes, previously unknown flora and fauna, unusual dining and drinking traditions, not forgetting the sexual preferences. He wrote about the unusual composition of armies as well as about different people: women, children, courtesans, merchants, doctors, servants and prisoners. In exposing the war, this Socrates scholar doesn’t hold back with ethical issues and questions of appropriate moral conduct.