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53 - Xenophon, Anabasis I - Power Highlights

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Best highlights, power quotes, and notes from a leadership and adventure classic, Xenophon's Anabasis 1.
Featuring:
-How to get people to take real risks on your behalf
-How ancient army logistics worked
-Love affairs with foreign queens
-Hunting the Ostrich
-Qualities of good leaders, in Xenophon's opinion

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Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis
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Old Penguin Anabasis:
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Loeb Edition:
https://amzn.to/3HLGAeg

Key People:
Prince Cyrus
King Artaxerxes
Tissaphernes (satrap)
Epyaxa (Queen of Cilicia)
Xenophon
Clearchus
Tissaphernes
sacred fish
bustards
wild asses
ostriches

Key Places
Cilicia
Tarsus
Cunaxa (Battle of)
Euphrates River
Phrygia
Lydia
Thrace

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98 episodes

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Manage episode 354080634 series 2971885
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Best highlights, power quotes, and notes from a leadership and adventure classic, Xenophon's Anabasis 1.
Featuring:
-How to get people to take real risks on your behalf
-How ancient army logistics worked
-Love affairs with foreign queens
-Hunting the Ostrich
-Qualities of good leaders, in Xenophon's opinion

Amazon links (Click, Buy -> Support this show!)

Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis
https://amzn.to/3HLGAeg

Old Penguin Anabasis:
https://amzn.to/3HLGAeg

Loeb Edition:
https://amzn.to/3HLGAeg

Key People:
Prince Cyrus
King Artaxerxes
Tissaphernes (satrap)
Epyaxa (Queen of Cilicia)
Xenophon
Clearchus
Tissaphernes
sacred fish
bustards
wild asses
ostriches

Key Places
Cilicia
Tarsus
Cunaxa (Battle of)
Euphrates River
Phrygia
Lydia
Thrace

  continue reading

98 episodes

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