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This is the full text of the seven-book narrative Anabasis by Xenophon. It is the story of the Greek mercenary soldiers who fought for Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to seize the Persian throne from his brother, Artaxerxes II. It contains a famous eyewitness account of the mercenaries' long trek ("the march of the 10,000") from near Babylon to the Euxine (Black Sea) after Cyrus's defeat at the Battle of Cunaxa (401 bc).
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- Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)