Xenophon

14 09, 2017

From Xerxes to Alexander – the later Persian Empire

By |2019-10-24T12:52:19-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on From Xerxes to Alexander – the later Persian Empire

The Persian shah, Xerxes, from the 400s BC. Death of Xerxes and revolt In 465 BC, someone killed the Persian King Xerxes. His assassin may have been his son Ardashir [...]

3 08, 2017

Anna Comnena’s Alexiad – Byzantine literature

By |2019-01-22T11:03:06-08:00August 3rd, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Anna Comnena’s Alexiad – Byzantine literature

Anna Comnena, author of the Alexiad Who was Anna Comnena? Anna Comnena was born a princess in 1083 AD. She was the oldest child of the Byzantine emperor Alexios. She was named [...]

11 07, 2017

Who was Xenophon? What’s the Anabasis?

By |2018-04-23T09:12:24-07:00July 11th, 2017|Greeks, History, Literature|Comments Off on Who was Xenophon? What’s the Anabasis?

A later portrait of Xenophon (now in the Prado museum in Madrid) Xenophon, like Thucydides, was an Athenian from a rich family who lived during the Peloponnesian War, in the [...]

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