In this book edited by Robin Lane Fox, twelve leading academics analyze Xenophon's 'Anabasis', a rich and valuable source of social and cultural history, through a wide range of themes.

The personal motivations of the author himself are explored, as well as the behaviors of his soldiers, their relationships with women, their religious concerns, and their interactions with the peoples they encountered during their journey to the Aegean Sea.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]