Cost of Glory

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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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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