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Sourena
Joined: 15 Jan 2004 Posts: 191
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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reza wrote: | thankis for the show of support guys, i appreciate it.
P.s. sourena - i woluldnt take xenophon too seriously - his writings were more directed towards story than history, although it is a historical document. |
That is true. Oh well, he was Greek, what can you do?
Just Kidding. It's still a great story though, have to give him that much. |
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reza
Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 466 Location: England
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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yea ive read it a couple of times, its interesting to note that a greek was appreciating the values of a a good king, he did the same thing in "the march of the ten thousand" when he described cyrus the younger _________________ "When on the battlefield if you have the sole intention of breaking into the enemy lines, you will manifest martial valour. Furthermore if you are slain in battle you should be resolved to having your corpse facing the enemy" - Yamamoto tsunetomo |
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