Title: Good introduction, could have had more extensive footnotes, translation easy to read
Product review: I guess I enjoyed reading Xenophon's "The Persian Expedition" or "Anabasis". The book and Xenophon has been denigrated through the millennia for not being truthful or rigorous, but the book, nevertheless is interesting to read through to get a first hand account of mercenary life in 400 BC as well as a hint of life in Persian lands. On the other hand, the book has been read throughout the ages by school children and those learning Greek.The translation is very easy to read and the lengthy introduction spells out the shortcomings of the book: there are several other accounts of the Ten Thousand that do not offer the same account of events as Xenophon's.Regardless, if you are interested in antiquity, primary source material is limited, making books like this worth while. I'd also consider Robin Waterfield's translation which has much more extensive footnotes
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