title: The Expedition of Cyrus (Oxford World's Classics)
author:  Xenophon 
description: Tim Rood is Fellow and Tutor in Classics at St. Hugh's College, Oxford.
zlib_text: **Two To The Fifth**
  
  Xanth Book 32
  
  By Piers Anthony
  
    
  
  Table of Contents
  
  Chapter 1: Cyrus
  
  Chapter 2: Challenges
  
  Chapter 3: Assignment
  
  Chapter 4: Writer's Block
  
  Chapter 5: Melete
  
  Chapter 6: Curse
  
  Chapter 7: Complications
  
  Chapter 8: Kadence
  
  Chapter 9: Violation
  
  Chapter 10: Dream
  
  Chapter 11: Play
  
  Chapter 12: Recruiting
  
  Chapter 13: Itinerary
  
  Chapter 14: Andromeda
  
  Chapter 15: Orienta
  
  Chapter 16: Layea
  
  Chapter 17: Lullaby
  
  Chapter 18: Ragna
  
  Chapter 19: Battle
  
  Author's Note
  
    
    
    
  
   **Chapter 1: Cyrus**
  
  "Get the lead out of your ass."
  
  Cyrus jumped, almost falling off his donkey. "Who said that?"
  
  "Get thee to a nunnery."
  
  This time he placed the source. "You're talking!" he said to the donkey.
  
  "Who said that?" the animal said. "You're talking."
  
  "You're repeating whatever you have heard most recently," Cyrus said, catching
  on. "That voice unit was supposed to be for braying. How can you speak words?"
  
  "Defective workmanship," the donkey said. "You installed the wr