Word: xenophon
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Inevitably, the immensity of Burrow's task requires as much omission as inclusion, and from the get-go he states his intention to bypass memoirs. Fortunately, at first, he seems to forget his own criterion. For instance, several pages are devoted to Xenophon's The Persian Expedition, a masterful account of a small Greek army trapped behind enemy lines, deep in the heart of the Persian Empire. Yet one of the stars of the show was Xenophon himself, his book a subtle piece of self-promotion. Likewise, Burrow makes a welcome exception for a memoir by Bernal...
...Xenophon and Díaz warrant mention, where are the likes of Otto von Bismarck, Winston Churchill and Henry Kissinger? Where would our understanding of the rise of Germany be without Bismarck, the diplomatic and military trials of World War II without Churchill, or the Soviets, Mao and Nixon without Kissinger? Their extensive memoirs were written in part to contribute to history, but also as a personal defense against future historians. This dynamic - the statesman as historian - would have been a fascinating one for Burrow to explore...
...Harvard elementary Greek examination (4 points), the following Board examination in Greek--(a) ii Greek composition; (b) Xenophon's "Anabasis," books I-IV; (g) translation at sight of Greek prose. (These must be offered the same year...
...VIII. Double Acrostic. Xenophon and Xantippe...