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In "The Persian Expedition", Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of miles of difficult terrain - adrift in a hostile country and under constant attack from the unforgiving Persians and warlike tribes. In this outstanding description of endurance and individual bravery, Xenophon, one of those chosen to lead the retreating army, provides a vivid narrative of the campaign and its aftermath, and his account remains one of the best pictures we have of Greeks confronting a 'barbarian' world.
Contributeurs : Robert Boncardo, Laurence Gossart, Odile Hamot, Gordon Millan, Jean-Claude Milner et Laurent Mourey.
Contributeurs : Quentin Belot-Couloumies, Nicolas Berland, Regis Boulat, Michel Capron, Cecile Cezanne, Pierre-Yves Gomez, Thomas Grandjean, Estele Jouison, Yves Kassi, Stanislas Kihm, Florence Kremer, Pierre Labardin, Jerome Meric, Roland Perez, Sandra Rigot, Elen Riot et Henri Zimnovitch.
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Ottmar Ette’s TransArea proceeds from the thesis that globalization is not a recent phenomenon, but rather, a process of long duration that may be divided into four main phases of accelerated globalization. These phases connect our present, across the world’s widely divergent modern eras, to the period of early modern history. Ette demonstrates how the literatures of the world make possible a tangible perception of that which constitutes Life, both of our planet and on our planet, which may only be understood through the application of multiple logics. There is no substitute for the knowledge of literature: it is the knowledge of life, from life. This English translation will be of great...
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