The Sea! The Sea! : The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern Imagination
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The Sea! The Sea! tells the story of "Thalatta! Thalatta!" the shout that first echoed through the mountains of Eastern Turkey when it sprang from the mouths of the famous Ten Thousand, the army of Greek mercenaries whose adventures in what are now Turkey, Syria, and Iraq were described by the Athenian historian and philosopher Xenophon, who was himself a participant in the long march to the coast. The shout itself had an incredible afterlife, playing a persistent part in European and American culture traditions over the last two hundred years.
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The "triumphant" (Wall Street Journal) study fo the reverberations and repercussions of the famous rallying cry of Greek Mercenaries.
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The Sea! The Sea! : The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern Imagination
The Sea! The Sea!: The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern Imagination,Tim Rood,Overlook Hardcover,1585676640,American literature,Civilization,English literature,English-speaking countries,Expedition of Cyrus, 401 B.C,Greece,Greek influences,History,History - General History,History: World,Literature and history,World - General,History / Ancient / Greece
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