The Anabasis

[Imperial Dave]

https://greekreporter.com/2025/02/05/xenophon-anabasis-ten-thousand-ancient-greece-escape/

The Anabasis is still one of my favourite books...

[Ian61]

This and Thucydides were the only bits of Greek history I read as a teenager, they both impressed me but the pull of Rome was more alluring. I have read a lot more Xenophon recently but although 'The education of Cyrus' is interesting it doesn't have the same punch as his true life struggle.

[Imperial Dave]

Agreed. I prefer him to JC though...

[Old Sarum]

It was the set book for my Greek 'O' Level in 1970!

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Cantabrigian]

Agreed. I prefer him to JC though...

John Cleese?

[Imperial Dave]

Julius Caesar

The inventor of the pin cushion

[Ian61]

Julius Caesar

The inventor of the pin cushion

Genius, and such a modest man too.  

[Cantabrigian]

Julius Caesar

The inventor of the pin cushion

I thought that was St.Edmund, but maybe that's an anglo-centric education for you.

[Cantabrigian]

Genius, and such a modest man too.  

As it says in Bellum Gallicum:

Ceaser was a man of unsurpassed modesty

[Ian61]

Genius, and such a modest man too.  

As it says in Bellum Gallicum:

Ceaser was a man of unsurpassed modesty

So it must be true if he tells us himself.

[Imperial Dave]

The last thing going through his mind was,"Why didn't I wear the red toga....?"

[Cantabrigian]

The last thing going through his mind was,"Why didn't I wear the red toga....?"

His last words were:

"Infamy, infamy.  They've all got it in for me."

[Justin Swanton]

The last thing going through his mind was,"Why didn't I wear the red toga....?"

Really? I thought it was Brutus' dagger. 😵


.... sorry....

[Keraunos]

For a while I entertained the thought that the JC being referred to was the "I didn't get to where I am today by...." boss in 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin', but having checked I find that was CJ rather than JC.  Easy to get these fellas mixed up.