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In "400 BC: The Story of the Ten Thousand," writer Lewis Helfand and artist Lalit Kumar Singh bring to life the harrowing journey of Greek mercenaries caught in the crossfire of Persian power struggles. When a failed campaign leaves them stranded deep in enemy territory, the surviving ten thousand must forge a path home through treachery and hardship, led by the unlikely figure of Xenophon. The story, illustrated with vivid detail by Lalit Kumar Singh and colored by Akhil P. Lal and Prince Varghese, captures the resilience of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances, with a cover by Lalit Kumar Singh that sets the tone for the epic march.
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Harvests have been bad in Greece, and Aeneas persuades Eustachius to join a mercenary force in Cyrus the Younger's war for the Persian throne. When Cyrus is killed in battle, and the Greek mercenary captains are slain by treachery, Cheirisophus and Xenophon quickly emerge as the Greek leaders. They set off with the ten thousand, determined to march and fight their way to the sea and thence to home. Aeneas and Cheirisophus are among those lost along the way, but at length Xenophon leads six thousand men home to Greece, and Eustachius returns to his family and farm.
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