TY - JOUR
T1 - Two notes on the Battle of Cunaxa
AU - Shannahan, John
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In Xenophon's account of the battle of Cunaxa, fought between Artaxerxes II and Cyrus the Younger in 401BC, a succinct description of the soldiers facing the Greeks is provided: there were Egyptians present, carrying wooden shields reaching to the feet. No other source mentions the presence of Egyptians. Nonetheless, they warrant attention. The following establishes the trustworthiness of Xenophon, his shield vocabulary, and the relation of his description to other evidence. The second note challenges Ehrhardt's thesis of the intentional retreat of Artaxerxes' left wing at the battle, published in this journal in 1994.
AB - In Xenophon's account of the battle of Cunaxa, fought between Artaxerxes II and Cyrus the Younger in 401BC, a succinct description of the soldiers facing the Greeks is provided: there were Egyptians present, carrying wooden shields reaching to the feet. No other source mentions the presence of Egyptians. Nonetheless, they warrant attention. The following establishes the trustworthiness of Xenophon, his shield vocabulary, and the relation of his description to other evidence. The second note challenges Ehrhardt's thesis of the intentional retreat of Artaxerxes' left wing at the battle, published in this journal in 1994.
KW - Iran
KW - history
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:50431
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M3 - Article
SN - 0835-3638
VL - 28
SP - 61
EP - 81
JO - Ancient History Bulletin
JF - Ancient History Bulletin
IS - 45323
ER -