# Recommend a good English translation of Xenophon's Anabasis?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-english-translation-of-xenophons-anabasis/647538 "2013-01-17T19:00:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-english-translation-of-xenophons-anabasis/647538/1 "2013-01-17T19:00:03Z")

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Request as in the title. Is there an English translation, or a particular edition, that’s particularly well-regarded in the scholarly community? For that matter, does anyone here have a personal favorite?

Note: I’m not familiar with this historical period, so good explanatory footnotes are important as well as the quality of the translation itself.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-english-translation-of-xenophons-anabasis/647538/2 "2013-01-19T05:36:49Z")

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Well, I can’t vouch for the translation, or even the individual book, but I’ve always had good luck with the Penguin Classics editions in regards to classic literature.

If someone else has a better suggestion, though, I’d be glad to hear it, too—I’ve been meaning to get a copy of the Anabasis for myself for awhile now.