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Novel by Xenophon.

Author

432 BCE-351? BCE Xenophon-430–-354

Original language

Classical Greek

Genre

Literary fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Long80,000 to 120,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 7 h 56 min at 250 words a minute, or 12 h 48 min as an audiobook.

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The books closest in length, and a few well-known ones for scale.

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6. 6Cyropaedia432 BCE-351? BCE Xenophon118,994
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Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

Words in the text

118,994

Chapters

8about 14,874 words each

Dialogue

49%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

24.6 words

Vocabulary

413 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.

Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

• gutenberg.orgword count
• wikidata.orgdescription and author
• hardcover.appreaders' rating

The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

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