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Xenophon (430—354 B.C.E.) Xenophon was a Greek philosopher, soldier, historian, memoirist, and the author of numerous practical treatises on subjects ranging from horsemanship to taxation. While best known in the contemporary philosophical world as the author of a series of sketches of Socrates in conversation, known by their Latin title ...
His Socratic world often resembles a sanitized version of reality; Xenophon created a fictive history in which propositions about the pursuit of virtue—though they derive authority from being rooted in the past—acquire either a mythical aura or an intriguing piquancy through the use of a deviant version of that past.
Xenophon, Hellenica, Book 1, chapter 1, section 1. book: chapter: section: After this, 1 not many days later, Thymochares 2 came from Athens with a few ships; and thereupon the Lacedaemonians and the Athenians fought another naval battle, and the Lacedaemonians were victorious, under the leadership of Agesandridas.
Xenophon , (born 431, Attica, Greece—died shortly before 350 bc, Attica), Greek historian. Born of a well-to-do Athenian family, Xenophon was critical of extreme democracy and for a time was exiled as a traitor. He served with the Greek mercenaries of the Persian prince Cyrus, an experience on which he based his best-known work, the Anabasis ...
Xenophon (c. 430–c. 353 bce) came from a wealthy Athenian background and in his youth associated with Socrates. Participation in Cyrus’s unsuccessful rebellion in 401 and mercenary service with Spartan armies in Anatolia in 399–394 bce was followed by exile and prolonged residence near Olympia.
An Introduction to the writings of Xenophon, the Greek philosopher and military leader. With links to biography, bibliography and multimedia.
Aug 30, 2010 · Xenophon Xenophon, of Aegium. son of Menephylus, Olympic victor: Paus. 6.3.13. Xenophon (2), a Corinthian. Olympic victor: Paus. 4.24.5 Xenophon (3), Athenian sculptor. Paus. 8.30.10, Paus. 9.16.2. Xenophon (4), son of Grylus Life Xenophon, the son of Gryllus, was born at Athens during the early years of the Peloponnesian War into a family of knights; he died either in Athens or Corinth ...
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