'''Xenophon''' was a Greek historian and a disciple of [[Socrates]]. He lived from 427 to 355 BC.
'''Xenophon''' was a Greek historian and a disciple of [[Socrates]]. He lived from 427 to 355 BC.
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Xenophon was the primary historian of the last days of Greece's freedom. His ''Memorabilia'' depicts Socrates as a teacher of virtue who balanced reason and faith in order to attain the truth. <ref>Xenophon. E. C. Marchant (Translator), O. J. Todd (Translator). Xenophon: Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apologia. (Loeb Classical Library No. 168) </ref> He wrote a detailed account ''Hellenica'' which picked up where [[Thucydides]]'s ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' left off.
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Xenophon was the primary historian of the last days of Greece's freedom. His ''Memorabilia'' depicts Socrates as a teacher of virtue who balanced reason and faith in order to attain the truth. <ref>Xenophon. E. C. Marchant (Translator), O. J. Todd (Translator). Xenophon: Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apologia. (Loeb Classical Library No. 168) </ref> He wrote a detailed account ''Hellenica'' which picked up where [[Thucydides]]'s ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' left off.
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Xenophon's most famous work is the "Anabasis" or "Upland March", which describes the march of the 10,000 Greek mercenaries through Anatolia to get back to Greece. It is read as a basic text in ancient Greek.