'''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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Xenephon was the primary historian of the last days of Greece's freedom. He wrote a detailed acount ''Hellenica'' which picked up where [[Thucydides]]'s ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' left off.
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Xenephon 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. He wrote a detailed account ''Hellenica'' which picked up where [[Thucydides]]'s ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' left off.