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'''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. | ||
| − | + | 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 a Greek historian and a disciple of Socrates. He lived from 427 to 355 BC.
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. [1] He wrote a detailed account Hellenica which picked up where Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War left off.
References
- ↑ Xenophon. E. C. Marchant (Translator), O. J. Todd (Translator). Xenophon: Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apologia. (Loeb Classical Library No. 168)
