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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. | + | Xenophon was the primary historian of the last days of [[Ancient Greece|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. |
| − | 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. | + | 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]]. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 07:03, March 14, 2008
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.
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.
References
- ↑ Xenophon. E. C. Marchant (Translator), O. J. Todd (Translator). Xenophon: Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apologia. (Loeb Classical Library No. 168)
