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=Literary Career=

=Literary Career=

The principal of Xenophon's literary works (which seem to all have survived unto this day) are the “Anabasis,” being an account in seven books of the expedition of Cyrus and his own conduct of the retreat; the “Memorabilia,” in four books, being an account of the life and teaching and in defense of his master Socrates; the “Helenica,” in seven books, being an account of 49 years of Grecian history in continuation of Thucydides to the battle of Mantinea; and “Cyropædeia,” in eight books, being an ideal account of the education of Cyrus the Elder. Xenophon wrote pure Greek in a plain, perspicuous, and unaffected style, had an eye to the practical in his estimate of things, and professed a sincere belief in a divine government of the world .<ref>{{Nuttall|Xenophon}}</ref>

The principal of Xenophon's literary works (which seem to all have survived unto this day) are the “Anabasis,” being an account in seven books of the expedition of [[Cyrus the Younger]] and his own conduct of the retreat; the “Memorabilia,” in four books, being an account of the life and teaching and in defense of his master Socrates; the “Helenica,” in seven books, being an account of 49 years of Grecian history in continuation of Thucydides to the battle of Mantinea; and “Cyropædeia,” in eight books, being an ideal account of the education of Cyrus the Elder. Xenophon wrote pure Greek in a plain, perspicuous, and unaffected style, had an eye to the practical in his estimate of things, and professed a sincere belief in a divine government of the world .<ref>{{Nuttall|Xenophon}}</ref>

 

==The Cyropædia==

==The Cyropædia==