Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian governor Cyrus against the Persian king. After the defeat of Cyrus, it fell to Xenophon to lead the Greeks from the gates o[...]

An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing a rare firsthand account of Socrates' life and philosophy. The Memorabilia is invaluable both as a work of philosophy in its own right and as a compleme[...]

"It is the best of Xenophon, it is the worst of Xenophon. Readers looking for a carefully researched, well balanced, and reliable narrative of Greek affairs from 404 to 395 (BC) will be disappointed"- the author. This section of the Hellenika includes the trial of Theramenes and the conspiracy of Ki[...]

Offers translations of Xenophon's Socratic writings. This book provides a general introduction that discusses Xenophon, Socrates and Socratic literature. It also contains short introductions to each individual work; annotation; and an index.[...]

This Companion, the first dedicated to the philosopher and historian Xenophon of Athens, gives readers a sense of why he has held such a prominent place in literary and political culture from antiquity to the present and has been a favourite author of individuals as diverse as Machiavelli, Thomas Je[...]

Title: Illustrations, chiefly geographical, of the history of the Expedition of Cyrus from Sardis to Babylonia; and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, from thence to Trebisonde and Lydia. With an appendix, containing an enquiry into the best method of improving the geography of the Anabasis, &c[...]