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Xenophon

Also known as Xenophon of Athens

Xenophon of Athens (; ; 355/354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, he was elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand, who had been part of Cyrus the Younger's attempt to seize control of the Achaemenid Empire. As the military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge wrote, "the centuries since have devised nothing to surpass the genius of this warrior".

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Xenophon (Ξενοφών) was a male human born in 430 BCE in Erchia, Classical Athens, and died in 354 BCE in Corinth. He was a member of the deme of Erchia and held the position of strategos. His occupations included historian, mercenary, philosopher, and military personnel, with his primary field of work being philosophy. He spoke and wrote in Ancient Greek.

He was a student of Socrates, Prodicus, and Isocrates. His notable works include *Xenophon's Cyropaedia*, *Kyrou Anavasis*, and *Memorabilia*. He had a child named Gryllus. He is described by sources such as the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. He has been referred to by the nickname Attic Muse, or *Musa ática*.

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Works: 26

Top works

Xenophon's Cyropaedia
Kyrou Anavasis
Memorabilia; Edited on the Basis of the Breitenbach-Mücke Ed. by Josiah Renick Smith
Xenophon's Agesilaus; with Syntax Rules and References, Notes and Indices
Plato Apology of Socrates and Crito, With Extracts from the Phaedo and Symposium and from Xenophon's Memorabilia

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Key facts

Person.name: Xenophon of Athens
Person.image: Bust of Xenophon.jpg
Person.caption: Bust statue of Xenophon, dated to 120 AD (Roman period).
Person.birth_place: Athens
Person.death_date: Probably 354 or 355 BC (aged or 75)
Person.death_place: likely Corinth
Person.parents: Gryllus
Person.spouse: Philesia
Person.children: Gryllus and Diodorus
Person.notable_works: Hellenica Anabasis Education of Cyrus Memorabilia Symposium Oeconomicus Hiero Apology Agesilaus Constitution of the Lacedaemonians

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Classical Athens
Place of birth: Erchia
Place of death: Corinth
Occupation: writer
Position held: strategos
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Notable work: Cyropaedia
Student of: Isocrates
Field of work: philosophy
Image: Xenophon.jpg

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Commons category: Xenophon
date of birth: 0430-00-00
date of death: 0354-01-01
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
topic's main category: Category:Xenophon
member of the deme: Erchia
Commons Creator page: Xenophon
nickname: Musa ática
writing language: Ancient Greek
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name in native language: Ξενοφών
P12749: Klaus Tschütscher
P13311: tea
significant place: Classical Athens

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Works in European collections

33 objects attributed to Xenophon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Memoirs

Xenophontos Tà Sōzómena Biblía = Xenophontis (viri armoru [m] & literaru [m] laude celeberrimi) Qvae Extant Opera

Xenophontis Memorabilia Socratis Graece. [1], [Text]

Xenophon’s of Athens works. 2, Cyropaedia; vol. 2

Xenophons Cyropaedia. 2

Xenophons Anabasis. 1., Buch I-III

Xenophons Reden und Thaten des Sokrates :in vier Büchern ; mit erläuternden Anmerkungen und einem vollständigen Wortregister für Schulen und Gymnasien = Apomnēmoneumatōn Sōkratus

Economicon. (Dialogus)

De Agesilao rege oratio

Xenophons Cyropaedia: a signature for princes

Xenophontis Cyropaedia: Graece & Latine. 1, Continens Libr. I - IV

Xenophontis Opera omnia. 4,3,[1], Continens Xenophontis Hieronem

Xenophontis De Cyri Vita Et Disciplina: libri tres priores Graecolatini

Xenophon’s of Athens works. Abth. 2

Xenophons Anabasis. 1

Xenophons griechische Geschichte. 1, Buch I - IV

De anima liber I (cap. 1-5)

Xenophon De vita Cyri Poggio Flor. interp

Xenophontis Thucydidis omissa graecae historiae

Xenophontis Varia

Xenophontis rhetoris Sermones

Xenophon Historia Graecorum incerto interpr

Xenophon De rebus Graecis

Xenophon De vita Cyri Poggio Flor. interpr

Xenophontis rhetoris Apomnemoneumata

Xenophon De rep. laced. de laudib Ages. Lycurg Plutarchs et Numa Franc. Philelpho interpr

Xenophontis Historia

Xenophontis Lacedaemoniorum respublica

Xenophon

Xenophontis Cyri paedia

Las obras de Xenofonte Ateniense [Texto impreso]

Senofonte ; Tomo I [-Tomo III] [Texto impreso] :]che contiene la Ciropedia , dedicato a S. A. R. Francesco Gennaro di Borbone ...

Las Helénicas o Historia griega : desde el año 411 hasta el 362 antes de Jesucristo

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Encyclopedic overview

30 sections

Contents

Life
Early years
''Anabasis''
Return
Conflicts
Life after ''Anabasis''
Political philosophy
''Cyropaedia''
Relations between Medes and Persians in the ''Cyropaedia''
Persians as centaurs
Against empire
Against meritocracy
''Constitution of the Spartans''
Old Oligarch
Socratic works and dialogues
Relationship with Socrates
Modern reception
List of works
Historical and biographical works
Socratic works and dialogues
Defences of Socrates
Other Socratic dialogues
Tyrants
Short treatises
Spuria
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
External links

For at least two millennia, it has been debated whether Xenophon was first and foremost a general, historian, or philosopher. For the majority of time in the past two millennia, Xenophon was recognised as a philosopher. Quintilian in ''The Orator's Education'' discusses the most prominent historians, orators and philosophers as examples of eloquence and recognises Xenophon's historical work, but ultimately places Xenophon next to Plato as a philosopher. Today, Xenophon is recognised as one of the greatest writers of antiquity. Xenophon's works span multiple genres and are written in plain Attic Greek, which is why they have often been used in translation exercises for contemporary students of the Ancient Greek language. In the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laërtius observed that Xenophon was known as the "Attic Muse" because of the sweetness of his diction.

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