xenophon

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Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 BCE and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars

Greek soldier and writer. A disciple of Socrates, he joined Cyrus the Younger in an attack on Persia. After the death of Cyrus, Xenophon led the Greek troops to the Black Sea, an ordeal he recounted in Anabasis

and military leader whose best-known work, the Anabasis, describes a long journey by a Greek army through enemy land in western Asia (?430-354 BC) a Greek historian (=someone who writes books about history). born 431, Attica, Greece died shortly before 350 BC, Attica Greek historian. Born of a well-to-do Athenian family, Xenophon was critical of extreme democracy and for a time was exiled as a traitor. He served with the Greek mercenaries of the Persian prince Cyrus, an experience on which he based his best-known work, the Anabasis. Its prose was highly regarded in antiquity and exerted a strong influence on Latin literature. His other works include On Horsemanship; On Hunting; Cyropaedia, a historical novel about Cyrus II; Oeconomicus, a treatise on estate management; and his completion of a work by the historian Thucydides

Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 BCE and author of the Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars

Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)

Hyphenation

Xen·o·phon

Turkish pronunciation

zenıfın

Pronunciation

/ˈzenəfən/ /ˈzɛnəfən/

Etymology

[ 'ze-n&-f&n ] (biographical name.) From Ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν (Ksenophōn).