Xenophon (Ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν, Xenophōn; Modern Greek Ξενοφών, Ksenofon; Ξενοφώντας, Ksenofontas; c. 431 – 354 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, also known as Xenophon of Athens, was a Greek historian, soldier, mercenary, and a contemporary and admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the 4th century BC, preserving the sayings of Socrates, and descriptions of life in ancient Greece and the Persian Empire.
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History, Early works to 1800, Fiction, Xenophon, Politics and government, Biography, Greece, history, to 146 b.c., Horsemanship, Translations into English, Socrates, Kings and rulers, Greek language materials, Philosophy, ancient, Trials, litigation, Greek literature, Iran, fiction, Administration of estates, Ancient Philosophy, Economics, Greece Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C., Greek language, Philosophers, biography, Ancient History, Cavalry, Constitution of AthensPlaces
Greece, Iran, Athens (Greece), Sparta (Extinct city), Athens, History, Canada, Great Britain, Irán, Jonia, Middle East, Persia, Rome, Socrates. 0, Syracuse (Italy), United States, gu xi laPeople
Socrates, Cyrus King of Persia (d. 529 B.C), Xenophon, Cyrus the Younger (d. 401 B.C), Cyrus the Great, King of Persia (-530 B.C. or 529 B.C), Hieron I Tyrant of Syracuse (d. 467 or 466 B.C), Agesilaus II King of Sparta, Alpheus Crosby, Clarence Willard Gleason (1866-), Cyprus The Younger (d. 401 B.C), Cyrus, Cyrus King of Persia (-529 B.C), Cyrus King of Persia (d. 401 B.C), Cyrus the Great, King of Persia (d.B. C. 529), Cyrus the Younger, Cyrus the Younger (approximately 423 B.C.-401 B.C), Cyrus the Younger (d. B.C. 401), Cyrus the great, king of Persia, Henry Graham Dakyns, John Newman (d. 1687), Simonides (ca. 556-467 B.C)Time
To 640, Expedition of Cyrus, 401 B.C., Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C., To 146 B.C., Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C., Early works to 1800, To 640 A.D., 1827 (pg.4), 399 BCE, Ancient to 640 A. D., Ancient to 640 A.D., Ancient to A.D. 640, Classical Greece, Expedition of Cyprus, 401 B.C., Expedition of Cyrus, 401 B.C, Expedition to Cyrus, 401 B.C., Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C., Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C, Thirty Tyrants, 404-403 B.C, To 146 B.C, published 1850-
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- OLID: OL54128A
- ISNI: 0000000123212506
- VIAF: 89597697
- Wikidata: Q129772
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q129772
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Alternative names
- Xenophon of Athens
- Xénophon
- Jenofonte
- Ξενοφῶν
- Xenophōn
- Ξενοφών
- Ksenofon
- Ξενοφώντας
- Ksenofontas
- Xenofon
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| September 8, 2019 | Edited by Camillo Pellizzari | Edited without comment. |
| September 8, 2019 | Edited by Camillo Pellizzari | merge authors |
| March 26, 2018 | Edited by Tom Morris | Add greek names |
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