Author
Xenophon
Greek philosopher, historian, soldier (c. 430–355/354 BC), born at Erchia. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.
- Lived
- 5th–4th c. BC
- Kinds of writing
- Biography (3), Philosophic Dialogue (3), Philosophy (3), History (2), Biology (2), Military
- Dialect
- Attic
- In the library
- 14 works, 14 with an English translation; 359,242 words analysed
Where to begin
The works here with a translation and the most familiar vocabulary: the fewest rare words to look up. That is vocabulary only; grammar, dialect and ideas may still be demanding.
What Xenophon wrote
- HellenicaἙλληνικά
- MemorabiliaἈπομνημονεύματα
- EconomicsΟἰκονομικός
- SymposiumΣυμπόσιον
- ApologyἈπολογία Σωκράτους
- AnabasisἈνάβασις
- CyropaediaΚύρου παιδεία
- HieroἹέρων
- AgesilausἈγησίλαος
- Constitution of the LacedaimoniansΛακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία
- Ways and MeansΠόροι ἢ περὶ προσόδων
- On the Cavalry CommanderἹππαρχικός
- On the Art of HorsemanshipΠερὶ ἱππικῆς
- On HuntingΚυνηγετικός
In The Painted Stoa
Entries that quote or point to Xenophon's Greek.
416 BC: an island asks for justice, and an empire answersThe Melian DialogueIn the summer of 416 BC an Athenian fleet of thirty-eight ships anchored off Melos, a small island that wanted no part in the war between Athens and Sparta.The mines that paid for Athens' fleet, and the slaves who worked themThe silver of LaurionThe fleet that beat the Persians at Salamis in 480 BC was paid for with silver dug out of the hills of southern Attica.The people who fed Sparta, and how Sparta kept them downThe helots and the krypteiaSparta's citizens could spend their lives training for war because someone else grew their food.Three teachers, a slave to walk you there, and Homer by heartGoing to school in AthensThere were no state schools in classical Athens.Barefoot, hungry and encouraged to steal: the most famous education in historyGrowing up SpartanEverywhere else in Greece a father decided how to bring up his son.Wine, water, song and argument: the Greek drinking partyThe symposiumA symposion means "drinking together".How Athens trusted chance, and built a machine to make sure nobody cheated itChosen by lot: the allotment machineModern democracies choose their officials by election.The democracy that put a philosopher to deathThe trial of SocratesIn the spring of 399 BC, a jury of about five hundred Athenian citizens found the philosopher Socrates, aged about seventy, guilty of not believing in the city's gods, of bringing in new divine beings, and of corrupting the young.
More
- The most mentioned words in Xenophon (the Census)
- Your own notes on Xenophon (the Treasury)