Xenophon - Wikipedia
WEBXenophon of Athens (/ ˈzɛnəfən, ˈziːnə -, - ˌfɒn /; Ancient Greek: Ξενοφῶν, romanized: Xenophôn [ksenopʰɔ̂ːn]; c. 430[1] – probably 355 or 354 BC) [2][4] was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian born in Athens.
Xenophon | Ancient Greek Historian & Military Strategist
WEBXenophon’s life history before 401 is scantily recorded; at that time, prompted by a Boeotian friend, he left postwar Athens, joined the Greek mercenary army of the Achaemenian prince Cyrus the Younger, and became involved in Cyrus’s rebellion against his brother, the Persian king Artaxerxes II.
Ten Thousand - Wikipedia
WEBValerio Massimo Manfredi's 2007 novel L'armata perduta (The Lost Army) tells the story of the army through Abira, a Syrian girl, who decides to follow a Greek warrior named Xeno (Xenophon). John G. Hemry 's The Lost Fleet series, is based on the Anabasis and Arthurian legend .
Anabasis (Xenophon) - Wikipedia
WEBXenophon returns at the request of Anaxibius to the army after taking leave from the Hellenes for home. Xenophon works together with Seuthes to gain provisions for the Hellenes while Seuthes promises to pay them for gaining land for …
Xenophon - World History Encyclopedia
WEBSep 27, 2022 · Initially, Xenophon and his men had been fighting as mercenaries in the Spartan army, but under Dercylidas, they had been commissioned as soldiers so that, by the time Agesilaus arrived, Xenophon, an Athenian, was an …
Xenophon - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBXenophon eventually assumed leadership of this stranded and confused army, and led the survivors to safety. The book which Xenophon later wrote about their harrowing travels ‘up country’, Anabasis, is a hair-raising and brutally graphic soldier’s journal, of which more is …
Xenophon summary | Britannica
WEBArmy, a large organized armed force trained for war, especially on land. The term may be applied to a large unit organized for independent action, or it may be applied to a nation’s or ruler’s complete military organization for land warfare.
Xenophon (1), Greek historian | Oxford Classical Dictionary
WEBXenophon (c. 430–c. 353 bce) came from a wealthy Athenian background and in his youth associated with Socrates. Participation in Cyrus’s unsuccessful rebellion in 401 and mercenary service with Spartan armies in Anatolia in 399–394 bce was followed by exile and prolonged residence near Olympia.
Biography - Xenophon
WEBXenophon was an Athenian military leader and author, who, along with Plato and Aristophanes, remains one of our chief literary sources regarding the way of life of Socrates, his deeds as well as his speeches.
Xenophon - Greek Historian, Military Strategist | Britannica
WEBIn Cyropaedia Xenophon investigated leadership by presenting the life story of Cyrus II, founder of the Persian Empire. Because the story differs flagrantly from other sources and the narrative’s pace and texture are unlike those of ordinary Greek historiography, many analysts have classed the work as fiction.
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