But with this simple verbal repetition, "thalatta, thalatta" (or "thalassa, thalassa," for those who prefer the Ionic-dialect spelling), the soldiers and their chronicler, Xenophon, gave an ...

Xenophon the Athenian, perhaps better than anyone in history, unified the life of philosophy with the life of politics. His book, the Anabasis of Cyrus, shows you how.

Ah, Dedalus, the Greeks. I must teach you. You must read them in the original. Thalatta! Thalatta!” The cry in fact comes from the “Anabasis” of Xenophon, the Athenian general, historian and braggart ...

Xenophon has previously said the mandatory ISP filter plan was unworkable because it would slow down internet speeds and block content inaccurately. Today, he remains the only senator clearly ...

But the ancient book that significantly influenced Machiavelli, Xenophon's "Cyropaedia" — which translates to "The Education of Cyrus" — depicts a leader who believes quite the opposite ...

Across his eclectic literary oeuvre Xenophon displays a remarkable interest in women and their role and value in society. Shining a spotlight on the portraits in his Socratic works of two women of ...

A challenger has unexpectedly stepped forward to take Nick Xenophon's South Australian Senate seat, Premier Jay Weatherill has told State Parliament. The casual vacancy for Mr Xenophon's seat was ...

Nick Xenophon, the master of the stunt, is about to indulge in one more before he leaves the Senate for a run at ruling the South Australian roost from its crossbench. After his shock announcement ...

Nick Xenophon, a minor party leader, will depart federal politics to run for South Australia's state parliament. He is among seven MPs whose eligibility will be tested in court next week.

INDEPENDENT senator Nick Xenophon has been subjected to an extraordinary attack by a state-controlled Malaysian newspaper - publishing a 2009 speech in which he was critical of Scientology, but ...