Xenophon

Proper noun

Meaning

Xenophon

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

Examples

Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises. Plutarch

Although the real Xenophon seems to prefer oligarchy over democracy, none of his works so ardently decry democracy as does the Constitution of the Athenians. Source: Internet

Against empire/monarchy The strength of Cyrus in holding the empire together is praiseworthy according to Xenophon. Source: Internet

Although neither Plato nor Xenophon of Athens identifies the number of jurors, a jury of 500 men likely was the legal norm. Source: Internet

Boys lived in communal messes and, according to Xenophon, whose sons attended the agoge, the boys were fed "just the right amount for them never to become sluggish through being too full, while also giving them a taste of what it is not to have enough." Source: Internet

Athens was "to have the same friends and enemies" Xenophon, Hellenica, 2.2.20,404/3 as Sparta. Source: Internet

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