Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology

by Xenophon

Book Overview

Socrates without Plato.

Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in 401 BC to serve as a mercenary commander for Cyrus the Younger of Persia, then joined the staff of King Agesilaus II of Sparta before settling in Elis and, in the aftermath of the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, retiring to Corinth. His historical and biographical works, Socratic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067499695X
• ISBN13: 9780674996953
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 4.6" x 6.4"