Xenophon
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Xenophon's life and personality is better known to us, perhaps, than that of any other Greek who lived before Alexander the Great. Much of his considerable output of historical writing and essays is frankly or implicitly autobiographical. He reveals himself as one of those many Athenians and other vis mere Greeks who turned to autocratic political models, including admiration of Persia, after the excesses of the Athenian democracy led to disaster in the Peloponnesian War. He also reveals himself as much more than a literary man and a critic of his times. A gentleman adventurer and something of a professional soldier, he followed in turn the philosopher Socrates, the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger, and the Spartan king Agesilaus, all of whom he wrote about with an air of close personal knowledge. His works include the autobiographical Anabasis, an account of his service with a mercenary Greek army that marched from Mesopotamia to the Black Sea after the defeat and death of the younger Cyrus. It provides the most detailed single perspective on the military practices and military mentality of Xenophon's age. His Hellenica, by contrast, is an impersonal continuation to the end of the Peloponnesian War of the work of Thucydides and a patchy memoir that concentrates on Sparta's fortunes until the definitive end of its power in 362 b.c. Xenophon's other major works are the Cyropaedia and the rambling Socratic dialogues known as the Memorabilia. The Cyropaedia is a fictional idealization of the career of Cyrus the Great, the only great conqueror known to the Greeks before Alexander. Often regarded merely as a novel, it is a species of a priori historical reconstruction. A retrojection of the military science and political values of the day into a largely unknown Persia of the past, it is intended to explain Cyrus's success on rational principles. The Memorabilia and the Socratic Apology that comes down with them contain nothing of philosophical value but are thought by some scholars to offer a possible corrective to Plato's altogether too Platonic Socrates. Xenophon had a conventional and second-rate mind, but he is a valuable resource because of his mediocrity. He enables us to make contact with an ordinary intellect from a world that often seems dominated by geniuses. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Memorabilia Socratis / Oeconomicus / Symposium / Apologia Socratis [Ancient Greek] (1922) 234 eksemplarer
Xenophon VII (Hiero. Agesilaus. Constitution of the Lacedaemonians. Ways and Means. Cavalry Commander. Art of… (1925) 84 eksemplarer
The Shorter Socratic Writings: "Apology of Socrates to the Jury," "Oeconomicus," and "Symposium" (1996) 40 eksemplarer
Apology of Socrates and Crito, With Extracts from the Phaedo and Symposium and from Xenophon's Memorabilia (1908) 39 eksemplarer
Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Volume VI; Cyropaedia in Two Volumes, Volume II Only [Loeb Classical Library] (1989) 21 eksemplarer
Anabasis, Book 3 [Ancient Greek] 10 eksemplarer
Works on Socrates (English) 10 eksemplarer
Works on Socrates (Greek) 10 eksemplarer
Opere 8 eksemplarer
Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 2, 2nd ed. 6 eksemplarer
Els deu mil: volum primer: llibres I-IV 5 eksemplarer
Anabasis, Book 4 [Ancient Greek] 5 eksemplarer
The First Part of Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates: With a Literal Interlinear Translation (Classic Reprint) (1894) 5 eksemplarer
Xenophon in Seven Volumes, 3 4 eksemplarer
Recuerdos de Sócrates · Económico · Banquete · Apología de Sócrates (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos nº 182) (1993) 4 eksemplarer
Cyropaedia, Book 1 [Ancient Greek] 3 eksemplarer
La expedición de los diez mil (Anabasis). Prólogo y presentación de Francesc-Luis Cardona. Traducción de Miguel… (1992) 3 eksemplarer
Das Gastmahl : griechisch/deutsch 3 eksemplarer
Xenophon in Seven Volumes, 5 and 6 3 eksemplarer
Xenophon in Seven Volumes, 1 and 2 3 eksemplarer
[Xenophontos Apomnemoneumaton biblia 4 (romanized form)] = Xenophontis Memorabilium Socratis dictorum libri IV : graece… 3 eksemplarer
Oeuvres complètes, tome 1 : Cyropédie - Hipparque - Equitaion - Hieron - Agesilas - Les revenus. (1967) 3 eksemplarer
La tirannide 3 eksemplarer
Xenophon's history of the affairs of Greece in seven books : being a continuation of the Peloponnesian War, from the… 3 eksemplarer
Opuscles, vol. I: Hieró. Agesilau. La República dels lacedemonis (Bernat Metge) (Catalan and Ancient Greek Edition) (1967) 3 eksemplarer
Ciropèdia, vol. IV (llibres VII-VIII) (Bernat Metge) (Catalan and Ancient Greek Edition) (2021) 2 eksemplarer
Hellenica 2 eksemplarer
Ciropèdia, vol. III (llibres V-VI) (Bernat Metge) (Catalan and Ancient Greek Edition) (2013) 2 eksemplarer
Opera Omnia 2 eksemplarer
Xenophon: Memorabilia ; Oeconomicus 2 eksemplarer
Obres socràtiques menors 2 eksemplarer
Helleniques IV-VII, Trad. Hazfield 2 eksemplarer
Expeditio Cyri 2 eksemplarer
Xenophon Cyropaedia in two volumes: Volume II (two; 2): Books 5-8 (Loeb Classical Library) (1953) 2 eksemplarer
Ξενοφώντος έργα 2 eksemplarer
Sokrates'ten Anılar 2 eksemplarer
Cyropaedia II 2 eksemplarer
Recuerdos de Sócrates ; Apología o Defensa ante el jurado ; Simposio o El convite / Jenofonte ; traducción, prólogo… 2 eksemplarer
Junior Great Books (Series 4 - Volume 3) (The Education of Cyrus, William Tell, Men and Gods) 2 eksemplarer
Obras menores: Hierón · Agesilao · La república de los lacedemonios · Los ingresos públicos · El jefe de la… (1984) 2 eksemplarer
Xenophōntos Ellēnika = Xenophontis Historia Graeca 2 eksemplarer
Recuerdos de Sócrates Apología o defensa ante el jurado 2 eksemplarer
O Kýrově vychování 2 eksemplarer
Xenofons Anabasis. 2, Vägen tillbaka 2 eksemplarer
Xenophontis De Socrate commentarii; item Socratis Apologia. In hac editone emednationes nonnullae in ima pagina… 2 eksemplarer
Ta tou Xenophōntos Hellēnika = Xenophontis Graecorum res gestae ; kai, ho Agēsilaos = et Agesilaus / cum… 2 eksemplarer
Kleine historische und ökonomische Schriften: Griechisch - deutsch (Sammlung Tusculum) (German Edition) (2020) 2 eksemplarer
The Education of Cyrus (Agora Editions) 2 eksemplarer
Selections adapted from Xenophon 2 eksemplarer
Anabasis and Memorabilia trans by Rev. J.S. Watson, MA 2 eksemplarer
[XENOPHON] XENOPHONTIS: HISTORIA GRAECA [XENOPHONTOS: HELLENIKA / HELLENICA] Recensuit Otto Keller. Editio Minor 2 eksemplarer
La Expedicion de los Diez Mil recuerdos De Socrates El Banquete apologia de Socrates (2014) 2 eksemplarer
Els deu mil: volum segon: llibres V-VII 2 eksemplarer
アナバシス―敵中横断6000キロ 2 eksemplarer
Xenophon Cyropaedia in two volumes: Volume I (one; 1): Books 1-4 (Loeb Classical Library) 2 eksemplarer
Xenophontis Historia Graeca (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana) (Ancient Greek Edition) (1894) 2 eksemplarer
Xenophons Symposium II: Commentar 2 eksemplarer
Persian Expedition, The 2 eksemplarer
The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians by Xenophon of Athens: A New Critical Edition With a Facing Page English… (2006) 2 eksemplarer
Op tocht met Cyrus en Clearchus 2 eksemplarer
Xenophon : memorabilia and oeconomicus 2 eksemplarer
Sōkratous apologia 2 eksemplarer
Cyropaedia, Book 2 [Ancient Greek] 2 eksemplarer
L'Anabasi libro primo 1 eksemplar
L'educazione di Ciro libro quarto 1 eksemplar
L'educazione di Ciro libro quinto 1 eksemplar
Costituzione degli Spartani - Agesilao 1 eksemplar
Xenophon Helleniques, tome I 1 eksemplar
Anabasi - Elleniche 1 eksemplar
L'Anabasi, o La spedizione di Ciro Senofonte 1 eksemplar
Hellenics of Xenophon. Book 1 and 2. In Greek, the Text Revised with Notes Critical and Explanatory, Analysis, Indices,… (1882) 1 eksemplar
Senofonte 1 eksemplar
Costituione degli Spartani - Agesilao 1 eksemplar
Il libro 3. dell'Anabasi 1 eksemplar
The works of Xenophon, tr. by H.G. Dakyns 1 eksemplar
Anthia és Habrokomész 1 eksemplar
Anabaszisz a tizezrek hadjáratának története 1 eksemplar
De vorming van Kyros de Grote 1 eksemplar
Kyrosexpeditionen 1 eksemplar
Mindeskrift om Sokrates 1 eksemplar
Erindringer om Sokrates 1 eksemplar
Opuscles 1 eksemplar
Ciropedia (libro terzo) 1 eksemplar
Cineg©·tic 1 eksemplar
Ledarskap 1 eksemplar
Cyrus' härfärd och de 10,000:s återtåg 1 eksemplar
Amintiri despre Socrate 1 eksemplar
Xenophon Helleniques, tome II (livres IV-VII) 1 eksemplar
Il comandante della cavalleria 1 eksemplar
Ciropedia. Libro sexto 1 eksemplar
Socráticas; Ciropedia; Economía 1 eksemplar
Symposium; advisory editor, M.M. Wilcock ; with an introduction, translation and commentary by A.J. Bowen. 1 eksemplar
La expedicion de los diez mil (Anábasis) 1 eksemplar
Obres socràtiques menors 1 eksemplar
L'Anabase (Expédition de Cyeus) 1 eksemplar
La expedición de los diez mil (Anábasis) 1 eksemplar
HELENICAS. LIBRO 1 1 eksemplar
HELÉNICAS. LIBRO II 1 eksemplar
Sócrates-Ciropedia-Economía 1 eksemplar
La ciropedia o historia del ciro el mayor 1 eksemplar
Anabasi (libro primo, libro terzo) 1 eksemplar
Ciropedia (libro primo) 1 eksemplar
Ciropedia (libro secondo) 1 eksemplar
L' EXPEDICIÓ DESL DEU MIL II 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis operum 1 eksemplar
Onnia 1 eksemplar
L' art de la chasse 1 eksemplar
La caccia 1 eksemplar
Ierone 1 eksemplar
Banquet. Apologie de Socrate 1 eksemplar
Writer of Attic prose 1 eksemplar
Kyyroksen sotaretki ; Suom. Jaakkola 1 eksemplar
L'equitazione nella Grecia antica: i trattati equestri di Senofonte e i frammenti di Simone (2006) 1 eksemplar
Story of Cyrus 1 eksemplar
Apologia di Socrate. Testo greco a fronte 1 eksemplar
L' Anabasi La Ciropedia 1 eksemplar
Opuscoli (2 tomi rilegati in un volume) 1 eksemplar
The March of the Ten Thousand (Unabridged) 1 eksemplar
On Government 1 eksemplar
RECORDS DE SÒCRATES 1 eksemplar
Et artiumspensum af Xenofons Anabasis 1 eksemplar
Αγησίλαος / Λακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία (τόμος α') 1 eksemplar
Κύρου αναβάσις βιβλία Α, Β, Γ, Δ (τόμος α') 1 eksemplar
Ελληνικά ΣΤ, Ζ (τόμος β') 1 eksemplar
Κύρου ανάβασις βιβλία Α, Β, Γ, Δ (τόμος β') 1 eksemplar
Ελληνικά ΣΤ, Ζ (τόμος α') 1 eksemplar
Ελληνικά Α, Β, Γ (τόμος β') 1 eksemplar
Κύρου ανάβασις βιβλία Ε, ΣΤ, Ζ (τόμος α') 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis Opera 1 eksemplar
Ксенофонт в изложение Лукаса Коллинза 1 eksemplar
Ελληνικά Δ, Ε (τόμος α') 1 eksemplar
Guerre du Péloponèse suivi de Retraite des Dix Mille, La Cyropédie, Du commandement de la cavalerie, Traité… — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Xénophon : Anabase apologie de Socrate / Portiques n° 85 / Littérature Grecque, antique et Classique 1 eksemplar
Athènes et Sparte 1 eksemplar
Mémoires sur Socrate (entretiens mémorables) 1 eksemplar
Récits extraits de la Cyropédie 1 eksemplar
Broché - Oeuvres complètes. tome 2 : l anabase - l economique - le banquet - de la chasse - la… (1967) 1 eksemplar
Anabase: Apologie de Socrate 1 eksemplar
Αγησίλαος / Λακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία (β' τόμος) 1 eksemplar
Ελληνικά Α, Β, Γ (τόμος α') 1 eksemplar
XENOPHON OEUVRES COMPLETES 3 - / LES HELLENIQUES - L'APOLOGIE DE SOCRATE-LES MEMORABLES traduction, notices et… (1967) 1 eksemplar
De republica Lacedemoniorum 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis Cyropaedia 1 eksemplar
ANABASİS (ONBİNLERİN DÖNÜŞÜ) 1 eksemplar
Ελληνικά Δ, Ε (τόμος β') 1 eksemplar
Απομνημονεύματα (β) 1 eksemplar
Απομνημονεύματα (α) 1 eksemplar
Κύρου παιδεία (β) 1 eksemplar
Κύρου παιδεία (α) 1 eksemplar
Κύρου αναβάσις βιβλία Ε, ΣΤ, Ζ (τόμος β΄) 1 eksemplar
La Retraite des dix mille 1 eksemplar
Anabase dont trois livres (I, II, IV) avec commentaire et extraits à l'usage des classes 1 eksemplar
Els deu mil. Volums 1 i 2 (Anabasis) 1 eksemplar
L'expedició dels deu mil, vol. 3 1 eksemplar
L'expedició dels deu mil, vol. 2 1 eksemplar
Ciropèdia, vol. 1 (falta vol. 2) 1 eksemplar
Opuscles, vol. 1 (falta vol. 2 ...) 1 eksemplar
Obres socrátiques menos 1 eksemplar
Efesíaques 1 eksemplar
L'expedició dels deu mil, vol. I: llibres I-II (Bernat Metge) (Catalan and Ancient Greek Edition) (1968) 1 eksemplar
Sokrates (Toda la obra del gran historiador a propósito de su maestro). Apología de Sokrates - El banquete -… (1966) 1 eksemplar
Cinegètic 1 eksemplar
L’expedició dels deu mil, vol. I (llibres I-II) 1 eksemplar
Ciropèdia, vol. II (llibres II-IV) 1 eksemplar
RECORDS DE S`OCRATES RECORDS DE SÒCRATES 1 eksemplar
Three Essays: On the Duties of a Cavalry General, on Horsemanship, and on Hunting (1897) (2009) 1 eksemplar
Ciropèdia, vol. II 1 eksemplar
O Princípe Perfeito 1 eksemplar
L'Anabase (extraits) 1 eksemplar
Le commandant de cavalerie 1 eksemplar
L'Anabase - Le Banquet -L'Économique - De la chasse - La République des Lacédémoniens -La république des… 1 eksemplar
Oeuvres complètes 1 eksemplar
Les mémorables (extraits) 1 eksemplar
Las obras de Xenophon tr. por D. Gracian 1 eksemplar
Ciropedia - Coleção Clássicos Jackson 1 eksemplar
Xenophon 1 eksemplar
Banquete, Apologia de Sócrates 1 eksemplar
Econômico, 1 eksemplar
Banquete. Apologia de Sócrates 1 eksemplar
Ciropédia A educação de Ciro 1 eksemplar
Anábase A Expedição dos Dez Mil 1 eksemplar
THE ANABASIS OF XENOPHON, VOL. II (Notes) 1 eksemplar
L088-Xenophon Hellenica I 1-5 1 eksemplar
Xenophon's Economist 1 eksemplar
Obras Menores: La Republica De Los Atenienses 1 eksemplar
Anabasis Kyrou, Xenophontis De Expeditione Cyri Minoris Commentarii (1788) (Latin Edition) (2010) 1 eksemplar
Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology: 4 (Loeb Classical Library) by Xenophon (8-Nov-2013) Hardcover (1600) 1 eksemplar
Works III 1 eksemplar
Scripta Minora (Volume VII) 1 eksemplar
Memorabilia, Oeconomicus 1 eksemplar
Collected Works V 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis Historia Graeca 1 eksemplar
The First Five Books of the Anabasis of Xenophon or Expedition of Cyrus; literally translated from the Greek 1 eksemplar
Opera Omnia [Oxford Classical Texts] 1 eksemplar
Anabasis; edited for the use of schools 1 eksemplar
Hipparchikos 1 eksemplar
Xenophōntos Apomnēmoneumata 1 eksemplar
Opuscles 1 eksemplar
The first four books of Anabasis 1 eksemplar
Xenophon, Hellenica, Interlinear English Translation (Xenophon, Interlinear Classics Book 3) (2013) 1 eksemplar
Junior Great Books Set Two, Volume One: The Education of Cyrus and The Song of Roland (1963) 1 eksemplar
Xenophon, Anabasis of Cyrus, Interlinear English Translation (Xenophon, Interlinear Classics Book 1) 1 eksemplar
De Cyri expeditione 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis Oeconomicus 1 eksemplar
Les Auteurs Grecs: Xénophon, Deuxième Livre de la Cyropédie (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 1 eksemplar
Anabasis, Book 7 [Ancient Greek] 1 eksemplar
Xenophon's Anabasis, the first four books 1 eksemplar
The Hellenica, books I and II 1 eksemplar
Spelman's Xenophon 1 eksemplar
Xenophons Anabasis Bdch. 3 Buch V-VII 1 eksemplar
Opuscula V 1 eksemplar
First five books of the Anabasis of Xenophon 1 eksemplar
Reitkunst Griechisch und Deutsch : mit 4 Tafeln 1 eksemplar
L'ordinamento politico degli Spartani 1 eksemplar
Selections Adapted from Xenophon: Scenes from Greek History from Arginusae to Mantinea (1930) 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis Memorabilium Socratis Dictorum Libri Iv: Cum Indice Verborum Et Phrasium... (Latin Edition) (2012) 1 eksemplar
Met Cyrus naar Babylon 1 eksemplar
Xénophon - Helléniques (2 vols.) 1 eksemplar
Xenopontis Institutio Cyri 1 eksemplar
Xenophons Anabasis - für den Schulgebrauch 1 eksemplar
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Xenopontos Kyrou Paideia, Books VII and VIII 1 eksemplar
Anabase - Cyropédie - Helléniques 1 eksemplar
Anabase Apologie de Socrate 1 eksemplar
L'ordinamento politico degli Spartani 1 eksemplar
The First Ten Chapters Of Xenophon's Oeconomicus: Or Treatise On Household Management (1885) (2010) 1 eksemplar
[Works] Xenophontis opera omnia. 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis Opera omnia T. 4 Institutio Cyri 1 eksemplar
Xenophon's Minor Works, edited by J.S.Watson 1 eksemplar
La expedici de los diez mil 1 eksemplar
19. Recuerdos de Sócrates 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis Scripta minora Fasc. 1 Oeconomicum, Convivium, Hieronem, Agesilaum, Apologiam Socrates continens 1 eksemplar
Operum 1 eksemplar
Xenophon's Anabasis Seven Books Literally Translated with Explanatory Notes (Excelsior Translations) (1900) 1 eksemplar
The Minor Works of Xenophon 1 eksemplar
Wörterbuch zu Xenophons Anabasis 1 eksemplar
Memorias 1 eksemplar
LA EXPEDICION DE LOS DIEZ MIL/ RECUERDOS DE SOCRATES/ EL BANQUETE/ APOLOGIA DE SOCRATES (SEPAN CUANTOS #245) (2000) 1 eksemplar
Xenophons Hellenika. 1: Buch I und II 1 eksemplar
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The Anabasis of Xenophon Book IV 1 eksemplar
Xenophons Anabasis: Text 1 eksemplar
Socrates' Defense 1 eksemplar
Xenophon. Anabasis, Books IV-VII with and English Translation and Symposium and Apology (Loeb Classical Library) (1947) 1 eksemplar
Xenophon's Anabasis: Book I 1 eksemplar
The Anabasis, Books 1-3 [in translation] 1 eksemplar
First four books of Anabasis of Xenophon, with notes, a map of the expedition, and a complete vocabulary 1 eksemplar
The fifth book of Xenophon's Anabasis 1 eksemplar
Paardrijden 1 eksemplar
De geschierdenis van Abradata rm Panthea 1 eksemplar
Hiéron (French Edition) 1 eksemplar
Xenophon: Anabasis, Books 4-7 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis opera omnia, Vol. I (Cyropaediam) 1 eksemplar
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However, due to the nature of this book, there are quite a bit of names, places, dates, and terminology thrown at you, as a result, on first reading, it all gets jumbled together. But, on the whole, I have a lot more understanding of Ancient Greek Culture.
As for this edition - it really is well put together. I believe that its intended for the regular reader, rather than an academic. I also quite like the commentary (This is what I believe, but most people think this). Its all over the book, and brings out how the rivalry of academics. It also lightens the tone of what is a very serious book.… (mere)