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Xenophon’s Socrates: Wisdom, life, and defense in ancient Athens.
Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology
$67.95
- Hardcover
720 pages
- Release Date
25 November 2013
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Summary
Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in 401 BCE 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 BCE, retiring to Corinth. His historical and biographical works, Socratic dialogues and reminiscences, and short treatises on hunting, horsemanship, e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674996953 |
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| ISBN-10: | 067499695X |
| Author: | Xenophon, E.C. Marchant, O.J. Todd, Jeffrey Henderson |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Release Date: | 25 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 486g |
| Dimensions: | 44mm x 129mm x 170mm |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
129 × 170 mm
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Xenophon
- Edgar Cardew Marchant (1864–1960) was Sub-Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.
- Otis Johnson Todd (1883–1957) was Professor of Classics at the University of British Columbia.
- Jeffrey Henderson is William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Emeritus, at Boston University.
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