Xenophon Selections

The Apology of Socrates Hiero, or The Tyrant On Horsemanship The Cavalry General On Hunting, A Sportsman?s Manual Ways and Means, A Pamphlet on Revenues The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians Xenophon (c. 430 ? 354 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, also known as Xenophon of Athens, was a Greek historian, soldier, mercenary, philosopher and a contemporary and admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the 4th century BC, preserving the sayings of Socrates, and descriptions of life in ancient Greece and the Persian Empire.