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A History of My Times by Xenophon
Category: History | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Xenophon's History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Continuing the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this is a fascinating chronicle of the conflicts that ultimately led to the decline of Greec ...Show more
Conversations of Socrates by Xenophon
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Classics Ser.
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The Expedition of Cyrus by Xenophon
Category: History | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!' The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the march of the Ten Thousand. The exploits of this famous army of Greek mercenaries in mode ...Show more
The Memorabilia by Xenophon
Category: History | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Philosopher, soldier, and historian, Xenophon was a former student of Socrates who composed The Memorabilia many years after his teacher's trial and execution in 399 B.C. This collection of Socratic dialogues presents not the philosopher's actual defense to the Athenian court but rather a more general a ...Show more
The Persian Expedition : Anabasis by Xenophon
Category: History | Series: Classics Ser.
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army – the Ten Thousand – to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed b ...Show more
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