Xenophon Biography

Xenophon, Soldier

Occup.	Soldier
From	Greece
Born	430 BC
Died	357 BC

Xenophon was an ancient Greek thinker, chronicler, and also soldier, birthed around 430 BCE in Athens, Greece. He was the child of Gryllus, a wealthy Athenian family, as well as is best recognized for his works on approach, history, as well as army method.

As a young man, Xenophon trained as a hoplite, a type of hefty foot soldier in ancient Greece. He fought in a number of battles, including the Battle of Delium in 424 BCE, where he worked as a cavalryman under the Spartan general Brasidas.

In addition to his army profession, Xenophon was likewise thinking about ideology as well as writing. He was a student of Socrates, and his service approach, consisting of the Memorabilia and also Apology of Socrates, are still examined today.

Xenophon also wrote numerous deal with background and also armed forces method. His most popular job is the Anabasis, an account of the Greek mercenaries' exploration against the Persian Empire in 401 BCE. The job details the difficulties as well as journeys dealt with by the Greeks as they marched through adversary territory as well as combated against the Persians.

Xenophon's other jobs include the Hellenica, which covers the history of Greece from the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE to the Battle of Mantinea in 362 BCE, and the Cyropaedia, a fictionalized account of the life of the Persian king Cyrus the Great.

Xenophon passed away in Corinth, Greece, around 354 BCE. His tradition as a thinker, chronicler, and armed forces planner has continued to influence scholars as well as thinkers throughout history, and his works are still studied as well as appreciated for their insight right into old Greek culture, philosophy, and also background.

Our collection contains 10 quotes who is written / told by Xenophon.

Related authors: Philo (Philosopher), Socrates (Philosopher), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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10 Famous quotes by Xenophon

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything"

"There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform"

"For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer"

"He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce"

"Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy"

"The sweetest of all sounds is praise"

"The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril"

"For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim"

"Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not"

"A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor"