Xenophon
Socratic disciple, soldier
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and philosopher who lived in the fourth and fifth centuries BCE.
A student of Socrates, he wrote accounts of Greek history and military campaigns, most famously the *Anabasis*, describing Greek mercenaries' long retreat from Persia.
His practical, soldierly prose contrasts with Plato's more philosophical treatments of Socrates.
Greece's capital city
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- exileBanishment from homeland
- SpartaAncient Greek warrior state
- PeloponnesianOf Greece's hand-shaped peninsula
Thucydides · Plato · Aristophanes · democracy · oligarchy · citizenship · banishment · Corinth
Mounted military force
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- hopliteAncient Greek heavy infantry
- phalanxMassed infantry formation
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
commander · strategy · infantry · campaign · warfare · battle · maneuver · retreat
Greek historiographer, fifth-century BCE
- HerodotusAncient Greek historiographer
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
- PolybiusHellenistic military historian
antiquity · Plutarch · annals · chronology · narrative · eyewitness · memoir · retreat
Athens
Greece's capital city
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- exileBanishment from homeland
- SpartaAncient Greek warrior state
Peloponnesian · Thucydides · Plato · Aristophanes · democracy · oligarchy · citizenship · banishment · Corinth
cavalry
Mounted military force
mercenary · commander · strategy · infantry · campaign · warfare · battle · maneuver · retreat · march
Thucydides
Greek historiographer, fifth-century BCE
- HerodotusAncient Greek historiographer
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
Polybius · antiquity · Plutarch · annals · chronology · narrative · eyewitness · memoir · retreat · march
horsemanship
Mounted riding expertise
bridle · training · breeding · mare · stallion · gait · mount · equitation · dressage · manege
Socratic
Relating to elenctic inquiry
- SymposiumFormal academic conference
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
ethics · dialectic · Socrates · wisdom · arete · prudence · temperance · courage · justice · philosopher
XenophonPlato
Greek philosopher, academy founder
Aristotle · Heraclitus · Pythagoras · metaphysician · dialectician
XenophonPlato
Greek philosopher, academy founder
Aristotle · Demosthenes · armchair philosopher · theoretician