Author:Xenophon

Xenophon
(c. 430 BCE/430s BCE – c. 354 BCE)

Soldier, mercenary and admirer of Socrates, known for his writings on the history of his own times, the sayings of Socrates, and the life of Greece

Bust of Xenophon, dated to 332-331 BCE

Works

Collected works

  • The Works of Xenophon (1890–1909), translated by Henry Graham Dakyns (1838–1911).
  • Works (1896-98), trans. by J. S. Watson
  • The Whole Works of Xenophon (1832), trans. by (Thomas Stanley, Walter Moyle, Richard Bradley, Richard Graves, James Welwood, Sarah Fielding, William Smith, Edward Spelman, and Maurice Ashley Cooper)

Histories

  • Hellenica (Ἑλληνικά)
  • Anabasis (Ἀνάβασις)
  • Cyropaedia (Κύρου παιδεία)
    • Cyropaedia, trans. by Walter Miller (1914)
    • Cyropaedia, trans. by Maurice Ashley Cooper (1770)
    • Cyropaedia, trans. by Henry Graham Dakyns ()
    • Cyropaedia, trans. by J. S. Watson (1855)
  • Agesilaus (Ἀγησίλαος)

Socratic works

  • Memorabilia (Ἀπομνημονεύματα, Apomnemoneumata)
    • Memorabilia, trans. by E. C. Marchant (1923)
    • Memorabilia, trans. by J. S. Watson (1899)
    • Memorabilia, trans. by Anonymous (1831)
    • Memorabilia, trans. by G. B. Wheeler (1847)
    • Memorabilia, trans. by Rev. Dr. Giles (1867)
    • Memorabilia, trans. by Edward Bysshe (1712)
    • Memoirs of Socrates for English readers, trans. by Edward Levien (1872)
    • Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates., trans. by Sarah Fielding (1762)
  • Apology (Xenophon) (Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους πρὸς τοὺς Δικαστάς, Apologia Sokratous pros tous Dikastas)
  • Oeconomicus (Οἰκονομικός)
    • The Economist - Dakyns translation Project Gutenberg
    • Oeconomicus, trans. by Gentien Hervert (1532)
    • The science of good husbandry: or, The oeconomics of Xenophon, trans. by Richard Bradley (1727)
    • The Economist of Xenophon, trans. by W. G. Collingwood & Alexander D. O. Wedderburn (1876)
  • Symposion (Συμπόσιον)
  • Hiero (Ἱέρων)

Other treatises

  • "The Duties of a Hipparch" (Ἱππαρχικός, Hipparchicus)
  • "On Horsemanship" (Περὶ ἱππικῆς, Peri Hippikes)
  • "On Hunting" (Κυνηγετικός, Cynegeticus), translated by H. G. Dakyns (transcription project)
    • Minor Works, trans. by J. S. Watson (1878)
  • Ways and Means (όροι ἢ περὶ Προσόδων, Poroi e peri Prosodon)
    • Minor Works, trans. by J. S. Watson (1878)
    • Revenues - Dakyns translation Project Gutenberg
    • Discourse upon improving the revenue of the State of Athens, trans. by Walter Moyle (1697)
    • Minor Works, trans. by J. S. Watson (1878)

Works ascribed to Xenophon

  • On the Athenian State or The Constitution of the Athenians (Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία, Athenaion Politeia) (external scan)

Works about Xenophon

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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