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Xenophon (
c.430–352 bc), Athenian historian who may fairly be called the world's earliest journalist. He left an account of a military expedition in which he participated (
Anabasis), a history of his own times (
Hellenica), a panegyric on a contemporary monarch (
Agesilaus), memoirs about
Socrates (
Memorabilia, Symposium), and treatises on domestic economy, horsemanship, and hunting. His most popular work was the
Cyropedia, a fictionalized biography of the Persian king Cyrus. This created a vogue for such biographies in which the fictional element became progressively greater until the world saw the emergence of a new genre—the novel. The
Cyropedia was translated into English by W. Barker, (?1552), and contributed a story to Painter's
Palace of Pleasure (1566).
Milton spoke highly of the
Memorabilia, whose account of Socrates he placed on a level with
Plato's.
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XENOPHON'S (THE EDUCATION OF CYRUS) AND IDEAL LEADERSHIP LESSONS FOR MODERN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Magazine article from: Public Administration Quarterly; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...civic virtue should include the work of Xenophon, the Greek philosopher, on public education...public service. A student of Socrates, Xenophon (430-355 BC) found personal fulfillment...ideal government led by a philosopher, Xenophon served as a leader himself and then wrote...
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Xenophon's Philosophic Odyssey: On the Anabasis and Plato's Republic.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Xenophon's Anabasis, a military adventure interwoven...addressing the first of these problems, Xenophon makes explicit a lesson about the limits...leader of a well-ordered community. Xenophon's self-presentation in the Anabasis...
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Xenophon: The Anabasis of Cyrus.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Military Review; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] XENOPHON: The Anabasis of Cyrus, trans...304 pages, $49.95. Not long ago Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus needed no introduction...That said, readers unfamiliar with Xenophon's famous account of the "March...
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Leadership insights of Xenophon.(Lead the Way)(Greek historian)
Magazine article from: Physician Executive; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...centuries ago, the Greek military historian Xenophon wrote the first systematic book on leadership...executives can learn timeless lessons from Xenophon. ********** Many popular books...book--was written by Greek historian Xenophon. (1) Few leaders outside the military...
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'The (un)happy romance of Curleo and Liliet' Xenophon of Ephesus, the Cyropaedia and the birth of the 'anti-tragic' novel.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Ancient Narrative; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Bury devotes a few illuminating words to Xenophon of Ephesus and his novel: The story of Abrocomas...married lovers. The name of the author is Xenophon of Ephesus, but it occurs to one that Xenophon may be a pseudonym, and that the author...
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Xenophon: The Shorter Socratic Writings.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Xenophon. Edited by Robert C. Bartlett. Ithaca...This volume contains translations of Xenophon's Apology of Socrates, Oeconomicus...or outright contempt, the writings of Xenophon are once again attracting serious scholarly...
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The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand. Edited by Robin...a refrain first widely broadcast in Xenophon's Anabasis (The Journey Up Country...late 2001) to revisit the scene of Xenophon's stirring tale in a scholarly way...
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From republic to empire: political revolution and the common good in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Recent scholarship has reestablished Xenophon as a theorist of considerable importance and...work have been published: The Cyropaedia: Xenophon's Aims and Methods, by Bodil Due; Xenophon's Imperial Fiction, by James Tatum; Xenophon...
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`Xenophon's March Into the Lair of the Persian Lion' by John Prevas; Da Capo Press.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/15/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...called ``Anabasis'' by an ancient Athenian named Xenophon. Not only did Xenophon write in a direct, simple style comprehensible...assemblies. As their new top general they chose Xenophon, one of the few Athenians among them. Unlike...
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`Xenophon's March Into the Lair of the Persian Lion' by John Prevas; Da Capo Press ($27.50).
Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 1/9/2003; 700+ words
; ...called ``Anabasis'' by an ancient Athenian named Xenophon. Not only did Xenophon write in a direct, simple style comprehensible...assemblies. As their new top general they chose Xenophon, one of the few Athenians among them. Unlike...
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Xenophon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Xenophon The Greek historian, essayist, and military expert Xenophon (ca. 430-ca. 355 B.C.) was the most popular...The son of Gryllus of the Athenian deme of Erchia Xenophon was of aristocratic background and means. He studied...
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Dialogue and Dialectics: Socratic
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...Although some of the dialogues of Plato and Xenophon (c. 431 – c. 352 b.c...Socrates in "dialectic" form. Like Xenophon, Simon was regarded as a stenographer...in the Socratic dialogues of Plato. Xenophon's dialogues probably came after Plato...
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Hippias of Elis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...comes from a dialogue between Socrates ad Hippias recorded by Xenophon 11 and from the two Platonic dialogues that bear hsi name...who cannot stand up to the remorseless logic of Socrates. xenophon ’ s portrait is not so ruthless, but there also...
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Extispicy (or Extispicium)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...catching a fever and dying. In the fourth century B.C.E., Xenophon recorded numerous incidents of extispicy in the Anabasis and...Man's Attempt to Know the Future. London: Rider, 1984. Xenophon. Anabasis; or Expedition to Cyprus . Trans. by J. S. Watson...
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Kelly, Gene
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...1951 An American in Paris (Minnelli) (as Jerry Mulligan) 1952 It's a Big Country (Thorpe and others) (as Icarus Xenophon); The Devil Makes Three (Marton) (as Capt. Jeff Eliot) 1954 Crest of the Wave (Seagulls over Sorrento ) (John and...
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