Xenophon

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ancient Greek historian ancient Greek soldier biographer military leader philosopher student of Socrates writer

Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."

Aliases (6)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek historian → ancient Greek soldier → biographer → military leader → philosopher → student of Socrates → writer →
associatedWith	Sparta →
birthPlace	Ancient Greece → Athens → Attica →
citizenship	Athens →
contemporaryOf	Isocrates → Plato →
educatedBy	Socrates →
fieldOfWork	ethics → historiography → military theory → political philosophy →
genre	biography → history → military treatise → philosophy →
historicalPeriod	Classical Greece →
influenced	Renaissance humanists → Roman historians →
knownFor	accounts of Socrates → continuation of Thucydides in Hellenica → military narrative Anabasis →
language	Ancient Greek →
militaryRank	general of the Ten Thousand →
name	Xenophon →
nameInGreek	Ξενοφῶν →
notableWork	Agesilaus → Anabasis → Apology of Socrates to the Jury → Cyropaedia → Hellenica → Hipparchicus → Memorabilia → Oeconomicus → On Horsemanship → Symposium → Ways and Means →
occupation	historian → mercenary → philosopher → soldier → writer →
participatedIn	expedition of the Ten Thousand →
residence	Peloponnese → Scillus →
servedIn	army of Cyrus the Younger →
wroteAbout	Agesilaus II of Sparta → Cyrus the Great → Socrates →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Agesilaus → Anabasis → Cyropaedia → Hellenica → Hipparchicus → Memorabilia → Oeconomicus → On Horsemanship → Ways and Means → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates → Xenophon’s Symposium →	author
Aspasia of Miletus → Scillus → Socrates ("Xenophon's writings") →	associatedWith
Boeotians → Phlius → Scillus →	mentionedBy
Lamprocles ("Xenophon’s Memorabilia") → Phrygia →	mentionedIn
On Horsemanship ("Xenophon of Athens") → Ways and Means →	workOf
army of Cyrus the Younger →	documentedBy
Socratic method ("Xenophon’s writings") →	documentedIn
Classical Greek philosophy →	hasKeyFigure
School of Socrates →	hasMember
Classical Greece →	hasNotableHistorian
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates →	hasPerspectiveOf
Lysander →	historicalSource
Socrates →	influenced
Anabasis →	mainCharacter
Meletus →	mentionedInWorkBy
Xenophon →	name
Xenophon ("Ξενοφῶν") →	nameInGreek
Socrates ("Xenophon's Memorabilia") →	portrayedIn
Battle of Aegospotami →	primarySource
Attic Greek →	usedBy
Oeconomicus ("Xenophon of Athens") →	workBy
Cyropaedia ("Xenophon of Athens") →	writtenBy