XENOPHON

born 431 BC, Attica, Greece died , shortly before 350, Attica Greek historian, author of the Anabasis. Its prose was highly regarded by literary critics in antiquity and had strong influence on Latin literature. Additional reading There is a good English translation of the complete works by H.G. Dakyns, 4 vol. (189097); and by W. Miller et al. in the Loeb Series, 7 vol. (191825, reprinted 196068), with parallel Greek text. The Anabasis has been well translated by W.H.D. Rouse (The March Up-Country, 1947) and by Rex Warner (Persian Expedition, 1949).For commentaries, see G.E. Underhill, A Commentary with Introduction and Appendix on the Hellenica of Xenophon (1900); K.J. Freeman, Schools of Hellas (1907); K.M.T. Chrimes, The Respublica Lacedaemoniorum Ascribed to Xenophon (1948); J.K. Anderson, Ancient Greek Horsemanship (1961); and W.P. Henry, Greek Historical Writing: A Historiographical Essay Based on Xenophon's Hellenica (1966).Biographical studies are L.V. Jacks, Xenophon, Soldier of Fortune (1930); E. Delebecque, Essai sur la vie de Xnophon (1957); and H.R. Breitenbach, Xenophon von Athen, in Pauly-Wissowa Realencyclopdie, vol. 19, col. 15692051 (1967), each with full bibliography. For a picture of Xenophon, see G.M. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, vol. 2 (1965).