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Memorabilia ; Oeconomicus ; Symposium ; Apology / Xenophon ; with an English translation by E.C. Marchant and O.J. Todd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Xenophon, author.
- Series:
- Loeb classical library ; 168.
- Loeb Classical Library ; 168
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Socrates--Early works to 1800.
- Socrates.
- Agriculture--Early works to 1800.
- Agriculture.
- Greece.
- Iran.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- New edition / revised by Jeffrey Henderson.
- Other Title:
- Digital Loeb.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- In Memorabilia and in Oeconomicus, a dialogue about household management, we see the philosopher Socrates through the eyes of his associate, Xenophon. In the Symposium, we obtain insight on life in Athens. Xenophon's Apology is an interesting complement to Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial. Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in 401 BCE to serve as a mercenary commander for Cyrus the Younger of Persia, then joined the staff of King Agesilaus II of Sparta before settling in Elis and, in the aftermath of the battle of Leuctra in 371 BCE, retiring to Corinth. His historical and biographical works, Socratic dialogues and reminiscences, and short treatises on hunting, horsemanship, economics, and the Spartan constitution are richly informative about his own life and times. This volume collects Xenophon's portrayals of his associate, Socrates. In Memorabilia (or Memoirs of Socrates) and in Oeconomicus, a dialogue about household management, we see the philosopher through Xenophon's eyes. Here, as in the accompanying Symposium, we also obtain insight on life in Athens. The volume concludes with Xenophon's Apology, an interesting complement to Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Contains:
- Xenophon. Oeconomicus.
- Xenophon. Symposium.
- Xenophon. Apology.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Xenophon. Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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