Xenophon
['zenəfən;-fɔn]
Definition
(noun.) Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC).
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Examples
- The whole is taken from _Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates, Book Third_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The same drift to monarchist ideas had occurred in the case of that Xenophon whose _Anabasis_ we have already mentioned. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The real, like the Platonic Socrates, as we gather from the Memorabilia of Xenophon, was fond of making similar adaptations. Plato. The Republic.
- Or one enlisted for a time in their armies (as Xenophon did) and hoped for his luck with a rich prisoner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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