Commentary
[in chronological order]
“Xenophon’s Socrates on Political Ambition” by Benjamin Lorch
- Lorch, B. "Xenophon's Socrates on Political Ambition and Political Philosophy." The Review of Politics. Vol. 72. Issue 2 2010.“Socratic political philosophy in Xenophon’s Symposium” by Thomas Pangle
- Pangle, T. "Socratic political philosophy in Xenophon's Symposium," American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54, No. 1, Jan. 2010. 140-152.Thomas Pangle interprets Xenophon’s Symposium.
The Case for Greatness by Robert Faulkner
- Faulkner, R. The Case for Greatness: honorable ambition and its critics. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2008.Publisher’s Review: “The Case for Greatness is a spirited look at political ambition, good and bad, with particular attention to honorable ambition. Robert Faulkner contends that too many modern accounts of leadership slight such things as… More
“Justice Over-ruled” by Robert Faulkner
- Faulkner, R. "Justice Over-ruled: the ambition of Xenophon's Cyrus the Great." In Enlightening Revolutions, ed. S. Minkov. Lexington, 2006.Xenophon’s Socrates by Leo Strauss
- Strauss, L. Xenophon's Socrates. St. Augustine Press. 2004 [1972].Publisher’s Review: “Relying exclusively on the texts, Professor Strauss analyzes and compares every seemingly casual utterance as well as the more formal statements to recover the true Socrates and to determine the character of political… More
Xenophon’s Prince by Christopher Nadon
- Nadon, C. Xenophon's Prince: Republic and Empire in the Cyropaedia, Berkeley: U. Cal Press, 2001.From the publisher: “For over two millennia, the Cyropaedia, an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon’s most popular work and considered his masterpiece. This study contributes to the recent rediscovery of… More
“The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia”
- Buzetti, E. "The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia," Interpretation 29 (1) 2001: 6.“Xenophon’s Symposium”
- Bartlett, R. "Xenophon's Symposium." In Xenophon's Shorter Socratic Writings, ed. Robert Bartlett. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell U. Press. 1996.Publisher’s Review “This book presents translations of three dialogues Xenophon devoted to the life and thought of his teacher, Socrates. Each is accompanied by notes and an interpretative essay that will introduce new readers to Xenophon and… More
“Xenophon’s Socrates on the Just and the Lawful”
- Morrison, D. "Xenophon's Socrates on the Just and the Lawful." Ancient Philosophy 15: 329-477.Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie
- Mueller-Goldingen, C. Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie. Stuttgart: Teubner. 1995.Xenophon and the History of His Times
- Dillery, John. Xenophon and the History of His Times. London: Routledge. 1995.Publisher’s Review: “Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophon’s longer historical works, the Hellenica and the Anabasis. Dillery considers how far these texts reflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth… More
The Socratic Movement
- Vander Waerdt, P. A., ed. The Socratic Movement. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 1994.Oeconomicus: A Social and Historical Commentary
- Pomeroy, S. Xenophon Oeconomicus: A Social and Historical Commentary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1994.Publisher’s Review: “The Oeconomicus is unique in Greek literature in combining a discussion of the proper management of a family or household and didactic material on agriculture within a Socratic dialogue. One of the richest primary sources… More
“Socrates in the Context of Xenophon’s Political Writings”
- Pangle, T. "Socrates in the Context of Xenophon's Political Writings." In The Socratic Movement, ed. P. Vander Waerdt. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. 1994.“Dying in Style: Xenophon’s Ideal Leader and the End of the Cyropaedia”
- Sage, P. W. "Dying in Style: Xenophon's Ideal Leader and the End of the Cyropaedia." Classical Journal 90: 161-174, 1994.The Socratic Movement
- Vander Waerdt, P. A., ed. The Socratic Movement. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 1994.Table of Contents: Preface Abbreviations Introduction / Paul A. Vander Waerdt 1 1. The Origins of the Socratic Dialogue / Diskin Clay 23 2. Socrates in the Clouds / Paul A. Vander Waerdt 48 3. Aeschines on Socratic Eros / Charles H. Kahn 87 4. The… More
“Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia”
- Tuplin, C. "Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia." In The Shadow of Sparta, ed. Anton Powell. London: Routledge. 1994.The Failings of Empire: a Reading of Xenophon. Hellenica 2.3.11-7.5.27
- Tuplin, C. The Failings of Empire: a Reading of Xenophon. Hellenica 2.3.11-7.5.27. Stuttgart: F. Steiner, 1993Publisher’s Review: “Current views of Xenophon’s account of 404-362 BC under-play the fact that it is a chronological report of politico-military events which should be taken seriously and not seen merely as arbitrary pegs for didactic… More
Xenophon’s Cyropaedia by Deborah Gera
- Gera, D. Xenophon's Cyropaedia: Style, Genre, and Literary Technique. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1993.Publisher’s Review: “This book is a literary study of the Cyropaedia, Xenophon’s fictional account of Cyrus the Great and the founding of his empire. The Cyropaedia is a complex blend of various literary forms, and this book examines… More
Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher
- Vlastos, G. Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991.Publisher’s Review: “Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest… More
Etude sur les Helléniques: Xénophon et l’histoire
- Riedinger, J-C. Etude sur les Helléniques: Xénophon et l'histoire. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 1991.“Fictional Narrative in the Cyropaedia”
- Stadter, P. "Fictional Narrative in the Cyropaedia." American Journal of Philology 112: 461-91, 1991.Xenophon’s Imperial Fiction: On the Education of Cyrus
- Tatum, J. Xenophon's Imperial Fiction: On the Education of Cyrus. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1989.Publisher’s Review: “Tatum’s goal is to make it fully meaningful for the twentieth-century reader. To accomplish this aim, he uses reception study, philological and historical criticism, and an intertextual and structural analysis of the… More
“Xenophon’s Hiero and the Meaning of the Wise Man and Tyrant in Greek Literature”
- Gray, V. "Xenophon's Hiero and the Meaning of the Wise Man and Tyrant in Greek Literature." Classics Quarterly 36: 115-23, 1989.Publisher’s Review: “The Hiero is an account in Socratic conversational form of a meeting between Simonides the poet and Hiero the tyrant of Syracuse; it was written by Xenophon of Athens in the fourth century b.c., but is set in the fifth, when… More
The Character of Xenophon’s Hellenica
- Gray, V. The Character of Xenophon's Hellenica. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U. Press. 1989.The Cyropaedia: Xenophon’s Aims and Methods
- Due, B. The Cyropaedia: Xenophon's Aims and Methods. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. 1989.Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon’s Socratic Writings: 1600-present
- Morrison, D. Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings: 1600-present. Pittsburgh: Mathesis Publications. 1988.“Xenophon and His Socrates” by Christopher Bruell
- Bruell, C. "Xenophon and His Socrates." Interpretation (16), 295-306. 1988One of the leading scholars of Xenophon offers his reflections on Xenophon’s Socrates.
Xenophon’s Sparta: An Introduction
- Proietti, G. Xenophon's Sparta: An Introduction. Supplement to Mnemosyne, vol. 98. Leiden: Brill, 1987.“Xenophon”
- Bruell, C. "Xenophon." In History of Political Philosophy, ed. L. Strauss and J. Cropsey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1987.Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta
- Cartledge, P. Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1987.Publisher’s Review: “As one of the two Spartan kings, Agesilaos II presided over Sparta’s greatest imperial expansion and its collapse as a major power. At his accession in 400 BC, Sparta had recently defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War… More
“Xenophon’s Anabasis”
- Strauss, L. "Xenophon's Anabasis". In Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1985.The Friendship of the Barbarians: Xenophon and the Persian Empire
- Hirsch, S. The Friendship of the Barbarians: Xenophon and the Persian Empire. Hanover, N. H.: University Press of New England. 1985.The Prince
- Machiavelli's The Prince. Trans. H. C. Mansfield. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.Publisher’s Review: “The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation… More
“Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus and the Classical Critique of Liberalism”
- Newell, W. R. "Xenophon's Education of Cyrus and the Classical Critique of Liberalism." PhD diss., Yale University, 1981.“The Cyropaedia and Hellenic Kingship”
- Farber, J. "The Cyropaedia and Hellenic Kingship." American Journal of Philology 100: 497-514, 1979.“L’idée de monarchie impériale dans La Cyropédie”
- Carlier, P. "L'idée de monarchie impériale dans La Cyropédie." Ktema 3: 133-63. 1978.Xenophon the Athenian: The Problem of the Individual and the Society of the Polis
- Higgins, W. E. Xenophon the Athenian: The Problem of the Individual and the Society of the Polis. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1977.Xenophon
- Anderson, J. K. Xenophon. New York: Scribner. 1974.Publisher’s Review: “Historian, soldier, huntsman, economist, farmer, philosopher and author, Xenophon is one of the most versatile yet most accessible of the classical Greeks. Born at the start of the Peloponnesian War in Athens, he joined the… More
Cyropédie, I-II
- Bizos, M. Cyropédie, I-II. Paris: Les Belles Letters. 1971-1973.Xenophon and Thucydides
- Soulis, E. M. Xenophon and Thucydides. Athens: n.p. 1972.“On Xenophon’s Hellenica”
- Niebuhr, B. G. "On Xenophon's Hellenica," Philological Museum 1 1832: 487 ff.Xenophon’s Socratic Discourse: An Interpretation of the Oeconomicus
- Strauss, L. Xenophon's Socratic Discourse: An Interpretation of the Oeconomicus. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. 1970.Publisher’s Review: “Xenophon’s only true Socratic discourse, the Oeconomicus, is a dialogue between Socrates and a gentleman-farmer on the art of household management and the art of farming as practiced on a gentleman’s estate. It is… More
“Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus”
- Bruell, C. "Xenophon's Education of Cyrus." PhD Diss., University of Chicago. 1969.“Xenophon’s Theory of Leadership”
- Wood, N. "Xenophon's Theory of Leadership." Classica et Mediaevalia 25: 33-66, 1964.Essai sur la vie de Xénophon
- Delebecque, E. Essai sur la vie de Xénophon. Paris: C. Klincksieck. 1957.Xénophon et le socratisme
- Luccioni, J. Xénophon et le socratisme. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. 1953.Les idées politiques et sociales de Xénophon
- Luccioni, J. Les idées politiques et sociales de Xénophon. Paris: Ophrys. 1949.“The Spirit of Sparta or the Taste of Xenophon”
- Strauss, L. "The Spirit of Sparta or the Taste of Xenophon." Social Research 6: 502-36, 1939.Summary: Leo Strauss’ first article on Xenophon, an interpretation of Xenophon’s Spartans. Fundamental for the interpretation of Xenophon and Leo Strauss.
“Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur”
- Muscher, K. "Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur." Philologus 13. 1920.Xenophon’s Staats-und Gesellschaftsideal und seine Zeit
- Scharr, E. Xenophon's Staats-und Gesellschaftsideal und seine Zeit. Halle: M. Niemeyer. 1919.La Langue de Xénophon
- Gautier, L. La Langue de Xénophon. Geneva: n.p, 1911.“On the Cyropaedia”
- Dadachanjee, R. K. "On the Cyropaedia." Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 21: 552-61.De Cyrupediae capite extremo
- Eichler, Gustav. De Cyrupediae capite extremo. Leipzig: Grimmae. 1880.“De Xenophontis Cyrupaediae epilogo”
- Cobet, C. G. "De Xenophontis Cyrupaediae epilogo." Mnemosyne 3:66-72. 1875.Xénophon: son caractère et son talent
- Croiset, A. Xénophon: son caractère et son talent. Toulouse: Thorin. 1873.Xenophon
- Grant, A. Xenophon. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1871.Publisher’s Review: “This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: … Between… More