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.Major Works
Hiero or: On Tyranny
- Hiero in Leo Strauss On Tyranny, ed. Gourevitch, Roth Chicago: University of Chicago Press. corrected and expanded edition, 2013.From the publisher: On Tyranny is Leo Strauss’s classic reading of Xenophon’s dialogue, Hiero or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. This edition… More
The Education of Cyrus
- The Education of Cyrus, trans./ed. W. Ambler. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2001.Publisher’s Review: “Xenophon’s masterpiece The Education of Cyrus—a work admired by Machiavelli for its lessons on leadership—is at last available in a new English translation for a new century. Also known as the Cyropaedia, this… More
Anabasis of Cyrus
- Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus trans./ed. W. Ambler. Ithaca: NY: Cornell University Press. 2008.Publisher’s Review: “One of the foundational works of military history and political philosophy, and an inspiration for Alexander the Great, the Anabasis of Cyrus recounts the epic story of the Ten Thousand, a band of Greek mercenaries hired by… More
Xenophon’s Memorabilia
- Xenophon's Memorabilia trans./ed. A. L. Bonnette. Ithaca: NY: Cornell University Press, 1994.Publisher’s Review: “An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon’s Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing a rare firsthand account of Socrates’ life and philosophy. The… More
Xenophon’s Hellenika
- The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika . trans./ed. R. B. Strassler, J. Marincola, D. Thomas. New York: Pantheon Books. 2009.Publisher’s Review: “From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus, here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika, the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the… More
The Shorter Socratic Writings
- Xenophon, The Shorter Socratic Writings, trans./ed. R. Bartlett. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University 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
Multimedia
Wayne Ambler on The Cyropaedia
- Wayne Ambler, "On The Cyropaedia," CTI @UT Austin, Winter, 2021.Prof. Wayne Ambler, a translator of wonderful English editions of Xenophon writings, discusses Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus.
Xenophon on Justice, Violence and the Legitimacy of Law
- Xenophon on Justice, Violence and the Legitimacy of Law - A lecture by Dr. Gabriel Danzig of Bar-Ilan University, given during the Israeli Philosophy Association's 16th Annual Conference hosted at Bar- Ilan University on February 18, 2013.Socrates without Plato: the portrayals of Aristophanes and Xenophon
- Peter Adamson. History of Philosophy Podcast. King's College London. Audio recording. Time 20:25.In the first of several episodes on Socrates, Peter Adamson discusses portrayals of Socrates in “The Clouds” of Aristophanes and in the works of the historian Xenophon.