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Major Works

  • 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

  • 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

  • Xenophon’s Memorabilia

    - Xenophon. Memorabilia. Translated and edited by A. L. Bonnette. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994.
    From the publisher: 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 Memorabilia is… More

  • Anabasis of Cyrus

    - Xenophon. Anabasis of Cyrus. Translated and edited by Wayne Ambler. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008.
    From the publisher: 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 Cyrus the… More

  • The Education of Cyrus

    - Xenophon. The Education of Cyrus. Translated and edited by Wayne Ambler. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001.
    From the publisher: 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 philosophical novel… More

  • 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

Other Works

  • Collected Works

    - Xenophantis opera omnia ed. E. C. marchant. Oxford: Oxford Classical Library. 1900-1920.
     

Commentary

  • Letters on the Study and Use of History

    - Bolingbroke, H. St. John, 1st viscount. Letters on the Study and Use of History. London: A. Millar. 1752.

  • Die Epilog der Cyropaedie von Xenophon

    - Bornemann, F. Die Epilog der Cyropaedie von Xenophon. Leipzig: Hinrichs. 1819.

  • 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

  • Xénophon: son caractère et son talent

    - Croiset, A. Xénophon: son caractère et son talent. Toulouse: Thorin. 1873.

  • “De Xenophontis Cyrupaediae epilogo”

    - Cobet, C. G. "De Xenophontis Cyrupaediae epilogo." Mnemosyne 3:66-72. 1875.

  • De Cyrupediae capite extremo

    - Eichler, Gustav. De Cyrupediae capite extremo. Leipzig: Grimmae. 1880.

  • “On the Cyropaedia”

    - Dadachanjee, R. K. "On the Cyropaedia." Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 21: 552-61.

  • La Langue de Xénophon

    - Gautier, L. La Langue de Xénophon. Geneva: n.p, 1911.

  • Xenophon’s Staats-und Gesellschaftsideal und seine Zeit

    - Scharr, E. Xenophon's Staats-und Gesellschaftsideal und seine Zeit. Halle: M. Niemeyer. 1919.

  • “Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur”

    - Muscher, K. "Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur." Philologus 13. 1920.

  • “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.

  • Les idées politiques et sociales de Xénophon

    - Luccioni, J. Les idées politiques et sociales de Xénophon. Paris: Ophrys. 1949.

  • Xénophon et le socratisme

    - Luccioni, J. Xénophon et le socratisme. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. 1953.

  • Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

    - Delebecque, E. Essai sur la vie de Xénophon. Paris: C. Klincksieck. 1957.

  • “Xenophon’s Theory of Leadership”

    - Wood, N. "Xenophon's Theory of Leadership." Classica et Mediaevalia 25: 33-66, 1964.

  • “Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus”

    - Bruell, C. "Xenophon's Education of Cyrus." PhD Diss., University of Chicago. 1969.

  • “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 and Thucydides

    - Soulis, E. M. Xenophon and Thucydides. Athens: n.p. 1972.

  • Cyropédie, I-II

    - Bizos, M. Cyropédie, I-II. Paris: Les Belles Letters. 1971-1973.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • “L’idée de monarchie impériale dans La Cyropédie”

    - Carlier, P. "L'idée de monarchie impériale dans La Cyropédie." Ktema 3: 133-63. 1978.

  • “The Cyropaedia and Hellenic Kingship”

    - Farber, J. "The Cyropaedia and Hellenic Kingship." American Journal of Philology 100: 497-514, 1979.

  • “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 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

  • 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.

  • “Xenophon’s Anabasis”

    - Strauss, L. "Xenophon's Anabasis". In Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1985.

  • 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”

    - Bruell, C. "Xenophon." In History of Political Philosophy, ed. L. Strauss and J. Cropsey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1987.

  • Xenophon’s Sparta: An Introduction

    - Proietti, G. Xenophon's Sparta: An Introduction. Supplement to Mnemosyne, vol. 98. Leiden: Brill, 1987.

  • “Xenophon and His Socrates” by Christopher Bruell

    - Bruell, Christopher. “Xenophon and His Socrates.” Interpretation 16 (1988): 295–306.
    One of the leading scholars of Xenophon offers his reflections on Xenophon’s Socrates.

  • 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.

  • The Cyropaedia: Xenophon’s Aims and Methods

    - Due, B. The Cyropaedia: Xenophon's Aims and Methods. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. 1989.

  • The Character of Xenophon’s Hellenica

    - Gray, V. The Character of Xenophon's Hellenica. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U. Press. 1989.

  • “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

  • 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

  • “Fictional Narrative in the Cyropaedia”

    - Stadter, P. "Fictional Narrative in the Cyropaedia." American Journal of Philology 112: 461-91, 1991.

  • Etude sur les Helléniques: Xénophon et l’histoire

    - Riedinger, J-C. Etude sur les Helléniques: Xénophon et l'histoire. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 1991.

  • 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

  • Xenophon’s Cyropaedia by Deborah Gera

    - Gera, Deborah. Xenophon's Cyropaedia: Style, Genre, and Literary Technique. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.
    From the publisher: 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 several of its… More

  • 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, 1993
    Publisher’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, Sparta and Cyropaedia”

    - Tuplin, C. "Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia." In The Shadow of Sparta, ed. Anton Powell. London: Routledge. 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

  • “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.

  • “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.

  • 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

  • The Socratic Movement

    - Vander Waerdt, P. A., ed. The Socratic Movement. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 1994.

  • 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

  • Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

    - Mueller-Goldingen, C. Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie. Stuttgart: Teubner. 1995.

  • “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.

  • “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

  • “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 Prince by Christopher Nadon

    - Nadon, Christopher. Xenophon's Prince: Republic and Empire in the Cyropaedia. Berkeley: University of California 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

  • Xenophon’s Socrates by Leo Strauss

    - Strauss, Leo. Xenophon's Socrates. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2004. Originally published 1972.
    From the publisher: 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 philosophy. He… 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.

  • 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

  • “Socratic political philosophy in Xenophon’s Symposium” by Thomas Pangle

    - Pangle, Thomas L. “Socratic Political Philosophy in Xenophon’s Symposium.” American Journal of Political Science 54, no. 1 (January 2010): 140–152.
    Thomas Pangle interprets Xenophon’s Symposium.

  • “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.

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