Major Works

• 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.

• “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.

• “Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur”

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

  - Lecture Course of Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago, Winter 1963

• “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.

• 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

• “On Xenophon’s Hellenica”

  - Niebuhr, B. G. "On Xenophon's Hellenica," Philological Museum 1 1832: 487 ff.

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

  - Lecture course of Leo Stauss at St. John's College, Annapolis, in 19 tapes. 1969-1970  

• 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.

• “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 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.

• The Cyropaedia: Xenophon’s Aims and Methods

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• “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.

• “Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur”

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

  - Lecture Course of Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago, Winter 1963

• “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.

• 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

• “On Xenophon’s Hellenica”

  - Niebuhr, B. G. "On Xenophon's Hellenica," Philological Museum 1 1832: 487 ff.

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

  - Lecture course of Leo Stauss at St. John's College, Annapolis, in 19 tapes. 1969-1970  

• 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.

• “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 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.

• The Cyropaedia: Xenophon’s Aims and Methods

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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.

• “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.

• “Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur”

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

  - Lecture Course of Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago, Winter 1963

• “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.

• 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

• “On Xenophon’s Hellenica”

  - Niebuhr, B. G. "On Xenophon's Hellenica," Philological Museum 1 1832: 487 ff.

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

  - Lecture course of Leo Stauss at St. John's College, Annapolis, in 19 tapes. 1969-1970  

• 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.

• “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 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.

• The Cyropaedia: Xenophon’s Aims and Methods

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Multimedia

• 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.

• “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.

• “Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur”

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

  - Lecture Course of Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago, Winter 1963

• “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.

• 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

• “On Xenophon’s Hellenica”

  - Niebuhr, B. G. "On Xenophon's Hellenica," Philological Museum 1 1832: 487 ff.

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

  - Lecture course of Leo Stauss at St. John's College, Annapolis, in 19 tapes. 1969-1970  

• 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.

• “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 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.

• The Cyropaedia: Xenophon’s Aims and Methods

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Teaching

• 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.

• “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.

• “Xenophon in der griechisch-romanischen Literatur”

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

  - Lecture Course of Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago, Winter 1963

• “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.

• 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

• “On Xenophon’s Hellenica”

  - Niebuhr, B. G. "On Xenophon's Hellenica," Philological Museum 1 1832: 487 ff.

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

  - Lecture course of Leo Stauss at St. John's College, Annapolis, in 19 tapes. 1969-1970  

• 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.

• “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 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.

• The Cyropaedia: Xenophon’s Aims and Methods

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

• 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

• 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

• 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