Major Works

• 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.

• La Langue de Xénophon

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

• “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.

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• 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.

• “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.

• 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.

• 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

• “Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia”

  - Tuplin, C. "Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia." In The Shadow of Sparta, ed. Anton Powell. London: Routledge. 1994.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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

• “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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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

• 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.

• La Langue de Xénophon

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

• “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.

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• 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.

• “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.

• 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.

• 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

• “Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia”

  - Tuplin, C. "Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia." In The Shadow of Sparta, ed. Anton Powell. London: Routledge. 1994.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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

• “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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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

Commentary

• 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.

• La Langue de Xénophon

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

• “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.

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• 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.

• “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.

• 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.

• 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

• “Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia”

  - Tuplin, C. "Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia." In The Shadow of Sparta, ed. Anton Powell. London: Routledge. 1994.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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

• “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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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

Multimedia

• 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.

• La Langue de Xénophon

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

• “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.

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• 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.

• “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.

• 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.

• 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

• “Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia”

  - Tuplin, C. "Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia." In The Shadow of Sparta, ed. Anton Powell. London: Routledge. 1994.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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

• “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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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

Teaching

• 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.

• La Langue de Xénophon

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

• “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.

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• 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.

• “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.

• 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.

• 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

• “Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia”

  - Tuplin, C. "Xenophon, Sparta and Cyropaedia." In The Shadow of Sparta, ed. Anton Powell. London: Routledge. 1994.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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

• “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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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