Major Works

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• 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.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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.

• “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

• In our Time, Xenophon

  - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Xenophon, Thursday, May 26, 2011 for BBC radio.

• 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

• 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

Other Works

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• 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.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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.

• “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

• In our Time, Xenophon

  - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Xenophon, Thursday, May 26, 2011 for BBC radio.

• 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

• 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

Commentary

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• 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.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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.

• “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

• In our Time, Xenophon

  - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Xenophon, Thursday, May 26, 2011 for BBC radio.

• 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

• 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

Multimedia

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• 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.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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.

• “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

• In our Time, Xenophon

  - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Xenophon, Thursday, May 26, 2011 for BBC radio.

• 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

• 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

Teaching

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• “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.

• 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

• 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.

• Untersuchungen zu Xenophons Kyrupädie

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

• “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.

• “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

• In our Time, Xenophon

  - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Xenophon, Thursday, May 26, 2011 for BBC radio.

• 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

• 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