Major Works

• Xenophon

  - Grant, A. Xenophon. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1871.
  Publisher’s Review: “This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: … Between… More

• Xénophon et le socratisme

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

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

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

• 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

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

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

• “Xenophon”

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

• “Xenophon and His Socrates” by Christopher Bruell

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

• Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon’s Socratic Writings: 1600-present

  - Morrison, D. Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings: 1600-present. Pittsburgh: Mathesis Publications. 1988.

• Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher

  - Vlastos, G. Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991.
  Publisher’s Review: “Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest… More

• 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

• “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.

• The Socratic Movement

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

• Xenophon and the History of His Times

  - Dillery, John. Xenophon and the History of His Times. London: Routledge. 1995.
  Publisher’s Review: “Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophon’s longer historical works, the Hellenica and the Anabasis. Dillery considers how far these texts reflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth… More

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on the Just and the Lawful”

  - Morrison, D. "Xenophon's Socrates on the Just and the Lawful." Ancient Philosophy 15: 329-477.

• “Xenophon’s Symposium”

  - Bartlett, R. "Xenophon's Symposium." In Xenophon's Shorter Socratic Writings, ed. Robert Bartlett. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell U. Press. 1996.
  Publisher’s Review “This book presents translations of three dialogues Xenophon devoted to the life and thought of his teacher, Socrates. Each is accompanied by notes and an interpretative essay that will introduce new readers to Xenophon and… More

• “The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia”

  - Buzetti, E. "The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia," Interpretation 29 (1) 2001: 6.

• Xenophon’s Prince by Christopher Nadon

  - Nadon, Christopher. Xenophon's Prince: Republic and Empire in the Cyropaedia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
  From the publisher: For over two millennia, the Cyropaedia, an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon’s most popular work and considered his masterpiece. This study contributes to the recent rediscovery of… More

• Xenophon’s Socrates by Leo Strauss

  - Strauss, Leo. Xenophon's Socrates. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2004. Originally published 1972.
  From the publisher: Relying exclusively on the texts, Professor Strauss analyzes and compares every seemingly casual utterance as well as the more formal statements to recover the true Socrates and to determine the character of political philosophy. He… More

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

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

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on Political Ambition” by Benjamin Lorch

  - Lorch, B. "Xenophon's Socrates on Political Ambition and Political Philosophy." The Review of Politics. Vol. 72. Issue 2 2010.

• In our Time, Xenophon

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

• 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 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

• 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

• Xenophon

  - Grant, A. Xenophon. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1871.
  Publisher’s Review: “This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: … Between… More

• Xénophon et le socratisme

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

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

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

• 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

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

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

• “Xenophon”

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

• “Xenophon and His Socrates” by Christopher Bruell

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

• Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon’s Socratic Writings: 1600-present

  - Morrison, D. Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings: 1600-present. Pittsburgh: Mathesis Publications. 1988.

• Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher

  - Vlastos, G. Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991.
  Publisher’s Review: “Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest… More

• 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

• “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.

• The Socratic Movement

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

• Xenophon and the History of His Times

  - Dillery, John. Xenophon and the History of His Times. London: Routledge. 1995.
  Publisher’s Review: “Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophon’s longer historical works, the Hellenica and the Anabasis. Dillery considers how far these texts reflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth… More

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on the Just and the Lawful”

  - Morrison, D. "Xenophon's Socrates on the Just and the Lawful." Ancient Philosophy 15: 329-477.

• “Xenophon’s Symposium”

  - Bartlett, R. "Xenophon's Symposium." In Xenophon's Shorter Socratic Writings, ed. Robert Bartlett. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell U. Press. 1996.
  Publisher’s Review “This book presents translations of three dialogues Xenophon devoted to the life and thought of his teacher, Socrates. Each is accompanied by notes and an interpretative essay that will introduce new readers to Xenophon and… More

• “The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia”

  - Buzetti, E. "The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia," Interpretation 29 (1) 2001: 6.

• Xenophon’s Prince by Christopher Nadon

  - Nadon, Christopher. Xenophon's Prince: Republic and Empire in the Cyropaedia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
  From the publisher: For over two millennia, the Cyropaedia, an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon’s most popular work and considered his masterpiece. This study contributes to the recent rediscovery of… More

• Xenophon’s Socrates by Leo Strauss

  - Strauss, Leo. Xenophon's Socrates. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2004. Originally published 1972.
  From the publisher: Relying exclusively on the texts, Professor Strauss analyzes and compares every seemingly casual utterance as well as the more formal statements to recover the true Socrates and to determine the character of political philosophy. He… More

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

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

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on Political Ambition” by Benjamin Lorch

  - Lorch, B. "Xenophon's Socrates on Political Ambition and Political Philosophy." The Review of Politics. Vol. 72. Issue 2 2010.

• In our Time, Xenophon

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

• 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 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

• 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

• Xenophon

  - Grant, A. Xenophon. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1871.
  Publisher’s Review: “This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: … Between… More

• Xénophon et le socratisme

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

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

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

• 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

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

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

• “Xenophon”

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

• “Xenophon and His Socrates” by Christopher Bruell

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

• Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon’s Socratic Writings: 1600-present

  - Morrison, D. Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings: 1600-present. Pittsburgh: Mathesis Publications. 1988.

• Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher

  - Vlastos, G. Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991.
  Publisher’s Review: “Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest… More

• 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

• “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.

• The Socratic Movement

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

• Xenophon and the History of His Times

  - Dillery, John. Xenophon and the History of His Times. London: Routledge. 1995.
  Publisher’s Review: “Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophon’s longer historical works, the Hellenica and the Anabasis. Dillery considers how far these texts reflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth… More

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on the Just and the Lawful”

  - Morrison, D. "Xenophon's Socrates on the Just and the Lawful." Ancient Philosophy 15: 329-477.

• “Xenophon’s Symposium”

  - Bartlett, R. "Xenophon's Symposium." In Xenophon's Shorter Socratic Writings, ed. Robert Bartlett. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell U. Press. 1996.
  Publisher’s Review “This book presents translations of three dialogues Xenophon devoted to the life and thought of his teacher, Socrates. Each is accompanied by notes and an interpretative essay that will introduce new readers to Xenophon and… More

• “The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia”

  - Buzetti, E. "The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia," Interpretation 29 (1) 2001: 6.

• Xenophon’s Prince by Christopher Nadon

  - Nadon, Christopher. Xenophon's Prince: Republic and Empire in the Cyropaedia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
  From the publisher: For over two millennia, the Cyropaedia, an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon’s most popular work and considered his masterpiece. This study contributes to the recent rediscovery of… More

• Xenophon’s Socrates by Leo Strauss

  - Strauss, Leo. Xenophon's Socrates. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2004. Originally published 1972.
  From the publisher: Relying exclusively on the texts, Professor Strauss analyzes and compares every seemingly casual utterance as well as the more formal statements to recover the true Socrates and to determine the character of political philosophy. He… More

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

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

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on Political Ambition” by Benjamin Lorch

  - Lorch, B. "Xenophon's Socrates on Political Ambition and Political Philosophy." The Review of Politics. Vol. 72. Issue 2 2010.

• In our Time, Xenophon

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

• 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 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

• 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

• Xenophon

  - Grant, A. Xenophon. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1871.
  Publisher’s Review: “This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: … Between… More

• Xénophon et le socratisme

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

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

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

• 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

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

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

• “Xenophon”

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

• “Xenophon and His Socrates” by Christopher Bruell

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

• Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon’s Socratic Writings: 1600-present

  - Morrison, D. Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings: 1600-present. Pittsburgh: Mathesis Publications. 1988.

• Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher

  - Vlastos, G. Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991.
  Publisher’s Review: “Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest… More

• 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

• “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.

• The Socratic Movement

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

• Xenophon and the History of His Times

  - Dillery, John. Xenophon and the History of His Times. London: Routledge. 1995.
  Publisher’s Review: “Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophon’s longer historical works, the Hellenica and the Anabasis. Dillery considers how far these texts reflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth… More

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on the Just and the Lawful”

  - Morrison, D. "Xenophon's Socrates on the Just and the Lawful." Ancient Philosophy 15: 329-477.

• “Xenophon’s Symposium”

  - Bartlett, R. "Xenophon's Symposium." In Xenophon's Shorter Socratic Writings, ed. Robert Bartlett. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell U. Press. 1996.
  Publisher’s Review “This book presents translations of three dialogues Xenophon devoted to the life and thought of his teacher, Socrates. Each is accompanied by notes and an interpretative essay that will introduce new readers to Xenophon and… More

• “The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia”

  - Buzetti, E. "The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia," Interpretation 29 (1) 2001: 6.

• Xenophon’s Prince by Christopher Nadon

  - Nadon, Christopher. Xenophon's Prince: Republic and Empire in the Cyropaedia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
  From the publisher: For over two millennia, the Cyropaedia, an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon’s most popular work and considered his masterpiece. This study contributes to the recent rediscovery of… More

• Xenophon’s Socrates by Leo Strauss

  - Strauss, Leo. Xenophon's Socrates. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2004. Originally published 1972.
  From the publisher: Relying exclusively on the texts, Professor Strauss analyzes and compares every seemingly casual utterance as well as the more formal statements to recover the true Socrates and to determine the character of political philosophy. He… More

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

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

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on Political Ambition” by Benjamin Lorch

  - Lorch, B. "Xenophon's Socrates on Political Ambition and Political Philosophy." The Review of Politics. Vol. 72. Issue 2 2010.

• In our Time, Xenophon

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

• 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 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

• 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

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• Xenophon

  - Grant, A. Xenophon. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1871.
  Publisher’s Review: “This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: … Between… More

• Xénophon et le socratisme

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

• Essai sur la vie de Xénophon

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

• Leo Strauss lecture on Xenophon, Winter 1963

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

• 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

• Leo Strauss on Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

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

• “Xenophon”

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

• “Xenophon and His Socrates” by Christopher Bruell

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

• Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon’s Socratic Writings: 1600-present

  - Morrison, D. Bibliography of Editions, Translations and Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings: 1600-present. Pittsburgh: Mathesis Publications. 1988.

• Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher

  - Vlastos, G. Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991.
  Publisher’s Review: “Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest… More

• 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

• “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.

• The Socratic Movement

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

• Xenophon and the History of His Times

  - Dillery, John. Xenophon and the History of His Times. London: Routledge. 1995.
  Publisher’s Review: “Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophon’s longer historical works, the Hellenica and the Anabasis. Dillery considers how far these texts reflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth… More

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on the Just and the Lawful”

  - Morrison, D. "Xenophon's Socrates on the Just and the Lawful." Ancient Philosophy 15: 329-477.

• “Xenophon’s Symposium”

  - Bartlett, R. "Xenophon's Symposium." In Xenophon's Shorter Socratic Writings, ed. Robert Bartlett. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell U. Press. 1996.
  Publisher’s Review “This book presents translations of three dialogues Xenophon devoted to the life and thought of his teacher, Socrates. Each is accompanied by notes and an interpretative essay that will introduce new readers to Xenophon and… More

• “The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia”

  - Buzetti, E. "The Rhetoric of Xenophon and the Treatment of Justice in the Memorabilia," Interpretation 29 (1) 2001: 6.

• Xenophon’s Prince by Christopher Nadon

  - Nadon, Christopher. Xenophon's Prince: Republic and Empire in the Cyropaedia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
  From the publisher: For over two millennia, the Cyropaedia, an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon’s most popular work and considered his masterpiece. This study contributes to the recent rediscovery of… More

• Xenophon’s Socrates by Leo Strauss

  - Strauss, Leo. Xenophon's Socrates. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2004. Originally published 1972.
  From the publisher: Relying exclusively on the texts, Professor Strauss analyzes and compares every seemingly casual utterance as well as the more formal statements to recover the true Socrates and to determine the character of political philosophy. He… More

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

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

• “Xenophon’s Socrates on Political Ambition” by Benjamin Lorch

  - Lorch, B. "Xenophon's Socrates on Political Ambition and Political Philosophy." The Review of Politics. Vol. 72. Issue 2 2010.

• In our Time, Xenophon

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

• 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 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

• 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