Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology

Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology

ISBN-10:
067499695X
ISBN-13:
9780674996953
Pub. Date:
11/25/2013
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10:
067499695X
ISBN-13:
9780674996953
Pub. Date:
11/25/2013
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology

Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology

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Overview

Socrates without Plato.

Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in 401 BC to serve as a mercenary commander for Cyrus the Younger of Persia, then joined the staff of King Agesilaus II of Sparta before settling in Elis and, in the aftermath of the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, retiring to Corinth. His historical and biographical works, Socratic dialogues and reminiscences, and short treatises on hunting, horsemanship, economics, and the Spartan constitution are richly informative about his own life and times.

This volume collects Xenophon’s portrayals of his associate, Socrates. In Memorabilia (or Memoirs of Socrates) and in Oeconomicus, a dialogue about household management, we see the philosopher through Xenophon’s eyes. Here, as in the accompanying Symposium, we also obtain insight on life in Athens. The volume concludes with Xenophon’s Apology, an interesting complement to Plato’s account of Socrates’ defense at his trial.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674996953
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/25/2013
Series: Loeb Classical Library , #168
Pages: 720
Sales rank: 411,734
Product dimensions: 4.10(w) x 6.40(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Edgar Cardew Marchant (1864–1960) was Sub-Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.

Jeffrey Henderson is William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Boston University.
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