Xenophon's Agesilaus

by Xenophon, Henry Graham Dakyns (Translator)

Overview

AGESILAUS is a short biography of Spartan king Agesilaus II. Xenophon considered Agesilaus a paragon of civic and military virtue, and his work is one of the earliest surviving examples of biography.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014538657
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	04/24/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	174 KB

About the Author

Xenophon of Athens (c. 430 – 354 BC) was an ancient Greek soldier, historian, philosopher, and biographer. Born to an wealthy family near Athens, Xenophon was a contemporary and admirer of Socrates. He journeyed extensively in the Perisan Empire as part of an expedition by Cyrus the Younger to unseat his older brother, the emperor, in 401 B.C. Xenophon wrote extensively on his travels in Persia.