Xenophon (Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476)
Early Life
Xenophon (ZEN-oh-fuhn) was born in Athens around 431 b.c.e. His father, Gryllus, was a wealthy Athenian aristocrat. Little is known of Xenophon’s early life, but he would have come of age during the latter years of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.), the great conflict between Athens and Sparta. He probably served in one of the crack Athenian cavalry units.
As a youth, Xenophon became a pupil of Socrates, joining an intellectual circle that included at various times such diverse...
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