Xenophon of Athens was a versatile Greek historian, soldier, and philosopher whose life spanned the late fifth and early fourth centuries BC. As a student of Socrates, he authored numerous Socratic dialogues and defenses of his teacher's character, providing an alternative perspective to that of Plato. He is famously known for leading the Ten Thousand, a group of Greek mercenaries, on a perilous trek across the Persian Empire, a journey he chronicled in his memoir, Anabasis. His extensive literary output also includes biographical works, such as his portrait of the Persian King Cyrus the Great, and historical accounts that continued the record of the Peloponnesian War. Beyond narrative history, he compos ...