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Xenophon
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Xen·o·phon  (zn-fn, -fn) 430?-355? b.c.
Greek soldier and writer. A disciple of Socrates, he joined Cyrus the Younger in an attack on Persia. After the death of Cyrus, Xenophon led the Greek troops to the Black Sea, an ordeal he recounted in Anabasis.

Xenophon [ˈzɛnəfən]
n
(Biographies / Xenophon (431 bc-?355 bc) M, Greek, MILITARY: general, HISTORY: historian) 431-?355 bc, Greek general and historian; a disciple of Socrates. He accompanied Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II and, after Cyrus' death at Cunaxa (401), he led his army of 10 000 Greek soldiers to the Black Sea, an expedition described in his Anabasis. His other works include Hellenica, a history of Greece, and the Memorabilia, Apology, and Symposium, which contain recollections of Socrates
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Noun1.Xenophon - Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)
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Xenophon [ˈzenəfən] NJenofonte
Xenophon [ˈzɛnəfən] nSenofonte m


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