Xenophon of Athens

 

XENOPHON of Athens

 

Xenophôn (Ξενοφῶν).
Born about 430 BCE in the deme Erchia of Athens.
Died in 354 BCE, probably in Corinth.
Wikipedia: English, French.

 

HISTORICAL WORKS

The Expedition Up Country.
 (Ἀνάβασις / Anabasis).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Dindorf (1824; revised in 1826); • Cobet (1859); • Hug (1878); • Gemoll (1899); • Marchant (1904, ed. 1957).
 English: History (John Bingham, 1623); • The Expedition of Cyrus, I–IV and V–VII (Edward Spelman, 1742); • Anabasis (a member of the University of Oxford, 1822); • The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia (N. S. Smith, 1824); • Anabasis, I–IV (William MacCabe, 1824); • The Anabasis, I–III (Jonathan Phillips, 1840, revised in 1848); • Anabasis, I–III (T. W. Allpress, 1845); • Anabasis (George Wheeler, 1850); • Anabasis (John Watson, 1854); • Anabasis (Roscoe Mongan, c. 1864); • Anabasis (Thomas Arnold, c. 1870); • Anabasis (Henry Dakyns, 1890); • The Anabasis of Cyrus, I–III (Carleton Brownson, 1921) and IV–VII (Carleton Brownson, 1922, ed. 1947); • The March Up Country (William Rouse, 1947, ed. 1958); • The Persian Expedition (Rex Warner, 1949, ed. 1961); • The Expedition of Cyrus (Robin Waterfield, 2005); • The Anabasis of Cyrus (Wayne Ambler, 2008); • Anabasis (David Thomas, 2021).
 French: Histoire du voyage que fit Cyrus à l’encontre du roi de Perse Artaxerxès son frère (Claude de Seyssel, posthumous, 1529); • L’Anabase de Cyrus le Jeune (Simon Goulart, 1613); • La Retraite des Dix Mille, ou l’Expédition de Cyrus contre Artaxerxès (Nicolas Perrot d’Ablancourt, 1648); • De l’Expédition de Cyrus (César-Henri de La Luzerne, 1777); • L’Expédition de Cyrus dans l’Asie supérieure, I–IV and V–VII (Pierre-Henri Larcher, 1778); • Expédition de Cyrus dans l’Asie supérieure, et retraite des Dix-Mille, I–II and III–VII (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1799–1801); • Expédition de Cyrus et retraite des Dix Mille (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • L’Anabase, I (Édouard Sommer, 1864, ed. 1890); • L’Anabase, I–IV and V–VII (Félix de Parnajon, 1865); • L’Anabase (Arthur Boucher, 1913); • Anabase, I–III and IV–VII (Paul Masqueray, 1930–1931).
 Book I.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book II.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book III.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book IV.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book V.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book VI.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book VII.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.

The Education of Cyrus.
 (Κύρου παιδεία / Kurou paideia).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Dindorf (1824; revised in • 1826); • Hug (1883); • Marchant (1910, ed. 1960); • Gemoll (1912).
 English: The Discipline, School and Education of Cyrus (William Barker, c. 1552); • Cyrupædia: The Institution and Life of Cyrus (Philemon Holland, 1632, ed. 1654); • The Institution and Life of Cyrus the Great (Francis Digby and John Norris, 1685); • Cyropaedia, I–IV and V–VIII (Maurice Ashley, 1728); • Cyropædia, or Institution of Cyrus (John Watson, 1855); • Cyropædia, I–III, IV–VI and VII–VIII (Roscoe Mongan, c. 1870); • The Cyropaedia, I–III and IV–VIII (Henry Dakyns, 1909); • The Cyropaedia (Florence Stawell, revision of Dakyns, 1914); • Cyropaedia, I–IV and V–VIII (Walter Miller, 1914); • The Education of Cyrus (Wayne Ambler, 2001).
 French: La Cyropédie (Jacques de Vintimille, 1547; see also 1555); • La Cyropædie (Simon Goulart, 1613); • La Cyropædie, ou l’Histoire de Cyrus (François Charpentier, 1659); • La Cyropédie, ou Histoire de Cyrus, I–IV and V–VIII (Bon-Joseph Dacier, 1777); • La Cyropédie, ou Histoire de Cyrus, I–IV and V–VIII (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1798–1799); • La Cyropédie, I (F. S. Lehrs, 1858); • Cyropédie, ou Éducation de Cyrus (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • La Cyropédie, II (Édouard Sommer, 1863).
 Book I.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book II.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book III.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book IV.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book V.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book VI.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book VII.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book VIII.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.

Of the Greeks.
 (Ἑλληνικά / Hellênika).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Dindorf (1824); • Cobet (1862); • Marchant (1900).
 English: History of the Affairs of Greece (John Newman, 1632); • History of the Affairs of Greece (William Smith, 1770); • Hellenics, or Grecian History (Henry Dale and John Watson, 1855); • Hellenics, I–III (Roscoe Mongan, c. 1870); • Hellenica, I–II and III–VII (Henry Dakyns, 1890–1892); • Hellenics (J. A. Prout, 1892–1897); • Hellenica, I–V and VI–VII (Carleton Brownson, 1918–1921); • A History of My Times (Rex Warner, 1966, ed. 1979); • Hellenika (John Marincola, 2009).
 French: Les Histoires grecques (Simon Goulart, 1613); • L’Histoire grecque, ou la Suite de Thucydide (Nicolas Perrot d’Ablancourt, 1661); • Histoire grecque (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1802); • Histoire grecque (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • Helléniques, I–III and IV–VII (Jean Hatzfeld, 1936–1939).
 Book I.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Dale.
 French: Talbot.
 Book II.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Dale.
 French: Talbot.
 Book III.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book IV.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book V.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book VI.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book VII.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.

Agesilaus.
 (Ἀγησίλαος / Agêsilaos).
 Greek: Reuchlin (1520); • Asulanus (1525); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1920, ed. 1966).
 English: A Literal Translation of Xenophon’s Agesilaus (1832); • Eulogy of Agesilaus (John Watson, 1857); • Agesilaus (Roscoe Mongan, c. 1870; erroneously dated 1848 in bibliographies); • Agesilaus (Herbert Hailstone, 1879); • Agesilaus (Henry Dakyns, 1892); • Agesilaus (Edgar Marchant, 1925); • Agesilaus (Robin Waterfield, 1997); • Agesilaus (Robert Bartlett, 2018).
 French: Discours sur les louanges du roi Agésilaus (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Éloge d’Agésilaus (François Charpentier, 1659); • Éloge d’Agésilas (Athanase Auger, 1781); • Éloge historique d’Agésilas (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1797); • Agésilas (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • Agésilas (Michel Casevitz, 2008); • La Vie d’Agésilas, roi de Sparte (Charles Zévort, 2011).

Constitution of the Lacedaemonians.
 (Λακεδαιμονίων πολιτεία / Lakedaimoniôn politeia).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Fritsch (1778); • Schneider (1815); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1920, ed. 1966).
 English: On the Lacedemonian Republic (anonymous, 1831); • On the Government of Lacedæmon (John Watson, 1857); • The Polity of the Lacedaemonians (Henry Dakyns, 1892); • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians (Edgar Marchant, 1925); • Regime of the Lacedaemonians (Catherine Kuiper and Susan Collins, 2018)
 French: La République de Sparte (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Discours sur la République de Lacédémone (César de Saint-Réal, posthumous, 1730); • La République de Sparte (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1795; revised in 1797); • Gouvernement des Lacédémoniens (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • La République des Lacédémoniens (François Ollier, 1934); • Constitution des Lacédémoniens (Michel Casevitz, 2008); • Le Gouvernement des Spartiates (Charles Zévort, 2011).

Constitution of the Athenians.
 (Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία / Athênaiôn politeia).
 Doubtful attribution.
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Fritsch (1778); • Schneider (1815); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1920, ed. 1966).
 English: Defence of the Athenian Democracy (anonymous, attributed to Henry James Pye, 1794); • Constitution of the Athenians (James Morris, 1794); • On the Athenian Republic (anonymous, 1831); • On the Government of Athens (John Watson, 1857); • The Polity of the Athenians (Henry Dakyns, 1892); • Regime of the Athenians (Gregory McBrayer, 2018).
 French: La République des Athéniens (Simon Goulart, 1613); • La République d’Athènes (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1795; revised in 1797); • Gouvernement des Athéniens (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • Constitution des Athéniens (Michel Casevitz, 2008); • Le Gouvernement des Athéniens (Charles Zévort, 2011).

 

SOCRATIC WORKS

Memoirs.
 (Ἀπομνημονεύματα / Apomnêmoneumata).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1901, ed. 1921).
 English: The Memorable Things of Socrates (Edward Bysshe, 1712); • Memoirs of Socrates (Sarah Fielding, 1762; see also 1767); • Memorabilia of Socrates (George Wheeler, 1847); • Memorabilia of Socrates (John Watson, 1854); • Memorabilia, IV (Edward Brine, 1856); • Memorabilia (Giles, 1867); • Memoirs of Socrates (Edward Levien, 1870); • The Memorabilia or Recollections of Socrates (Henry Dakyns, 1897); • Memorabilia (Edgar Marchant, 1923, ed. 1959); • Memoirs of Socrates (Hugh Tredennick, 1970; revised by Robin Waterfield in • 1990); Memorabilia (Amy Bonnette, 1994).
 French: Mémoires (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Les Choses mémorables de Socrate (François Charpentier, 1650); • Les Entretiens mémorables de Socrate, I–II and III–IV (Pierre-Charles Levesque, 1782–1783); • Entretiens mémorables de Socrate (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1804); • Entretiens mémorables de Socrate (Édouard Sommer, 1844); • Mémoires sur Socrate (Eugène Talbot, 1859).
 Book I.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book II.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book III.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.
 Book IV.
 Greek: Marchant.
 English: Watson.
 French: Talbot.

Apology of Socrates to the Jury.
 (Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους πρὸς τοὺς δικαστάς / Apologia Sôkratous pros tous dikastas).
 Greek: Reuchlin (1520); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1901, ed. 1921).
 English: The Defence of Socrates (Sarah Fielding, 1762; see also 1767); • The Apology of Socrates (John Watson, 1857); • The Apology of Socrates (Henry Dakyns, 1897); • Socrates’ Defence to the Jury (Otis Todd, 1922, ed. 1947); • Socrates’ Defence (Robin Waterfield, 1990); • Apology of Socrates to the Jury (Andrew Patch, 1996).
 French: Apologie de Xénophon pour Socrate aux juges d’Athènes (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Apologie de Socrate (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1795; revised in 1804); • Apologie de Socrate (C. Leprévost, 1843); • Apologie de Socrate (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • Apologie de Socrate (François Ollier, 1961).

Domestic Economy.
 (Οἰκονομικός / Oikonomikos).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1901, ed. 1921).
 English: Treatise of Household (Gentian Hervet, 1532); • The Science of Good Husbandry (Robert Bradley, 1727); • The Œconomicus (John Watson, 1857); • Œconomicus (William Hickie, c. 1870); • The Economist (Alexander Wedderburn and Gershom Collingwood, 1872); • The Economist (Henry Dakyns, 1897); • The Oeconomicus: A Discussion on Estate Management (Edgar Marchant, 1923, ed. 1959); • The Oeconomicus (Carnes Lord, 1970; revised by Robert Bartlett in 1996); • The Estate-Manager (Robin Waterfield, 1990).
 French: Science pour s’enrichir honnêtement et facilement (Geoffroy Tory, 1531); • Le Ménagier (François de Ferris, 1562); • La Ménagerie (Étienne de La Boétie, 1571); • Du Gouvernement des ménages (Simon Goulart, 1613); • L’Économique (Philippe Dumas, 1768); • L’Économique (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1795; revised in 1804); • De l’Économie (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • Économique (Félix de Parnajon, 1889); • L’Économie (Philippe Simon, 1905); • Économique (Pierre Chantraine, 1905).

The Banquet.
 (Συμπόσιον / Sumposion).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1901, ed. 1921).
 English: The Banquet (James Welwood, 1710; see also 1750); • The Banquet (John Watson, 1857); • Symposium, or The Banquet (Henry Dakyns, 1897); • Banquet (Otis Todd, 1922, ed. 1947); • The Dinner-Party (Hugh Tredennick, 1970; revised by Robin Waterfield in 1990); • Symposium (Robert Bartlett, 1996).
 French: Le Banquet (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Le Festin (Tanneguy Le Fèvre, 1666); • Le Banquet (Pierre de La Montagne, 1795); • Le Banquet (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1797); • Le Banquet (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • Le Banquet (François Ollier, 1961).

Hiero.
 (Ἱέρων / Hierôn).
 Greek: Reuchlin (1520); • Asulanus (1525); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1920, ed. 1966).
 English: Hiero (Elizabeth I of England, c. 1560, first published in 1743; attribution unconvincingly contested by Leicestner Bradner in 1964); • Hiero, or The Condition of a Tyrant (anonymous, 1713; see also 1750); • Hiero: On the Condition of Royalty (Richard Graves, 1793); • Hiero (John Watson, 1857); • Hiero, or The Tyrant (Henry Dakyns, 1897); • Hiero (Edgar Marchant, 1925); • Hiero the Tyrant (Robin Waterfield, 1997); • Hiero, or The Skilled Tyrant (David O’Connor, 2018).
 French: Devis entre Hiéron et Simonide (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Hiéron, ou Portrait de la condition des rois (Pierre Coste, 1711); • Hiéron, ou le Tyran (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1797); • Hiéron (Eugène Talbot, 1859); • Hiéron (Jean Luccioni, 1948); • Hiéron (Michel Casevitz, 2008).

 

TREATISES

On Horsemanship.
 (Περὶ ἱππικῆς / Peri hippikês).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Fritsch (1778); • Schneider (1815); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1920, ed. 1966).
 English: On Horsemanship (anonymous, 1831); • On Horsemanship (John Watson, 1857); • The Art of Horsemanship (Morris Morgan, 1892, ed. 1893); • On Horsemanship (Henry Dakyns, 1897); • On the Art of Horsemanship (Edgar Marchant, 1925); • On Horsemanship (Robin Waterfield, 1997); • On Horsemanship (Amy Bonnette, 2018).
 French: L’Écurie (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Traité de la cavalerie (Louis-Charles Mercier Dupaty de Clam, 1771); • Traité d’équitation (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1795; revised in 1797); • De l’Équitation (Paul-Louis Courier, 1813, ed. 1830); • De l’Équitation (Eugène Talbot, 1859).

The Cavalry Commander.
 (Ἱππαρχικός / Hipparkhikos).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Fritsch (1778); • Schneider (1815); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1920, ed. 1966).
 English: Hipparchicus (John Watson, 1857); • The Duties of a Hipparch or Commander of Cavalry at Athens (Henry Dakyns, 1897); • The Cavalry Commander (Edgar Marchant, 1925); • How to Be a Good Cavalry Commander (Robin Waterfield, 1997); • The Skilled Cavalry Commander (Wayne Ambler, 2018).
 French: Le Général de la cavalerie (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Le Maître de la cavalerie (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1795; revised in 1797); • Du Commandement de la cavalerie (Paul-Louis Courier, 1813, ed. 1830); • Le Commandant de cavalerie (Eugène Talbot, 1859).

On Hunting.
 (Κυνηγετικός / Kunêgetikos).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Fritsch (1778); • Schneider (1815); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1920, ed. 1966).
 English: Cynegeticus (John Watson, 1857); • On Hunting: A Sportsman’s Manual (Henry Dakyns, 1897); • On Hunting (Edgar Marchant, 1925); • On Hunting (Robin Waterfield, 1997); • On Hunting (Arthur Phillips and Malcolm Willcock, 1999); • The One Skilled at Hunting with Dogs (Michael Ehrmantraut and Gregory McBrayer, 2018).
 French: Discours touchant la chasse (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Traité de la chasse (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1801; revised in 1804); • De la Chasse (Eugène Talbot, 1859).

Sources of Revenue (335 BCE).
 (Πόροι ή περί προσόδων / Poroi ê peri prosodôn).
 Greek: Asulanus (1525); • Fritsch (1778); • Schneider (1815); • Dindorf (1824); • Marchant (1920, ed. 1966).
 English: A Discourse Upon Improving the Revenue of the State of Athens (Walter Moyle, 1697, ed. 1751); • On the Means of Improving the Revenues of the State of Athens (John Watson, 1857); • Ways and Means (Henry Dakyns, 1892); • Ways and Means (Edgar Marchant, 1925); • Ways and Means (Robin Waterfield, 1997); • Ways and Means (Wayne Ambler, 2018).
 French: Traité touchant les revenus (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Discours sur la manière d’augmenter les revenus d’Athènes (César de Saint-Réal, posthumous, 1730); • Projet de finance, ou Moyens d’augmenter les revenus de l’Attique (Philippe Dumas, 1768); • De l’Amélioration des finances (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1797); • Les Revenus (Eugène Talbot, 1859).

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Letters.
 English: Epistles (Thomas Stanley, 1655); • Fragments of Letters (John Watson, 1857).
 French: Lettres (Simon Goulart, 1613); • Lettres (Jean-Baptiste Gail, 1804); • Lettres (Eugène Talbot, 1859).

 

Created on 12 October 2021. Updated on 18 December 2021.