The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . XENOPHON, the cele-brated Athenian his-torian and general, wasborn at Ercheia, andwas a son of date of his birth isunknown, being var-ously placed about 445and 430 , the latterbeing more to DiogenesLaertius, his life wassaved by Socrates at thebattle of Delium, ; but this story isnow rejected. At anearly age he became adisciple of is known of Xenophons life before 401 , when,actuated by love of excitement and curiosity to see newcountries, he went t
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . XENOPHON, the cele-brated Athenian his-torian and general, wasborn at Ercheia, andwas a son of date of his birth isunknown, being var-ously placed about 445and 430 , the latterbeing more to DiogenesLaertius, his life wassaved by Socrates at thebattle of Delium, ; but this story isnow rejected. At anearly age he became adisciple of is known of Xenophons life before 401 , when,actuated by love of excitement and curiosity to see newcountries, he went to Sardis and entered the service of thePersian prince, Cyrus, usually called the Younger, whoaimed to dethrone his brother, Artaxerxes Mnemon, Kingof Persia. Cyrus deceived Xenophon and other Greeks, bypretending that he was only going to fight against the Pisid-ians. Cyrus was defeated and killed at Cunaxa, in the prov-ince of Babylon. The 10,000 Greeks who had been in theservice of Cyrus, now found themselves without a patron,more than a thousand miles from home. Their general
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