The Apology

By Xenophon and Henry Graham Dakyns

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• Language: English
• Publisher: libreka classics
• Release date: Mar 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9783742911162

Xenophon

Xenophon of Athens was an ancient Greek historian, philosopher, and soldier. He became commander of the Ten Thousand at about age thirty. Noted military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge said of him, “The centuries since have devised nothing to surpass the genius of this warrior.”  

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Titel: The Apology

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THE APOLOGY

By Xenophon

Translation by H. G. Dakyns

PREPARER'S NOTE

This was typed from Dakyns' series, The Works of Xenophon, a four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though there is doubt about some of these) is:

Text in brackets {} is my transliteration of Greek text into English using an Oxford English Dictionary alphabet table. The diacritical marks have been lost.

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Footnotes

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THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES 1

Among the reminiscences of Socrates, none, as it seems to me, is more deserving of record than the counsel he took with himself 2 (after being cited to appear before the court), not only with regard to his defence, but also as to the ending of his life. Others have written on this theme, and all without exception have touched upon 3 the lofty style of the philosopher, 4 which may be