Xenophon - A Short Biography

A short biography of Xenophon, Greek historian and philosophical essayist. The son of Gryllus, Xenophon was born at Athens about 430 B.C. He belonged to an equestrian family of the deme of Erchia. It may be inferred from passages in the Hellenica that he fought at Arginusae (406), and that he was present at the return of Alcibiades (408), the trial of the Generals and the overthrow of the Thirty.