Xenophon: Estate Management and Symposium

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Xenophon: Estate Management and SymposiumOxford World's Classics Xenophon was acknowledged in Antiquity as a philosopher, a historian (third in the triad of great Classical historians, alongside Herodotus and Thucydides), and a literary artist. His narrative was appreciated for its literary qualities including its charm, wit, vigour, and sweetness (for which he was hailed as 'Attic Muse': Diogenes Laertius, 2. 6. 57). The Oeconomicus describes Socrates conversing on the topic of successful

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000 years of Roman culture

a literary masterpiece

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