The Memorabilia
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Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.…
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- AuthorXenophon
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1177
- Length68,581 words · 4h 34m of reading
- Chapters23
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
23 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Translated by H. G. Dakyns
- 02PREPARER'S NOTE
- 03Work Number of books
- 04BOOK I
- 05BOOK II
- 06BOOK III
- 07IX
- 08Parrh. Yes, that is how we do. (5)
- 09XI
- 10XII
- 11XII
- 12XIV
- 13BOOK IV
- 14II
- 15Soc. And the enslavement of free-born men? (28)
- 16III
- 17IV
- 18VI
- 19Euth. That is so. (7)
- 20Euth. That is my opinion. (24)
- 21Euth. Undoubtedly it is a beautiful appliance. (28)
- 22VII
- 23VIII
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