Plato and Xenophon are the most famous pupils of which Greek philosopher?
Ancient Greek literature of Caesarea. A third historian of ancient Greece, Xenophon of Athens, began his "Hellenica" where Thucydides ended his work about 411 BC and carried his history to 362 BC. Xenophon's most famous work is his book "The Anabasis", a detailed, first-hand account of his participation in a Greek mercenary army that tried to help the Persian Cyrus expel his brother from the throne. Xenophon also wrote three works in praise of the philosopher Socrates: "The Apology of Socrates to the Jury", "The Symposium", and "Memorabilia". Although both Xenophon and Plato knew Socrates, their accounts are very different. Many comparisons have
Anabasis (Xenophon) the Stars" (2003)—are modeled after "Anabasis". Anabasis (Xenophon) Anabasis (; ; an "expedition up from") is the most famous book of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. The seven-tome book of the "Anabasis" was composed around the year 370 BC, and, in translation, "Anabasis" is rendered as The March of the Ten Thousand and as The March Up Country. The narration of the journey is Xenophon's best known work, and "one of the great adventures in human history". Xenophon, in his "Annals of Grecian History", did not cover the retreat of Cyrus but instead referred the reader to