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Xenophon

430 BC - 354 BC

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Xenophon of Athens (; Ancient Greek: Ξενοφῶν; c. 430 – 355/354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, he was elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand, who had been part of Cyrus the Younger's attempt to seize control of the Achaemenid Empire. As the military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge wrote, "the centuries since have devised nothing to surpass the genius of this warrior". For at least two millennia, it has been debated whether Xenophon was first and foremost a general, historian, or philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xenophon is the 6th most popular historian (down from 5th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Greece (down from 29th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Historian.

Xenophon is most famous for writing the "Anabasis", which is an account of the Greek mercenaries' journey from Mesopotamia to the Black Sea.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Xenophon ranks 6 out of 561. Before him are Herodotus, Ibn Khaldun, Thucydides, Sima Qian, and Tacitus. After him are Livy, Josephus, Diodorus Siculus, Alexis de Tocqueville, Polybius, and Suetonius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 430 BC, Xenophon ranks 1. After him are Dionysius I of Syracuse, Cynisca, Aeschines of Sphettus, and Philistus. Among people deceased in 354 BC, Xenophon ranks 1. After him are Dion of Syracuse, and Timotheus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Xenophon ranks 30 out of 1,024. Before him are Kösem Sultan (1590), Sappho (-630), Phidias (-490), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Draco (-650), and Spartacus (-109). After him are Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Demosthenes (-384), Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Gorgias (-483), and Themistocles (-524).

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Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Xenophon ranks 2. Before him are Thucydides (-460). After him are Polybius (-208), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Callisthenes (-360), Theopompus (-400), Michael Glykas (1125), Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), Philochorus (-340), Marsyas of Pella (-400), and Leo Allatius (1586).

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