Peloponnesian War

12 07, 2017

Who is Socrates? Ancient Greek philosopher from classical Athens

By |2017-12-26T13:40:41-08:00July 12th, 2017|Greeks, Philosophy|1 Comment

A short biography of Socrates Socrates was the first of the three great Athenian philosophers (the other two are Plato and Aristotle). He was born in Athens in 469 BC, so he [...]

11 07, 2017

Who was Xenophon? What’s the Anabasis?

By |2018-04-23T09:12:24-07:00July 11th, 2017|Greeks, History, Literature|Comments Off on Who was Xenophon? What’s the Anabasis?

A later portrait of Xenophon (now in the Prado museum in Madrid) Xenophon, like Thucydides, was an Athenian from a rich family who lived during the Peloponnesian War, in the [...]

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