Xenophon
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athenswas an Athenian historian, soldier and mercenary, and a student of Socrates. As an historian, Xenophon is known for recording the history of his contemporary time, the late-5th and early-4th centuries BC, such as the Hellenica, about the final seven years and the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War; as such, the Hellenica is a thematic continuation of the History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides. As a mercenary soldier of the Ten Thousand, he participated in the failed...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionSoldier
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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
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A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.