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Xenophon was born c. 430 BC[8] in the deme (local district) of Erchia in Athens; his father was called Gryllus (Γρύλλος) and belonged to an Athenian aristocratic family. [9][10] The Peloponnesian War was being waged throughout Xenophon's childhood and youth. [11] A contemporary of Plato, Xenophon associated with Socrates, as was common ...
The historian Xenophon is a notable example of this, as his sons reportedly took part in the agōgē despite being Athenian. Such trophimoi were likely sponsored and hosted by a Spartan family; Xenophon himself was a friend of King Agesilaus II. [4] This practice likely continued into the Hellenistic Period.
Greece. The Lacedaemonion Politeia (Greek: Λακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία), known in English as the Polity, Constitution, or Republic of the Lacedaemonians, or the Spartan Constitution, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] is a treatise attributed to the ancient Greek historian Xenophon, describing the institutions, customs, and practices of the ...
Agesilaus ( / əˌdʒɛsəˈleɪəs /; Greek: Ἀγησίλαος) is a minor work by Xenophon. The text summarizes the life of King Agesilaus II (c. 440 BC – c. 360 BC) of Sparta, whom Xenophon respected greatly, considering him as an unsurpassed example of all the civil and military virtues. The king's life is narrated in chronological ...
Lycurgus (/ laɪˈkɜːrɡəs /; Greek: Λυκοῦργος Lykourgos) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, credited with the formation of its eunomia ('good order'), [1] involving political, economic, and social reforms to produce a military-oriented Spartan society in accordance with the Delphic oracle. The Spartans in the historical period ...
Xenophon's Hellenica is a Classical Greek historical narrative divided into seven books that describe Greco-Persian history in the years 411–362 BC. The first two books narrate the final years of the Peloponnesian War from the moment at which Thucydides' history ends. The remaining books, three to seven, focus primarily on Sparta as the ...
Davidic line. The Davidic line or House of David (Hebrew: בֵּית דָּוִד, romanized: Bēt Dāvīḏ) is the lineage of the Israelite king David. In Judaism, it is based on texts from the Hebrew Bible and through the succeeding centuries based on later traditions. According to the Bible, David, of the Tribe of Judah, was the third king ...
David (/ ˈdeɪvɪd /; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד, romanized: Dāwīḏ, "beloved one") [a][5] was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, [6][7] according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. According to Jewish works such as the Seder Olam Rabbah, Seder Olam Zutta, and Sefer ha-Qabbalah (all ...