Introduction

This chapter talks about the Athenian historian Xenophon, who was the son of Gryllos from Erchia. It describes Xenophon's youth, implying that he came from a wealthy family as accounts mentioned that he took his own horses with him to Asia Minor in 401. It also speculates, according to Xenohpnon's Hellenika , that he witnessed Thrasyllos' Ionian campaign in 410, the battle of Arginousai in 406, and arrival of the news from Aigospotamoi in 405. This chapter implies how Xenophon likely served in the cavalry under the oligarchy of the Thirty Tyrants between 404 and 403. It also enumerates other works of Xenophon apart from Hellenika , such as the Anabasis , Kyroupaideai , and Agesilaos .