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Translation by H. G. Dakyns


Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a
                 pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans,
                 and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land
                 and property in Scillus, where he lived for many
                 years before having to move once more, to settle
                 in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.
           

The Apology describes Socrates' state of mind at
                 his trial and execution, and especially his view
                 that it was better to die before senility set in
                 than to escape execution by humbling himself be-
                 fore an unjust persecution. Xenophon was away at
                 the time, involved in the events of the march of
                 the ten thousand.
           

PREPARER'S NOTE

This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though there is doubt about some of these) is:

Work                                   Number of books

     The Anabasis                                         7
     The Hellenica                                        7
     The Cyropaedia                                       8
     The Memorabilia                                      4
     The Symposium                                        1
     The Economist                                        1
     On Horsemanship                                      1
     The Sportsman                                        1
     The Cavalry General                                  1
     The Apology                                          1
     On Revenues                                          1
     The Hiero                                            1
     The Agesilaus                                        1
     The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians   2