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What does Xenophon mean?

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Proper noun
  1. Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 BCE and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars.
Name
  1. A male given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) Strange voices, or strong sounding.
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Primarily let us ask, if a contemporary of Xenophon knew anything about tachygraphy, how is it that no one alluded to this art?
Kayser thinks that in the latter part he had Thucydides in his eye, but Xenophon seems rather to have been his model.
So for the present Xenophon went off, taking the headman back with him to his household and friends.
But the Hindus either never had, or have unfortunately lost, their Herodotus and Xenophon.
Xenophon reveals himself and the Hellenic feeling with regard to war and its use.
This was a man who had a standing battle with Xenophon about the generalship of the army.

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