Word: xenophon
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor Bury dealt first with the historians Xenophon, Philistus and Cratippus. The works of Cratippus were unearthed in Egypt only a few months ago, and are the most important addition in years to our collection of Greek writings. Of these three men, Xenophon is probably the least important. The lecturer considered these in detail along with the other historians who came immediately after Thucydides, and carefully traced the influence of rhetoric and philosophy of the subsequent development of history. He then discussed the historical school and distinguished the conventional from the realistic school. In closing he spoke at some length...
...Harvard elementary Greek examination, the following Board examinations in Greek--(a) ii Greek composition; (b) Xenophon's "Anabasis," books I-IV; (g) translation at sight of Greek prose...