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IPA transcription: ['zɛnəfən]

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Noun

  • Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)

Usage examples

  • The Nick Xenophon Team announced Mitcham councillor Karen Hockley as their candidate.
  • At Glasgow, he read Xenophon and Seneca, and Tasso in translation.
  • In his "Memorabilia", Xenophon includes him in the inner circle of Socrates' followers.
  • Theon also wrote commentaries on Xenophon, Isocrates and Demosthenes, and treatises on style.