The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians
The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians
by Xenophon
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 Polity of the Lacedaemonians talks about the laws and institutions created by Lycurgus, which train and deve ...