Who is Xenophon from The Greek Way and what is their importance?

Xenophon was a fifth century Athenian writer characterized by Hamilton as an ordinary Athenian gentleman. He provides a glimpse of the life of the average educated Athenian. Two of his writings, in particular, are discussed: the "Symposium" and the "Anabasis." The "Anabasis" is of particular interest to Hamilton because it illuminates the distinctive Athenian thinking of the period: that men wanted to think for themselves, make decisions for themselves, define truth for themselves, and act on their own. Hamilton views the "Anabasis" as the story of Athens in miniature.