[Cyropaedia by Xenophon]@TWC D-Link bookCyropaedia BOOK V 67/70
Is this a novelty? If not, what is the prototype? Did the modern rights of non-combatants so originate? C4.27, fin.
A touch which gives the impression of real history: that is the art of it. C4.34.Almost autobiographical: the advantage of having a country seat in the neighbourhood of a big town.
Here we feel the MODERNISM of XENOPHON.
The passage which Stevenson chose for the motto to his _Silverado Squatters_ would suit Xenophon very well (Cicero, De Off.
I. xx.).
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