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1、FormoreClassicaltextsvisithttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/deanharrisoremaildeanharris@ntlworld.comTheEconomistByXenophonTranslationbyH.G.DakynsXenophontheAthenianwasborn431B.C.HewasapupilofSocrates.HemarchedwiththeSpartans,andwasexiledfromAthens.Spartagavehimlandandpropertyin

2、Scillus,wherehelivedformanyyearsbeforehavingtomoveoncemore,tosettleinCorinth.Hediedin354B.C.TheEconomistrecordsSocratesandCritobulusinatalkaboutprofitableestatemanagement,andalengthyrecollectionbySocratesofIschomachus'discussionofthesametopic.PREPARER'SNOTEThiswastypedfrom

3、Dakyns'series,"TheWorksofXenophon,"afour-volumeset.ThecompletelistofXenophon'sworks(thoughthereisdoubtaboutsomeofthese)is:WorkNumberofbooksTheAnabasis7TheHellenica7TheCyropaedia8TheMemorabilia4TheSymposium1TheEconomist1OnHorsemanship1TheSportsman1TheCavalryGeneral1TheApolo

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5、1]ATreatiseontheScienceoftheHouseholdintheformofaDialogueINTERLOCUTORSSocratesandCritobulusAtChapterVII.apriordiscussionheldbetweenSocratesandIschomachusisintroduced:Onthelifeofa"beautifulandgood"man.Inthesechapters(vii.-xxi.)Socratesisrepresentedbytheauthorasrepeatingfort

6、hebenefitofCritobulusandtherestcertainconversationswhichhehadonceheldwiththebeautifulandgoodIschomachusontheessentialsofeconomy.Itwasatete-a-tetediscussion,andintheoriginalGreektheremarksofthetwospeakersaredenotedbysuchphrasesas{epheo'Iskhomakhos--ephenegio}--"said(he)Isch

7、omachus,""saidI"(Socrates).TosavetherepetitionofexpressionstediousinEnglish,Ihave,wheneveritseemedhelptodoso,venturedtothrowpartsofthereportedconversationsintodramaticform,inserting"Isch.""Soc."inthecustomarywaytodesignatethespeakers;butthese,itmustbeborneinmind,aremerely"

8、asides"tothereader,whowillnotforgetthatSocratesisthenarratorthroughout--speakingofhimself