Xenophon (about 430–354 BC) was a Greek writer and soldier. His most famous book is the Anabasis, sometimes called "The March of the Ten Thousand": he was part of a Greek army hired to fight in Persia, their side lost, their generals were killed, and Xenophon helped lead the survivors on a long, dangerous walk home through enemy land — the famous moment is when the men climb a hill, see water, and shout "The sea! The sea!" He also knew Socrates as a young man and wrote about him, which is why his name turns up in philosophy classes too: with Plato, he is one of the two people who wrote down what Socrates said. His Socrates is a plainer, more practical man than Plato's, and scholars still argue about which picture is closer to the real one. He wrote about horses, hunting and how to run a household as well — very down-to-earth books. The name is capitalised and said "ZEN-uh-fon", with the stress on the first part.