# Xenophon — Dialogues character guide

> Xenophon in Dialogues by Plato.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Xenophon Memorabilia

**First appearance:** 0004-dialogues

## Who they are

Historian and soldier who wrote about Socrates.

## In the story

### [Excursus on the Relation of the Laws of Plato to the Institutions of Crete and Lacedaemon and to the Laws and Constitution of Athens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/excursus-on-the-relation-of-the-laws-of-plato-to-the-institutions-of-crete-and-lacedaemon-and-to-the-laws-and-constitution-of-athens)

Xenophon's Memorabilia is quoted regarding Socrates' view on choosing officials by lot.

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