“The Greek Xenophon has not only painted as a sweet picture of the domestic woman, in his Economics”
WorkXenophon
Oeconomicus [Economics]
Oeconomicus [Economics] (c. 362 BCE)
Xenophon (c. 430–c. 354 BCE) · c. 362 BCE
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Documented 1845
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century
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“In the Economics, the manner in which the husband gives counsel to his young wife, presents the model of politeness and refinement.”
Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.
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On Xenophon, Cyrus, and Socrates
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“I read a good deal of his Socrates in the Memorabilia, Banquet & Economics.”
Fuller, Margaret. "On Xenophon, Cyrus, and Socrates." Houghton Library, Harvard University.