Editing Xenophon (section)

===Relationship with Socrates===
Xenophon was a student of Socrates. In his ''Lives of Eminent Philosophers'', the Greek biographer Diogenes Laërtius (who writes many centuries later) reports how Xenophon met Socrates. "They say that Socrates met [Xenophon] in a narrow lane, and put his stick across it and prevented him from passing by, asking him where all kinds of necessary things were sold. And when he had answered him, he asked him again where men were made good and virtuous. And as he did not know, he said, 'Follow me, then, and learn.' And from this time forth, Xenophon became a follower of Socrates."<ref>{{cite web |last=Laertius |first=Diogenes |title=thegreatthinkers.org |url=http://thegreatthinkers.org/xenophon/introduction/ |website=Great Thinkers |access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> Diogenes Laërtius also relates an incident "when in the [[battle of Delium]] Xenophon had fallen from his horse" and Socrates reputedly "stepped in and saved his life."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers|last=Laertius|first=Diogenes|chapter=Socrates}}</ref>

Both Plato and Xenophon wrote ''Apology'' concerning the death of Socrates. Xenophon and Plato seem to be concerned with the failures of Socrates to defend himself. Xenophon asserts that Socrates dealt with his prosecution in an exceedingly arrogant manner, or at least was perceived to have spoken arrogantly. Conversely, while not omitting it completely, Plato worked to temper that arrogance in his own ''Apology''. Xenophon framed Socrates' defense, which both men admit was not prepared at all, not as a failure to argue, but as striving for death even in the light of unconvincing charges. As Danzig interprets it, convincing the jury to condemn him even on unconvincing charges would be a rhetorical challenge worthy of the great persuader.<ref name="autogenerated281">Danzig, Gabriel. 2003. "Apologizing for Socrates: Plato and Xenophon on Socrates' Behavior in Court." Transactions of the American Philological Association. Vol. 133, No. 2, pp. 281–321.</ref> By contrast, Plato argued that Socrates was attempting to demonstrate a higher moral standard and teach a lesson.<ref name="autogenerated281" />