1. See also Memoirs, 3.4. It is pointed out on p. 144, n. I that, because Xenophon’s thoughts on this issue – that all management is in principle the same – are entirely general, he can go astray. However, on the importance and originality of Xenophon’s analogy with an army, see N. Wood, ‘Xenophon’s Theory of Leadership’, Classica et Mediaevalia, 25 (1964), pp. 33–66.

2. See, for example, T. A. Sinclair, A History of Greek Political Thought (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1951). Xenophon also covers the topic of kingship in Hieron and Cyropaedia.

3. Drawing on all of Xenophon’s works, Wood (op. cit.) elaborately details the characteristics of Xenophon’s ideal leader.