Xenia
a city and county-seat of Greene co., O.; on Shawnee creek, and on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis, the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton and the Pennsylvania railroads; 55 miles S. W. of Columbus. Here are a United Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Wilberforce University for Colored Students (A. M. E.), State Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, court house, churches, public libraries, National banks, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. The city has twine and cordage plants, pump, carriage, and shoe factories, marble and granite works, saw and planing mills, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,706; (1920) 9,110.
XENOCLES (zen'ö-klēz), a Greek tragic poet; born in Athens, in the 4th century B. C., in the time of Philip of Macedon. He obtained a prize for four plays, "Edipus," "Lycaon," the "Bacchantes," and "Athamas." a XENOCRATES (zē-nok'ra-tēz), Greek writer and philosopher; born in Chalcedon, in 396 B. c.; removed in early youth to Athens, where he joined Plato.
He was for some years scholarch, or rector, of the Academy. His writings were numerous, chiefly on metaphysics and ethics, laying special stress on the latter, and working on Platonic lines.
He is said to have first divided philosophy into physics, didactics, and ethics. He died in Athens, in 314 в. c.