Xenophon : : ethical principles and historical enquiry / / edited by Fiona Hobden, Christopher Tuplin.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, v. 348
• TeilnehmendeR: Hobden, Fiona.; Tuplin, Christopher.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 348.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (803 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; ‘Staying Up Late’: Plutarch’s Reading of Xenophon /; The Renaissance Reception of Xenophon’s Spartan Constitution: Preliminary Observations /; A Delightful Retreat: Xenophon and the Picturesque /; Strauss on Xenophon /; Defending dēmokratia: Athenian Justice and the Trial of the Arginusae Generals in Xenophon’s Hellenica /; Timocrates’ Mission to Greece—Once Again /; Three Defences of Socrates: Relative Chronology, Politics and Religion /; Xenophon on Socrates’ Trial and Death /; Mind the Gap: A ‘Snow Lacuna’ in Xenophon’s Anabasis? /; Historical Agency and Self-Awareness in Xenophon’s Hellenica and Anabasis /; Spartan ‘Friendship’ and Xenophon’s Crafting of the Anabasis /; A Spectacle of Greekness: Panhellenism and the Visual in Xenophon’s Agesilaus /; The Nature and Status of sophia in the Memorabilia /; Why Did Xenophon Write the Last Chapter of the Cynegeticus? /; The Best of the Achaemenids: Benevolence, Self-Interest and the ‘Ironic’ Reading of Cyropaedia /; Pheraulas Is the Answer, What Was the Question? (You Cannot Be Cyrus) /; Virtue and Leadership in Xenophon: Ideal Leaders or Ideal Losers? /; Does Pride Go before a Fall? Xenophon on Arrogant Pride /; Xenophon and the Persian Kiss /; The Wonder of Freedom: Xenophon on Slavery /; Economic Thought and Economic Fact in the Works of Xenophon /; The Philosophical Background of Xenophon’s Poroi /; Strangers Incorporated: Outsiders in Xenophon’s Poroi /; Index of Names /; Thematic Index /
• ISBN: 1283602148; 9786613914590; 9004234195
• ISSN: 0169-8958
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Fiona Hobden, Christopher Tuplin.

Xenophon’s personal history was exceptional for its combination of Socratic education and the exercise of military leadership in a time of crisis. His writings provide an intellectually and morally consistent response to his times and to the issue of ethical but effective leadership, and they play a special role in defining our sense of the post-Athenian-Empire Greek world. Recent Xenophontic scholarship has established the general truth of these claims. The current volume will not only reinforce them but also contribute to greater understanding of a voice that is neither simply ironic nor simply ingenuous and of a view of the world that is informed by an engagement with history.