Xenophon : : ethical principles and historical enquiry / / 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...
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Superior document: | Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, v. 348 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012. |
Année de publication: | 2012 |
Langue: | English |
Collection: | Mnemosyne, Supplements
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (803 p.) |
Notes: | Includes index. |
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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 / |
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Résumé: | 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. |
ISBN: | 1283602148 9786613914590 9004234195 |
ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Fiona Hobden, Christopher Tuplin. |