352 Pages
by
Routledge
350 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophon's longer historical works, the Hellenica and the Anabasis . Dillery considers how far these texts reflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth centuries B.C., rather than focusing on the traditional question of how accurate they are as histories. Through analysis of the complete corpus of Xenophon's work, and the writings... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgements Table of Contents Abbreviations 1. Beginnings and Ends 2. Utopia and Panhellenism: Xenophon, the Anabasis and the Spartans in Asia 3. Ideal Community, Ideal Leader: Paradigm as History 4. Xenophon, the Divine and the Crimes of Sparta Conclusion Bibliography
Biography
John Dillery
`D avoids the temptationof proclaiming his author a misunderstod genius, wisely stressing that in his 'mediocrity' Xenophon, unlike more brilliant writers, represented the views of the majority ...' - Greece & Rome
