Xenophon and the History of His Times

Name: Xenophon and the History of His Times
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ISBN: 9780415091398

ISBN-10: 041509139X

ISBN-13: 9780415091398

Edition: 1995

Authors: John Dillery

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This book places the historical writing of Xenophon in the broader context of his entire corpus as well as of the intellectual climate of his day. Previously, studies of Xenophon have simply focused on the reliability of these texts for determining what happened in the Greek world from 411 to 362 B.C. Xenophon and the History of his Timespresents a more comprehensive analysis of the attitudes and methods which inform theHellenicaand theAnabasis. Xenophon is shown to be very much a man of his times, concerned with important issues ranging from panhellenism and utopia, to the role of the individual in shaping important events, to the part the divine plays in shaping human history. This…

Book details

List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/24/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgements


Abbreviations



Beginnings and Ends



Utopia and Panhellenism: Xenophon, the Anabasis and the Spartans in Asia



Ideal Community, Ideal Leader: Paradigm as History



Xenophon, the Divine and the Crimes of Sparta


Conclusion


Bibliography