The Cambridge companion to Xenophon / edited by Michael A. Flower.
Flower, Michael A., editor.
2017
PA4497 .C434 2017 (Mapit)
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Title The Cambridge companion to Xenophon / edited by Michael A. Flower.
ISBN 9781107050068 (hardcover)
1107050065 (hardcover)
9781107652156 (paperback)
1107652154 (paperback)
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Language English
Description xx, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number PA4497 .C434 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 938/.007202
Summary "This Companion, the first dedicated to the philosopher and historian Xenophon of Athens, gives readers a sense of why he has held such a prominent place in literary and political culture from antiquity to the present and has been a favourite author of individuals as diverse as Machiavelli, Thomas Jefferson, and Leo Tolstoy. It also sets out the major problems and issues that are at stake in the study of his writings, while simultaneously pointing the way forward to newer methodologies, issues, and questions. Although Xenophon's historical, philosophical, and technical works are usually studied in isolation because they belong to different modern genres, the emphasis here is on themes that cut across his large and varied body of writings. This volume is accessible to students and general readers, including those previously unfamiliar with Xenophon, and will also be of interest to scholars in various fields"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-494) and index.
Added Author Flower, Michael A., editor.
Series Cambridge companions to literature.
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Introduction / Michael A. Flower
Part I. Contexts: 1. Xenophon and his times / John W. I. Lee ; 2. Xenophon and Greek philosophy / Louis-André Dorion ; 3. Xenophon and Greek political thought / Sarah Brown Ferrario ; 4. Xenophon's place in fourth-century Greek historiography / Nino Luraghi
Part II. Individual Works: 5. Xenophon's Anabasis and Hellenica / John Marincola ; 6. Xenophon's Apology and Memorabilia / David M. Johnson ; 7. Xenophon's Symposium / Gabriel Danzig ; 8. Xenophon's Oeconomicus / Fiona Hobden ; 9. Xenophon's Cyropaedia: tentative answers to an enigma / Melina Tamiolaki ; 10. Xenophon: the small works / John Dillery
Part III. Techniques: 11. Xenophon's language and expression / Vivienne Gray ; 12. Xenophon's authorial voice / Christopher Pelling ; 13. Xenophon's narrative style / Tim Rood ; 14. The character and function of speeches in Xenophon / Emily Baragwanath
Part IV. Major Subjects: 15. Xenophon as a historian / Michael A. Flower ; 16. Xenophon on leadership : Commanders as friends / Richard Fernando Buxton ; 17. Xenophon and Athens / Christopher Tuplin ; 18. Xenophon on Persia / Kostas Vlassopoulos ; 19. Xenophon's views on Sparta / Paul Christesen
Part V. Reception and Influence: 20. Xenophon's influence in Imperial Greece / Ewen Bowie ; 21. Xenophon and the instruction of princes / Noreen Humble ; 22. Xenophon's changing fortunes in the modern world / Tim Rood
Epilogue: Xenophon: magician and friend / Edith Hall
Important dates in the life of Xenophon.

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