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Author: Xenophon
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 0375422552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is a new edition of Xenophon's Hellenika, the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. --from publisher description.
Author: Vivienne Gray
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKViviene Gray examinesthe Hellenika not as an account of historical events, but as piece of historical writing. In it, she attempts to discover the mentality of the writer.
Author: Michael A. Flower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 1107050065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.
Author: John Dillery
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-11-01
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1134874693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKXenophon 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 of his contemporaries, Xenophon is shown to be very much a man of his times, concerned with topical issues ranging from panhellenism and utopia to how far the gods controlled human history. This book will be valuable reading for students on ancient history courses and for all those interested in Greek political and philosophical thought.
Author: Aggelos Kapellos
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-09-23
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 3110668319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe advances in Xenophontic studies of the last generation have still not resulted in a definitive literary treatment of the Hellenica 1-2, so Xenophon’s description of the Peloponnesian War deserves closer examination. This book aims to show that Xenophon has crafted his narrative in such a way as to reinforce the opinion of Thucydides, whose work he continued, that the development of the Peloponnesian War depended to a great extent on Persian money, but the factors that ultimately determined its outcome were the moral virtues and the skills of the military leaders of Athens and Sparta. Regarding Athens, Xenophon wants to show that despite Persia’s support of Sparta, Athens lost the war because of its troubled relationship with Alcibiades; the moral disintegration of the Athenians who condemned illegally the Arginousai generals and the appointment of generals who were greatly inferior. Concerning Sparta, Xenophon leads his readers to believe that in spite of- not because of- the interference of Persia in the Peloponnesian War the moral and military qualities of Lysander and Callicratidas were what turned the course of the war either in favor of or against Sparta in each phase of the war.
Author: Ksenofont
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780674991866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Egidia Occhipinti
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016-09-07
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9004325786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book involves a new historiographical study of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia that defines its relationship with fifth- and fourth-century historical works as well as its role as a source of Diodorus’ Bibliotheke. The traditional and common approach taken by those who studied the HO is primarily historical: scholars have focused on particular, often isolated, topics such as the question of the authorship, the historical perspective of the HO against other Hellenica from the 4th century BC. This book is unconventional in that it offers a study of the HO and fifth- and fourth-century historical works supported by papyrological enquiries and literary strategies, such as intertextuality and narratology, which will undoubtedly contribute to the progress of research in ancient historiography.
Author: Xenophon
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Published: 1899
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Xenophon
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 2021-12-07
Total Pages: 673
ISBN-13: 030790685X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Landmark Xenophon’s Anabasis is the definitive edition of the ancient classic—also known as The March of the Ten Thousand or The March Up-Country—which chronicles one of the greatest true-life adventures ever recorded. As Xenophon’s narrative opens, the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger is marshaling an army to usurp the throne from his brother Artaxerxes the King. When Cyrus is killed in battle, ten thousand Greek soldiers he had hired find themselves stranded deep in enemy territory, surrounded by forces of a hostile Persian king. When their top generals are arrested, the Greeks have to elect new leaders, one of whom is Xenophon, a resourceful and courageous Athenian who leads by persuasion and vote. What follows is his vivid account of the Greeks’ harrowing journey through extremes of territory and climate, inhabited by unfriendly tribes who often oppose their passage. Despite formidable obstacles, they navigate their way to the Black Sea coast and make their way back to Greece. This masterful new translation by David Thomas gives color and depth to a story long studied as a classic of military history and practical philosophy. Edited by Shane Brennan and David Thomas, the text is supported with numerous detailed maps, annotations, appendices, and illustrations. The Landmark Xenophon’s Anabasis offers one of the classical Greek world’s seminal tales to readers of all levels.
