Xenophon's Spartan Constitution
Xenophon's Spartan Constitution

Author: Xenophon

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9783110174663

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This work presents a new critical edition of The Spartan Constitution, a treatise in state philosophy attributed to the historian Xenophon (c. 430 - c. 355 B. C.). The Greek text, reconstructed on the basis of extant manuscript sources, is prefaced by an introduction and supplemented by a critical commentary and an English translation. The introduction discusses the problem of the text's authenticity and dating and provides a comprehensive account of its sources, reception, language, style and structure as well as an analysis of the manuscript sources and the textual tradition. The commentary addresses linguistic as well as historical problems.

Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy
Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy

Author: Aristotle

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2010-10-28

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0520266056

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This collection contains: Aristotle's The Constitution of Athens Xenophon's The Politeia of the Spartans The Constitution of the Athenians ascribed to Xenophon the Orator The Boeotian Constitution from the Oxyrhynchus Historian In bringing together, translating, and annotating these constitutional documents from ancient Greece thirty five years ago, J. M. Moore produced an authoritative work of the highest scholarship. An explanatory essay by classics scholar Kurt A. Raaflaub expands this indispensable collection.

Xenophon on Government
Xenophon on Government

Author: Xenophon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-05-17

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 0521581540

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Xenophon of Athens was a pupil of Socrates and a philosopher in his own right. He wrote two of the texts included in this volume, the Hiero (On Tyranny) and the Constitution of the Spartans. The third, the Constitution of the Athenians, is found under Xenophon's name alongside the other two in the manuscripts. The works represent three distinct types of government (the rule of one man in tyranny and kingship, the rule of law in the mixed constitution of the Spartans, and the rule of the masses in the Athenian democracy), but there are common features throughout. This volume presents an introduction discussing Xenophon's views on government in the context of his general political thought, drawing particularly on his Socratic work Memorabilia, and a commentary on the Greek text of each work aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

The Shorter Writings
The Shorter Writings

Author: Xenophon

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2018-05-15

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1501718517

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This volume contains new, literal translations of Xenophon's eight shorter writings along with interpretive essays on each work: Hiero, or The Skilled Tyrant; Agesilaus; Regime of the Lacedaemonians; Regime of the Athenians; Ways and Means, or On Revenue; The Skilled Cavalry Commander; On Horsemanship; and The One Skilled at Hunting with Dogs.

Xenophon and Sparta
Xenophon and Sparta

Author: Anton Powell

Publisher: Classical Press of Wales

Published: 2020-03-01

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 1910589985

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Xenophon has for long, and understandably, enjoyed a privileged position as a reliable source on Sparta. Commander of a grand military expedition of Sparta's devising, and a dependent of Sparta's influential king Agesilaos, Xenophon knew Sparta from the inside, and - as himself an Athenian in exile - was well placed to comment on Sparta's difference. The simplicity of his Greek style has a perfume of honesty. And yet... Recent research has with increasing force called into doubt Xenophon's motives and truthfulness - especially as regards Sparta. Analysis of his Hellenica reveals much evasion and euphemism about Sparta's failings - complicated by occasional outbursts against the iniquity of Spartan imperialism. His euphemistic Constitution of the Lakedaimonians (itself containing such an outburst), and his near-hagiography of the dead Agesilaos, have variously evoked trust and suspicion in historians. This book, by a distinguished team of specialists in Spartan history, is the first of a short series from CPW, approaching Spartan reality by way of close analysis of our main contemporary Greek sources: their access, their biases, the literary structure and the genre of their works.

The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon
The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon

Author: Michael A. Flower

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1107050065

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Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.

The Art of Horsemanship
The Art of Horsemanship

Author: Xenophon

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0486447537

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Among the earliest known works on choosing, caring for, and riding horses, this book is still hailed — 2,300 years after it was written — as one of the most complete, thoughtful, and accessible guides of its type. Morris H. Morgan's fluid translation features 38 illustrations of this classic's practical tips and enlightened observations.

The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians
The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians

Author: Xenophon

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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This work is a new critical text of the Constitution of the Lacedaemonians, written in the fourth century B.C. by Xenophon of Athens, based upon collations of the two best manuscript witnesses presently extant. Each page of Greek text is faced with an idiomatic English translation, and the author provides a collation of the text excerpts made by the Byzantine scholar Joannes Stobaeus, and a new translation of Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus, which serves as a helpful commentary to Xenophon's work.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means

Author: Xenophon

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-08-13

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781725548039

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Ways and Means A Pamphlet on Revenues Xenophon Ways and Means A Pamphlet on Revenues Xenophon We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.