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Xenophon and the history of his times / John Dillery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dillery, John, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Xenophon--Political and social views.
- Xenophon.
- Xenophon. Hellenica.
- Imperialism.
- History--Philosophy.
- History.
- Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
- Greece.
- Greece--History--Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through an analysis of Xenophon's complete body of work, focusing on the Hellenica and Anabasis, he is shown to be very much a man of his times, with topical concerns such as panhellenism, the influence of the gods, and the idea of utopia.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; XENOPHON, HISTORY AND ORDER: THE BATTLE OF MANTINEA; XENOPHON, UTOPIA AND PANHELLENISM; XENOPHON'S ANABASIS: PANHELLENISM AND THE IDEAL COMMUNITY; THE LEGACY OF THE TEN THOUSAND? XENOPHON'S VISION AND THE SPARTANS IN ASIA; INTRODUCTION TO THE PARADIGM: PHLIUS, THE THIRTY AND THE MODEL COMMUNITY; THE PARADIGMATIC INDIVIDUAL; XENOPHON AND THE DIVINE; HELLENICA BOOK 5 AND THE CRIMES OF SPARTA; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index of passages; General index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-318) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-87468-5
- 1-134-87469-3
- 1-280-32164-4
- 0-585-44899-X
- 0-203-42138-8
- 9780203421383
- OCLC:
- 191661769
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