Xenophon And Sparta

Author : Anton Powell,Nicolas Richer
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781910589984

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Xenophon and Sparta by Anton Powell,Nicolas Richer Pdf

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.

Author : G. Proietti
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004328334

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Xenophon's Sparta by G. Proietti Pdf

Xenophon is usually believed to have written his Hellenica as a general ''history of his own times'' in Greece, and is criticized for his disproportionately close attention to Spartan affairs and his apparent bias in favour of the Spartans. But his treatment of Sparta is much more coherent and purposive than has been noticed; and knowing the cirumstances of his life, we should consider that there were ample reasons of prudence (at least) for him to have written with much circumspection about Sparta and especially about Agesilaus and Agesilaus' friends. This methodical interpretative study of Lysander in the Hellenica as well as of the Polity of the Lacedaemonians demonstrates that Xenophon wrote aobut this city - famous for the communal life of its citizens - with critical and philosophic intent. As a case study in reading classical history, it might signal the need for a complete reevaluation of other historians as well.

Author : Noreen Humble
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108479974

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Xenophon of Athens by Noreen Humble Pdf

Challenges the long-held view that Xenophon is pro-Spartan, arguing that his stance is, rather, critical and philosophical.

Author : Gerald Proietti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9004083383

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Xenophon's Sparta by Gerald Proietti Pdf

Author : Michael A. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107050068

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The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon by Michael A. Flower Pdf

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

Author : Michael Lipka
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110887242

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Xenophon's Spartan Constitution by Michael Lipka Pdf

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.

Author : Aggelos Kapellos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110668315

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Xenophon’s Peloponnesian War by Aggelos Kapellos Pdf

The 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 : Conn Iggulden
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405921527

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The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden Pdf

THE GRIPPING ADVENTURE BASED ON AN EPIC TRUE STORY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF BERNARD CORNWELL 'HIS FINEST NOVEL TO DATE . . . THE BATTLE SCENES ARE THRILLING' SUNDAY EXPRESS __________ In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. 401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute. But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . . Battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy's empire, without support, without food and without water. Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors . . . __________ 'The pace is nail-biting' THE TIMES Praise for Conn Iggulden: 'Here is a master at work. There is no one better at this' GILES KRISTIAN 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life. I'm blown away' ANTHONY RICHES 'Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story...the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent' THE TIMES 'An epic piece of historical fiction, full of political intrigue and vivid action' ROBERT FABBRI 'Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction' DAILY MIRROR Author's novel, Empire was a Sunday Times bestseller May 2023

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Greece
ISBN : HARVARD:HXJVRT

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Hellenica; Books I-II by Xenophon Pdf

Author : Vincent Azoulay
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 3515083928

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Xenophon and His World by Vincent Azoulay Pdf

These twenty-four papers originated at a conference held in 1999 which was dedicated to Xenophon's writings and to the many areas of Greek life for which he is a major source. The contributions, which also reflect the problems of recreating a life that we have so few facts for, are divided into seven sections which discuss: Xenophon's life; Xenophon and Socrates; Xenophon and the barbarian world; Sparta; religion and politics; Anabasis ; Hellenica . These wide-ranging papers are specialised, often based on a close reading on Xenophon's texts, and not all of the Greek is translated. Eighteen papers, plus the introduction, are in English; the remaining papers are in Italian or German.

Author : Stephen Hodkinson
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781910589335

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Sparta by Stephen Hodkinson Pdf

Both in antiquity and in modern scholarship, classical Sparta has typically been viewed as an exceptional society, different in many respects from other Greek city-states. This view has recently come under challenge from revisionist historians, led by Stephen Hodkinson. This is the first book devoted explicitly to this lively historical controversy. Historians from Britain, Europe and the USA present different sides of the argument, using a variety of comparative approaches. The focus includes kingship and hegemonic structures, education and commensality, religious institutions and practice, helotage and ethnography. The volume concludes with a wide-ranging debate between Hodkinson and Mogens Herman Hansen (Director of the Copenhagen Polis Centre), on the overall question of whether Sparta was a normal or an exceptional polis.

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521581547

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Xenophon on Government by Xenophon Pdf

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.

Author : John Dillery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134874699

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Xenophon And The History Of His Times by John Dillery Pdf

Xenophon 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 : Xenophon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B4034539

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Hellenica by Xenophon Pdf

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Book Jungle
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 143852756X

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The Sportsman by Xenophon Pdf

Xenophon was a Greek who admired and studied with Socrates. He marched with the Spartans and later was exiled from Athens. He wrote about the history of his times, the sayings of Socrates and about life in Greece. The Sportsman: On Hunting, A Sportsman's Manual, Commonly Called Cynegeticus is a manual on hunting hares, deer and wild boar, including the topics of dogs, and the benefits of hunting for the young. Xenophon begins, "To the gods themselves is due the discovery, to Apollo and Artemis, patrons of the chase and protectors of the hound. As a guerdon they bestowed it upon Cheiron, by reason of his uprightness, and he took it and was glad, and turned the gift to good account. At his feet sat many a disciple, to whom he taught the mystery of hunting and of chivalry."