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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451030703321

Autore

Dillery John <1961, >

Titolo

Xenophon and the history of his times / / John Dillery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-87469-3

1-280-32164-4

0-585-44899-X

0-203-42138-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

938/.007202

Soggetti

Imperialism

History - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C

Greece History Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-318) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.