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UNISA996203497103316 |
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Autore |
Gray Vivienne |
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Titolo |
Xenophon's mirror of princes : reading the reflections |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-172495-5 |
0-19-956381-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (405 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Leadership in literature - History and criticism |
Greek literature |
Languages & Literatures |
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Mirror of princes or flaws in the glass? : general remarks -- Explicit authorial evaluations in historical writing -- Xenophon's adaptations of his literary predecessors : Homer, Herodotus, and others -- Xenophon's patterned narratives of leadership -- Readings of Cyropaedia -- The dynamics of friendship -- Xenophon's Socratic and other ironies. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title is a study of images of leadership in Xenophon's narrative works. Gray argues that Xenophon employs techniques such as the creation of patterned narratives, as well as allusions to Homer and Herodotus. |
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