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Record Nr.

UNISA996203497103316

Autore

Gray Vivienne

Titolo

Xenophon's mirror of princes : reading the reflections

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-172495-5

0-19-956381-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Disciplina

938/.007202

Soggetti

Leadership in literature - History and criticism

Greek literature

Languages & Literatures

Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.