Xenophon's mirror of princes : reading the reflections
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| Autore: |
Gray Vivienne
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| Titolo: |
Xenophon's mirror of princes : reading the reflections
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 938/.007202 |
| Soggetto topico: | Leadership in literature - History and criticism |
| Greek literature | |
| Languages & Literatures | |
| Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures | |
| 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Mirror of princes reading the reflections |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Xenophon's mirror of princes : reading the reflections |
| ISBN: | 0-19-172495-5 |
| 0-19-956381-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996203497103316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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