On Xenophon's ''Anabasis'' — Scriptorium Liberum

Xenophon's Anabasis, Books 1-4

✍ Maurice W. Mather, Xenophon, Joseph William Hewitt 📂 Library 📅 1962 🏛 University of Oklahoma Press 🌐 English

Born in the latter half of the fifth century B.C. near Athens, Xenophon enjoyed the best of educational and social advantages and for a time was a pupil and friend of Socrates. In 401 B.C., however, he was led by promises of adventure and fortune to join the ill-fated expedition of Cyrus against his

Xenophon’s ›Anabasis‹ and its Reception

📁 Xenophon’s ›Anabasis‹ and its Reception

✍ Timothy Charles Brodie Rood; Melina Tamiolaki 📂 Library 📅 2022 🏛 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG 🌐 English

This volume constitutes the first large-scale collaborative reflection on Xenophon’s Anabasis, gathering experts on Greek historiography and Xenophon. It is structured in three sections: the first section provides a linear reading of the Anabasis through chapters on select episodes (from Book 1 thro

Xenophon’s ›Anabasis‹ and its Reception

📁 Xenophon’s ›Anabasis‹ and its Reception

✍ Timothy Charles Brodie Rood; Melina Tamiolaki 📂 Library 📅 2022 🏛 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG 🌐 English

This volume constitutes the first large-scale collaborative reflection on Xenophon’s Anabasis, gathering experts on Greek historiography and Xenophon. It is structured in three sections: the first section provides a linear reading of the Anabasis through chapters on select episodes (from Book 1 thro

Xenophon's Anabasis: A Socratic History

📁 Xenophon's Anabasis: A Socratic History

✍ Shane Brennan 📂 Library 📅 2022 🏛 Edinburgh University Press 🌐 English

<span>Xenophon's Anabasis has engaged and entertained readers from antiquity to the present day. Through his telling of the story of Cyrus the Younger's attempt on the Persian throne and its aftermath, Xenophon integrates many of the prominent themes and concerns in his writings, including leadershi

Xenophon's Anabasis: A Socratic History

📁 Xenophon's Anabasis: A Socratic History

✍ Shane Brennan 📂 Library 🏛 Edinburgh University Press 🌐 English

<p><span>Xenophon’s </span><span>Anabasis</span><span> has engaged and entertained readers from antiquity to the present day. Through his telling of the story of Cyrus the Younger’s attempt on the Persian throne and its aftermath, Xenophon integrates many of the prominent themes and concerns in his

Xenophon's Anabasis: A Socratic History

📁 Xenophon's Anabasis: A Socratic History

✍ Shane Brennan 📂 Library 📅 2022 🏛 Edinburgh University Press 🌐 English

<h4>Offers a novel reading of one of the ancient world’s most famous and celebrated texts</h4> <ul><li>Provides interdisciplinary treatment drawing mainly but not only on historiographical and literary perspectives</li><li>Considers the concept of 'literary apologia' and the strategies that support