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Author: Xenophon Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107079233 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 237
Book Description
First comprehensive commentary on a section of Anabasis in English for a century, reflecting scholarly advances for students and scholars.
Author: Xenophon Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107079233 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 237
Book Description
First comprehensive commentary on a section of Anabasis in English for a century, reflecting scholarly advances for students and scholars.
Author: Michael A. Flower Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0195188683 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 259
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Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most famous survival stories ever written and the most important autobiographical work to have survived from ancient Greece. This book places the Anabasis in its historical and literary context and opens up for the reader different ways of interpreting its major themes.
Author: Xenophon Publisher: Pantheon ISBN: 030790685X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 673
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The Landmark Xenophon’s Anabasis is the definitive edition of the ancient classic—also known as The March of the Ten Thousand or The March Up-Country—which chronicles one of the greatest true-life adventures ever recorded. As Xenophon’s narrative opens, the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger is marshaling an army to usurp the throne from his brother Artaxerxes the King. When Cyrus is killed in battle, ten thousand Greek soldiers he had hired find themselves stranded deep in enemy territory, surrounded by forces of a hostile Persian king. When their top generals are arrested, the Greeks have to elect new leaders, one of whom is Xenophon, a resourceful and courageous Athenian who leads by persuasion and vote. What follows is his vivid account of the Greeks’ harrowing journey through extremes of territory and climate, inhabited by unfriendly tribes who often oppose their passage. Despite formidable obstacles, they navigate their way to the Black Sea coast and make their way back to Greece. This masterful new translation by David Thomas gives color and depth to a story long studied as a classic of military history and practical philosophy. Edited by Shane Brennan and David Thomas, the text is supported with numerous detailed maps, annotations, appendices, and illustrations. The Landmark Xenophon’s Anabasis offers one of the classical Greek world’s seminal tales to readers of all levels.
Author: Vasileios Liotsakis Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110659972 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 296
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Arrian’s Alexandrou Anabasis constitutes the most reliable account at our disposal about Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia. However, whereas the work has been thoroughly studied as a historical source, its literary qualities have been relatively neglected, with no autonomous monograph existing on this matter. Vasileios Liotsakis fills this gap in the studies of Alexander the Great’s literary tradition, by offering the first monograph on Arrian’s compositional strategies. Liotsakis focuses on the narrative techniques and verbal choices, through which Arrian allows praise and criticism to intermingle in his portrait of the Macedonian king. His main point of argument is that Arrian systematically exploits an abundance of narrative means (military descriptions, presentation of peoples, march-narratives, anachronies, and epic elements) in order to draw the reader’s attention not only to Alexander’s intellectual skills but also to the fact that the king was gradually corrupted by his success. This book puts Arrian’s literary contrivances under the microscope, sheds new light on unexplored aspects of the Anabasis’ narrative arrangement, and contributes to the studies of Alexander’s prosopography in Classical historiography.
Author: Xenophon Publisher: Penguin Group ISBN: 9780141026312 Category : Greece Languages : en Pages : 0
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Only one man can lead the Greek army home . . . Trying to help a prince overthrow the king of Persia, the Greek army have been betrayed. Now the surviving soldiers are trapped in a hostile country as unforgiving enemies attack from all sides. Enter Xenophon, a tough and brilliant leader. He must guide the retreating Greeks across the treacherous mountains and rivers that stand in their way. But can he lead them to freedom - and to the great sea that will take them home?
Author: Tim Rood Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110793431 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 572
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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 through Book 7), including the opening, Cyrus’ characterisation, the meeting of Socrates and Xenophon, Xenophon’s leadership, the marches through Armenia and along the Black Sea coast and the service under Seuthes in Thrace. The second section offers an in-depth exploration of hitherto overlooked recurrent themes. Based on new approaches and scholarly trends, it focuses on topics such as the concept of friendship, the speeches of characters other than Xenophon, the suffering of the human body, the role of rumour and misrepresentation, and the depiction of emotions. The third section offers a more thorough investigation of the manifold reception of this work (in Antiquity, Byzantium, Renaissance, modern period, in cinema studies and illustrations). Finally, in acknowledgement of the Anabasis’ long history as a pedagogical text, the volume contains an envoi on the importance and benefits of teaching Xenophon and the Anabasis, more specifically.
Author: Geoffrey Steadman Publisher: ISBN: 9780984306541 Category : Greek language Languages : en Pages : 120
Book Description
Facing each of the 44 pages of John Burnet's Greek edition of Plato's Republic I (originally published by Oxford University Press in 1903) is a single page of corresponding vocabulary and intermediate level grammatical commentary. Once readers have memorized the core vocabulary list, they will be able to read the classical Greek and consult all relevant vocabulary and commentary without turning the page.
Author: E. Buzzetti Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137325925 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 347
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An interpretation of Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus, paralleling the text to Machiavelli's The Prince, and focusing on the question: How did the Socratic education help Xenophon reconcile morality with effectiveness, the noble with the good, as a ruler?
Author: Xenophon
Author: Xenophon
Author: Michael A. Flower
Author: Xenophon
Author: Vasileios Liotsakis
Author: Xenophon
Author: Tim Rood
Author: Geoffrey Steadman
Author: E. Buzzetti
Author: William Watson Goodwin
Author: Xenophon