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Xenophon's Mirror of Princes

By Vivienne Gray

Xenophon's Mirror of Princes Contemporary literature

Xenophon's Mirror of Princes

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Xenophon is perhaps best known as the leader of the Ten Thousand on the Anabasis, the famous march of the Greek army through hostile territory to the Black Sea. However, he was also a prolific author, and in this study Vivienne J. Gray focuses upon the ways in which his literary practices shape images of leadership in his narrative works. Gray surveys the views on leadership that Xenophon credits to Socrates, and illustrates in detail his construction of leadership models through the close examination of selected narratives in works such as Anabasis and Cyropaedia. The techniques include the creation of patterned narratives, as well as allusions to the writings of Homer and Herodotus. Gray takes issue with the school of thought that finds hidden subversion beneath Xenophon's surface praise of leaders.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
416
Release Date:
2011-02-04
Publication Date:
2010-12-16
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199563810
ISBN13:
9780199563814
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
715 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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