Xenophon's Anabasis
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-8989-8 (ISBN)
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 leadership, panhellenism, Sparta and apologia.
Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, Brennan offers a fresh reading of the text which originates in a broad-ranging consideration of Xenophon’s aims in writing the book some thirty years after the event. The central argument brings the presence of Socrates into relief and demonstrates how the author, representing himself in the story as a model pupil of the philosopher, perpetuates Socratic teachings and values through ‘Xenophon’s’ leadership. Ultimately, Anabasis is revealed to be a ‘Socratic history’, a narrative rooted in a historical event or period and in which the author embeds a reflection of the philosopher and his values.
Shane Brennan is Associate Professor of History and Classics at the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh. From 2016-22 he taught at the American University in Dubai, UAE, and from 2011-16 at Mardin Artuklu University in the south-east of Türkiye. He is co-editor of The Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis (Pantheon Books, 2021) and Turkey and the Politics of National Identity (IB Tauris, 2014) and author of In the Tracks of the Ten Thousand: A Journey on foot through Turkey, Syria and Iraq (Robert Hale, 2005).
PrefaceAcknowledgementsNotesList of Illustrations and Tables
Introduction
1. Xenophon the Athenian
2. Anabasis in Literary and Historiographical Context
3. Xenophon Didaskalos: Leaders and Leadership in Anabasis
4. Xenophon's Self-Defence
5. Socrates in Anabasis
Conclusions
Table A: Xenophon's Life and Times
Table B: Xenophon's Writings
BibliographyIndex
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 9 black and white illustrations, 4 black and white line arts |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-8989-3 / 1474489893 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-8989-8 / 9781474489898 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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