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Xenophon

, 2020
This book offers a concise introduction to Xenophon, the Athenian historian, political thinker, moral philosopher and literary innovator who was also a pupil of Socrates, a military general on campaign in Persia, and an exile in residence in the ...
Jasper Griffin, P. J. Rhodes, Rhiannon Ash, Theresa Urbainszyk, Marguerite Johnson, Daniel Silvermintz, Anne Pippin Burnett, Sarah Annes Brown, Genevieve Liveley, Peter Howell, Federico Santangelo, John Godwin, Philip D. Hills, Jasper Griffin, Robert Garland, James Morwood, Susan Walker, Amanda Hurley, Barbara Levick, Jesper Majbom Madsen, Richard Rawles, Marguerite Johnson, Fiona Hobden, Sally-Ann Ashton   +23 more
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Xenophon

77r-79v : Excerptum ex Memorabilium Xenophontis libro secundo de Hercule Prodici, latine, Vincentio Obsopoeo ...
Xenophon, Bessarion, Opsopoeus, Vincentius, Melanchthon, Philipp   +3 more
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Pollux and Xenophon

Lexis
This paper explores the reception of Xenophon within the Onomasticon, aiming to analyse Pollux’s methods and his conception of language while defining his expanded Atticism and Xenophon’s role in it. While prior research has emphasised criticisms from
Rubulotta, Gabriella
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Beyond Xenophon: Other Speakers in Xenophon’s Anabasis

, 2022
A substantial part, about a quarter, of Xenophon’s Anabasis is made up of direct speeches. Starting from Book 3, the most talkative character is Xenophon, who proposes himself as an ideal commander. The figure of Xenophon as an ideal leader is also built through comparison with other commanders, whose portraits are outlined and/or whose actions are ...
Roberto Nicolai
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Some Notes on historical Thought and historical Science in Antiquity (Ancient Greece) [PDF]

Античный мир и археология, 2017
The article deals with the major factors of emergence of historical science (exactly as science, which presupposes investigation rather than a pure appraisal of facts) in Greece on the verge of Archaic and Classical periods.
Surikov, Igor Evgenyevich
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The role of the helots in 'educating' the Spartans

Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2022
This article considers and analyzes the ancient sources mentioning the role played by the helots in the upbringing of sons of Spartan citizens. The focus is on the ways and forms through which the helots were exploited to educate the young generation ...
L.G. Pechatnova
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KOMPOSITION UND PERSONENFÜHRUNG IN XENOPHONS SYMPOSION ALS PARADIGMA SEINER ERZÄHLKUNST; pp. 311–332 [PDF]

Trames, 2015
Xenophon’s Symposium is a carefully composed book that captivates his readers from the first to the last line. It offers a view of the extensive conversation through­out the dialogue.
Otto Kaiser
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Law, reconciliation and philosophy : Athenian democracy at the end of the fifth century B.C. [PDF]

, 2008
The purpose of this thesis is to defend Athenian democracy against a long-established suspicion that the Athenian government, with its radical form of popular participation, was not only incompetent but also dangerous.
Huang, Juin-lung
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TECHNICAL TRAINING OF THE ATHENIAN CAVALRY (375 - 350 BC)

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2022
Cavalry tactics require a well-thought-out horse and rider training on a regular basis as well as a cavalry led by a commander who has tactical skill, sufficient horsemanship and knowledge of horses.
Annelies Koolen
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Divine Narratives in Xenophon's Anabasis

Histos, 2016
This paper builds on recent work that has focused on the interplay between Xenophon the narrator and Xenophon the character in the Anabasis. It illustrates how crucial the divine is in the construction of Xenophon’s character and the overall shape of ...
Jan Haywood
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