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Xenophon's Mirror of Princes Vivienne J. Gray (Professor of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Auckland)

Xenophon's Mirror of Princes By Vivienne J. Gray (Professor of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Auckland)

Xenophon's Mirror of Princes by Vivienne J. Gray (Professor of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Auckland)


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A study of images of leadership in Xenophon's narrative works. Vivienne J. Gray argues that Xenophon employs techniques such as the creation of patterned narratives, as well as allusions to Homer and Herodotus; she also takes issue with the school of thought that finds hidden subversion beneath Xenophon's surface praise of leaders.

Xenophon's Mirror of Princes Summary

Xenophon's Mirror of Princes: Reading the Reflections by Vivienne J. Gray (Professor of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Auckland)

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.

Xenophon's Mirror of Princes Reviews

This is a lively, learned and readable book. * Deborah Gera, Polis *
Unashamedly concerned with analysing Xenophon's belief in the virtues of military leadership... but manages to combine this analysis with an equally unashamed celebration of his originality. * Tim Rood, Times Literary Supplement *

Table of Contents

Introduction ; 1. The Mirror of Princes or Flaws in the Glass? ; 2. Explicit Authorial Evaluations in Historical Writing ; 3. Xenophon's Adaptations of his Literary Predecessors ; 4. Xenophon's Patterned Narratives of Leadership ; 5. Readings of Cyropaedia: The Epilogue: The Structural Contradiction or the Confirmation of Praise? ; 6. The Dynamics of Friendship ; 7. Xenophon's Socratic and Other Ironies ; 8. Conclusion

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NPB9780199563814
9780199563814
0199563810
Xenophon's Mirror of Princes: Reading the Reflections by Vivienne J. Gray (Professor of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Auckland)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press
2010-12-16
416
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