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03808aam a2200505 i 4500 001 B2470FFECF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 200529t20202020enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020023399 020 $a 1474298486 020 $a 9781474298483 020 $a 1474298478 020 $a 9781474298476 035 $a (OCoLC)1159618316 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gr--- 050 00 $a PA4497 $b .H63 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Hobden, Fiona, $e author. 245 10 $a Xenophon / $c Fiona Hobden. 264 1 $a London ; $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2020. 300 $a viii, 147 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Ancients in action 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 2 $a Introduction: Words and deeds -- Chapter 1: Writing history -- Chapter 2: Remembering Socrates -- Chapter 3: Rethinking the polis -- Chapter 4: Living a good life -- Chapter 5: Thinking through Xenophon -- Conclusion: The stranger's voice. 520 $a "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 Peloponnese during the late fifth and fourth centuries BC. Alive during one of the most turbulent periods in Greek history, Xenophon wrote extensively about the past and present. In doing so he not only invented several new genres, but also developed pointed political analyses and probing moral critiques. It is the purpose of this book to explore Xenophon's life, writing and ideas, and reception through thematic studies that draw upon the full range of his work. Starting with his approach to the past and to Socrates, it demonstrates how the depiction of events and people from previous times and places are inflected with contemporary concerns about political instability and the challenges of leadership, as well as by a 'Socratic' perspective on politics and morality. The following in-depth examination of Xenophon's theories concerning political organization and the bases for a good life highlight the interconnectivity of his ideas about how to live together and how to live well. Although Xenophon addresses conceptual issues, his writings provide a practical response to real-life problems. Finally, an evaluation of his significance as an inspiration to later writers in their creative interrogations of human affairs brings the investigations to a close. This book thus illuminates Xenophon's importance within the vibrant intellectual culture of ancient Greece as an active participant in and evaluator of his world, as well as his impact over time"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Xenophon $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Historiography $z Greece $x History $y To 1500. 651 0 $a Greece $x Historiography. 651 0 $a Greece $x Historiography. $y To 146 B.C. $x Historiography. 650 0 $a Greek literature $x History and criticism. 600 07 $a Xenophon. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00052351 650 7 $a Greek literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00947441 650 7 $a Historiography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00958221 651 7 $a Greece. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208380 648 7 $a To 1500 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hobden, Fiona, $t Xenophon $d New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. $z 9781474298490 $w (DLC) 2020023400 830 0 $a Ancients in action. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117020510.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B2470FFECF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search