"This Companion, the first dedicated to the philosopher and historian Xenophon of Athens, gives readers a sense of why he has held such a prominent place in literary and political culture from antiquity to the present and has been a favourite author of individuals as diverse as …
Xenophon's "Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus" is one of the most exciting historical narratives - as well as the most important autobiographical work - to have survived from ancient Greece. This book both places the "Anabasis" in its historical and literary context and, by e…
The Anabasis in context -- Xenophon as author, narrator, and agent -- Let it be fact and let it be fiction? -- Style and the shaping of narrative -- Xenophon takes command -- Xenophon on trial -- Reading the Anabasis -- The hand of God artfully placed.
The Anabasis in context -- Xenophon as author, narrator, and agent -- Let it be fact and let it be fiction? -- Style and the shaping of narrative -- Xenophon takes command -- Xenophon on trial -- Reading the Anabasis -- The hand of God artfully placed.