Xenophon and Sparta - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1910589748 ISBN 13 : 9781910589748

Editeur : Classical Press of Wales, 2020

Synopsis

Xenophon has for long, and understandably, enjoyed a privileged position as a reliable source on Sparta. Commander of a grand military expedition of Sparta's devising, and a dependent of Sparta's influential king Agesilaos, Xenophon knew Sparta from the inside, and - as himself an Athenian in exile - was well placed to comment on Sparta's difference. The simplicity of his Greek style has a perfume of honesty. And yet... Recent research has with increasing force called into doubt Xenophon's motives and truthfulness - especially as regards Sparta. Analysis of his Hellenica reveals much evasion and euphemism about Sparta's failings - complicated by occasional outbursts against the iniquity of Spartan imperialism. His euphemistic Constitution of the Lakedaimonians (itself containing such an outburst), and his near-hagiography of the dead Agesilaos, have variously evoked trust and suspicion in historians. This book, by a distinguished team of specialists in Spartan history, is the first of a short series from CPW, approaching Spartan reality by way of close analysis of our main contemporary Greek sources: their access, their biases, the literary structure and the genre of their works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Classical Press of Wales
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1910589748
• ISBN 13: 9781910589748
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Éditeur: Powell Anton, Richer Nicolas
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible