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. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-956381-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 16/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés