Xenophon of Athens - A Socratic on Sparta

Re-evaluates Xenophon's supposed admiration of Sparta and argues that his work, the Lacedaimonion Politeia, is a critical and philosophical examination of Spartan socio-cultural practices driven by his Socratic ideas. Also demonstrates remarkable points of convergence with his fellow Socratic Plato, as well as connections with Isocrates too.

List of contents

Preface; List of Abbreviations; Note on Spelling Conventions; Introduction; Part I. 1. Xenophon and his Literary Project; 2. The Lacedaimoniôn Politeia: Theories, Problems, Assumptions; Part II. 3. Reading Lacedaimoniôn Politeia 1-4; 4. Reading Lacedaimoniôn Politeia 5-10; 5. Reading Lacedaimoniôn Politeia 11-15; Part III. 6. The Place of the Lacedaimoniôn Politeia within Xenophon's Literary Project; 7. Xenophon, Plato and Isocrates; Conclusion; Appendix: Text and Translation of the Lacedaimoniôn Politeia; Bibliography; Index locorum; General Index.

About the author

Noreen Humble is a Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Calgary. She has published numerous articles about Xenophon and the reception of Xenophon and Plutarch in Byzantium and the Renaissance, and is the editor of Plutarch's Lives: Parallelism and Purpose (2010), and co-editor (with P. Crowley and S. Ross) of Mediterranean Travels: Writing Self and Other (2011).

Summary

Re-evaluates Xenophon's supposed admiration of Sparta and argues that his work, the Lacedaimoniôn Politeia, is a critical and philosophical examination of Spartan socio-cultural practices driven by his Socratic ideas. Also demonstrates remarkable points of convergence with his fellow Socratic Plato, as well as connections with Isocrates too.

Product details

• Authors: Noreen Humble, Noreen (University of Calgary) Humble, Humble Noreen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2023
• EAN: 9781108810470
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81047-0
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500