Xenophon and the History of His Times

Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophons longer historicalworks the Hellenica and the Anabasis. Dillery considers how far these textsreflect the... » 

Xenophon and the History of his Times examines Xenophons longer historicalworks the Hellenica and the Anabasis. Dillery considers how far these textsreflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth centuries B.C.rather than focusing on the traditional question of how accurate they are ashistories. Through analysis of the complete corpus of Xenophons work and thewritings of his contemporaries Xenophon is shown to be very much a man of histimes concerned with topical issues ranging from panhellenism and utopia tohow far the gods controlled human history.This book will be valuable reading for students on ancient history courses andfor all those interested in Greek political and philosophical thought. «