Xenophon / Fiona Hobden.
Xenophon / Fiona Hobden.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2019/3640
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 147 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Words and deeds -- Chapter 1: Writing history -- Chapter 2: Remembering Socrates -- Chapter 3: Rethinking the polis -- Chapter 4: Living a good life -- Chapter 5: Thinking through Xenophon -- Conclusion: The stranger's voice.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
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Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"This book offers a concise introduction to Xenophon, the Athenian historian, political thinker, moral philosopher and literary innovator who was also a pupil of Socrates, a military general on campaign in Persia, and an exile in residence in the Peloponnese during the late fifth and fourth centuries BC. Alive during one of the most turbulent perio...
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Xenophon / Fiona Hobden.
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General note
Ancients in action
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-135) and index.
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©2020
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Call Numbers
G 2019/3640
Record Identifier
74VKavGexwDO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKavGexwDO
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ISBN
1474298486
9781474298483
DDC
938.007202
MMS ID
991024357402702626
