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Xenophon's life and personality is better known to us, perhaps, than that of any other Greek who lived before Alexander the Great. Much of his considerable output of historical writing and essays is frankly or implicitly autobiographical. He reveals himself as one of those many Athenians and other vis mere Greeks who turned to autocratic political models, including admiration of Persia, after the excesses of the Athenian democracy led to disaster in the Peloponnesian War. He also reveals himself as much more than a literary man and a critic of his times. A gentleman adventurer and something of a professional soldier, he followed in turn the philosopher Socrates, the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger, and the Spartan king Agesilaus, all of whom he wrote about with an air of close personal knowledge. His works include the autobiographical Anabasis, an account of his service with a mercenary Greek army that marched from Mesopotamia to the Black Sea after the defeat and death of the younger Cyrus. It provides the most detailed single perspective on the military practices and military mentality of Xenophon's age. His Hellenica, by contrast, is an impersonal continuation to the end of the Peloponnesian War of the work of Thucydides and a patchy memoir that concentrates on Sparta's fortunes until the definitive end of its power in 362 b.c. Xenophon's other major works are the Cyropaedia and the rambling Socratic dialogues known as the Memorabilia. The Cyropaedia is a fictional idealization of the career of Cyrus the Great, the only great conqueror known to the Greeks before Alexander. Often regarded merely as a novel, it is a species of a priori historical reconstruction. A retrojection of the military science and political values of the day into a largely unknown Persia of the past, it is intended to explain Cyrus's success on rational principles. The Memorabilia and the Socratic Apology that comes down with them contain nothing of philosophical value but are thought by some scholars to offer a possible corrective to Plato's altogether too Platonic Socrates. Xenophon had a conventional and second-rate mind, but he is a valuable resource because of his mediocrity. He enables us to make contact with an ordinary intellect from a world that often seems dominated by geniuses. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

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Det persiske felttog eller Anabasis (0370) — Forfatter — 2,356 eksemplarer
A History of My Times (0355) — Forfatter — 823 eksemplarer
The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika (0362) 585 eksemplarer
Anabasis [Ancient Greek] (1887) 404 eksemplarer
Memorabilia (0371) 381 eksemplarer
Cyropaedia [in translation] (0370) 348 eksemplarer
The Art of Horsemanship (0355) 143 eksemplarer
The Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis (2021) 140 eksemplarer
Anabasis, Books 1-4 [Ancient Greek] (1894) 103 eksemplarer
Xenophon: Hellenica, Books 5-7 (0370) 81 eksemplarer
The Sea, The Sea (Penguin Epics) (1886) 75 eksemplarer
Symposium (1888) 66 eksemplarer
Socratic discourses (1927) 62 eksemplarer
Oeconomicus [Ancient Greek] (1949) 54 eksemplarer
Xenophontis Opera omnia (1900) 39 eksemplarer
Apologia Socratis [Ancient Greek] (1987) 39 eksemplarer
Anabasis, Book 1 [Ancient Greek] (1963) 35 eksemplarer
Cyropaedia [Ancient Greek] (1919) 30 eksemplarer
Complete works (1845) 27 eksemplarer
Obres socràtiques menors (1924) 27 eksemplarer
The Economist [translation] (0360) 24 eksemplarer
Xenophon: Hellenica, Books I-V (1947) 19 eksemplarer
Historia Graeca (2004) 16 eksemplarer
Minor Works (Greek) (1999) 14 eksemplarer
Agesilaus (0360) 11 eksemplarer
Symposium ; Sokrates' verdediging (2000) 10 eksemplarer
Anabasis, Book 2 [Ancient Greek] (1925) 10 eksemplarer
Opere 8 eksemplarer
Le Tavole di Licurgo (1985) 8 eksemplarer
L'Anabase. Le banquet (1967) 8 eksemplarer
Anábasis. Libro primero (1988) 8 eksemplarer
Anábasis (1996) 8 eksemplarer
The Cavalry General (0350) 8 eksemplarer
Xenophon: Hellenika I-II.3.10 (1989) 7 eksemplarer
The Apology (0385) 7 eksemplarer
Anabasis - On Binler'in Donusu (2015) 7 eksemplarer
Hellenika II. 3.11-IV. 2.8 (1995) 7 eksemplarer
Oeuvres completes, tome 3 (1967) 7 eksemplarer
Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 4 (1910) 6 eksemplarer
Records de Sòcrates (1929) 6 eksemplarer
Constitution of the Athenians (2002) 6 eksemplarer
OEuvres complètes, tome 2 (1967) 6 eksemplarer
La república de los lacedemonios (1973) 5 eksemplarer
Mémorables (2015) 5 eksemplarer
Anabasi - Elleniche (2012) 5 eksemplarer
Anábasis y obras menores (2007) 5 eksemplarer
On Revenues (0355) 5 eksemplarer
Oeuvres complètes, Tome 1 (1967) 5 eksemplarer
Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 3 (2017) 5 eksemplarer
La república de los atenienses (2010) 4 eksemplarer
Memories of socrates (2023) 4 eksemplarer
Elleniche. Testo greco a fronte (2002) 4 eksemplarer
"Apology" and "Memorabilia" (2008) 4 eksemplarer
Selections Adapted From Xenophon (2009) 4 eksemplarer
Ierone, o Della tirannide (2011) 4 eksemplarer
Ciropèdia, Vol. II, III (1933) 4 eksemplarer
Iktisat Üzerine - Oikonomikos (2020) 4 eksemplarer
Xenophón történeti munkái (2001) 4 eksemplarer
Xenophon's Hellenica - Selections (2015) 4 eksemplarer
The Hellenica Books I and II (1939) 3 eksemplarer
The Sportsman (2004) 3 eksemplarer
Kyropedia : den ideelle hersker (2021) 3 eksemplarer
Memorabilia (Agora Editions) (2014) 3 eksemplarer
La tirannide 3 eksemplarer
Apology and Memorabilia (2019) 3 eksemplarer
Xenophontis Scripta Minora (1925) 3 eksemplarer
Elleniche/Anabasi (1996) 3 eksemplarer
Tutti gli scritti socratici (2013) 3 eksemplarer
Het diner (2019) 2 eksemplarer
Sokrates'ten Anılar 2 eksemplarer
Hellenica 2 eksemplarer
HELENICAS (2015) 2 eksemplarer
L' amministrazione della casa (1989) 2 eksemplarer
Apologia de Socrates (2005) 2 eksemplarer
O Kýrově vychování 2 eksemplarer
Sokrates (1966) 2 eksemplarer
Opera Omnia 2 eksemplarer
Expeditio Cyri 2 eksemplarer
Sōkratous apologia 2 eksemplarer
Cinegetico (l'arte della caccia) (2002) 2 eksemplarer
The Greek Historians Vol 2. (1942) 2 eksemplarer
Hellenica; books I-II (1899) 2 eksemplarer
Hellenika I-II.3.10 (1993) 2 eksemplarer
Stories From Xenophon (1992) 2 eksemplarer
Cyropaedia II 2 eksemplarer
Detti memorabili di Socrate (1998) 1 eksemplar
Anabasi - Elleniche 1 eksemplar
Senofonte 1 eksemplar
Hellenika: Yunan Tarihi (2021) 1 eksemplar
Onnia 1 eksemplar
La caccia 1 eksemplar
Emlékeim Szókratészről (1986) 1 eksemplar
Cineg©·tic 1 eksemplar
Opuscles 1 eksemplar
Kyrosexpeditionen 1 eksemplar
Ledarskap 1 eksemplar
Hostina ; Sokratova obhajoba (2006) 1 eksemplar
L' art de la chasse 1 eksemplar
Ierone 1 eksemplar
Sócrates, vida y doctrinas (2000) 1 eksemplar
Constitución de Esparta (2009) 1 eksemplar
HELENICAS. LIBRO 1 1 eksemplar
La marcha de los diez mil (2018) 1 eksemplar
Avcilik Sanati (2021) 1 eksemplar
Banquet (1996) 1 eksemplar
Oeuvres complètes 1 eksemplar
Athènes et Sparte 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis Opera 1 eksemplar
Cinegètic 1 eksemplar
Efesíaques 1 eksemplar
Hipparchikos 1 eksemplar
Ciropèdia, vol. II 1 eksemplar
yunan tarihi (1999) 1 eksemplar
L`EXPEDICIÓ DELS DEU MIL iii (1968) 1 eksemplar
Opuscles 1 eksemplar
Xenophon 1 eksemplar
Econômico, 1 eksemplar
Οικονομικός (1997) 1 eksemplar
Opuscula V 1 eksemplar
The Polity of the Athenians (2015) 1 eksemplar
Works III 1 eksemplar
Collected Works V 1 eksemplar
Socrates' Defense 1 eksemplar
Xenophon's Minor Works (2016) 1 eksemplar
Les memorables (Traduction) (1959) 1 eksemplar
L'anabase Traductions Hatier (1966) 1 eksemplar
Hellenika : II.3-IV.2.8 (2021) 1 eksemplar
De Cyri expeditione 1 eksemplar
Cyropaedia, Books I-VIII (2016) 1 eksemplar
Oeconomicus (2012) 1 eksemplar
Spelman's Xenophon 1 eksemplar
Xenophon's Anabasis: Book 1-4 (1962) 1 eksemplar
Xenophon Symposium (1880) 1 eksemplar
Operum 1 eksemplar
Xenophon Anabasis III & IV (1928) 1 eksemplar
Xenophontis operum 1 eksemplar
Story of Cyrus 1 eksemplar
Memorias 1 eksemplar
Das Gastmahl. (1957) 1 eksemplar
On Government 1 eksemplar
HELLÉNIQUES (2018) 1 eksemplar
The Sportsman (Dodo Press) (2007) 1 eksemplar
Paardrijden 1 eksemplar
Cyri Anabasis 1 eksemplar
Anabasis - Buch V 1 eksemplar
Xenophon Classics: Hellenica (2019) 1 eksemplar
The Xenophon Collection (2012) 1 eksemplar

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Classic Travel Stories (1994) — Bidragyder — 63 eksemplarer
Komt een Griek bij de dokter humor in de oudheid (2007) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
Selections from Greek Historians (1878) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Griekse geschiedschrijvers (1951) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer

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This is one of those books you read to learn something interesting, not so much for entertainment. And it is definately interesting. The commentary and annotations add quite a bit to the book. I especially liked the appendixes, they add quite a bit of context.

However, due to the nature of this book, there are quite a bit of names, places, dates, and terminology thrown at you, as a result, on first reading, it all gets jumbled together. But, on the whole, I have a lot more understanding of Ancient Greek Culture.

As for this edition - it really is well put together. I believe that its intended for the regular reader, rather than an academic. I also quite like the commentary (This is what I believe, but most people think this). Its all over the book, and brings out how the rivalry of academics. It also lightens the tone of what is a very serious book.
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TheDivineOomba | 3 andre anmeldelser | Jan 20, 2024 |
As presented by Xenophon, Socrates is a man who knows he is the smartest guy in the room but disguises it from those who don’t know him well. When asked at the symposium to join in telling the party what he is best at or proudest of, Socrates answers, not philosophy, but pimping, by which he seems to mean introducing people to one another. He always has more than one item on his agenda. When he discusses farming in the Oeconomicus, he is interested not only in how to run a farm but also in the nature of what it means to be a gentleman and the nature of goodness.
His interrogators seldom understand his irony. In the Apology, when he is asked why he chooses death over some of the other punishments he might ask for, he says that he wants to die before he has to put up with the pains of old age. Kill me now because old age sucks is not a serious argument, but Socrates is the only one in the room who seems to know that.
Bisexual eroticism also stands out in Xenophon’s version of the Symposium. Most of the guests, including Socrates, seem equally turned on by boys and girls, but in the end, everyone except Socrates goes home to play with their wives and girlfriends. Socrates is not anxious to go home to Xantippe, his difficult wife. He heads out into the night alone.
I wish I had read these pieces when I first encountered Socrates in Plato.
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Tom-e | Nov 15, 2023 |
The Ancient Greek term anabasis is ambiguous enough that translators often let it stand. Here are some possibilities: march up country, ascent, and literally, expedition up from. In translating Xenophon’s title, Wayne Ambler opts for The Anabasis of Cyrus, which does not clear up the issue.
Xenophon, a military leader, historian, and friend of Socrates, left Athens to join a Spartan mercenary expedition to aid Cyrus the Younger in his effort to overthrow his brother Artaxerxes. Xenophon took command after Cyrus was killed and the Greek leaders were assassinated. With his force of 10,000 hoplites, he fought his way from Babylon to the Black Sea and through Turkey,
Xenophon appears as a character in the narrative. In chronicling his journey, he describes the leadership styles of his enemies and allies. He led from the front and used argument and consensus more often than threats of force to keep his troops in line.
After the death of Cyrus, the Greek army often lived off the land; you would not have wanted to be a villager in their path. In the mountains, villagers jumped from cliffs to avoid them. Xenophon reports with equal coolness, acts of courage, nobility, and brutality.
The Anabasis is a landmark work of military history that deserves to be read alongside those of Thucydides, Caesar, and Herodotus.
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