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Xenophon

Autore di Anabasi

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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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno

Opere di Xenophon

Anabasi (0370) — Autore — 2,397 copie
Elleniche (0355) — Autore — 839 copie
Anabasi (1887) 406 copie
Memorabili (0371) 387 copie
Ciropedia (0370) 356 copie
The Art of Horsemanship (0355) 144 copie
La tirannide (0370) 117 copie
Simposio (1888) 65 copie
Socratic discourses (1927) 63 copie
Economico (1949) 53 copie
Xenophontis Opera omnia (1900) 39 copie
Apologia di Socrate (1987) 38 copie
Obres socràtiques menors (1924) 27 copie
Complete works (1845) 27 copie
Historia Graeca (2004) 17 copie
Minor Works (Greek) (1999) 15 copie
Agesilaus (0360) 12 copie
Anabasi vol. I (2009) 10 copie
L'anabasi - Libro secondo (1925) 10 copie
The Cavalry General (0350) 9 copie
L'Anabase. Le banquet (1967) 8 copie
Anábasis (1996) 8 copie
Anábasis. Libro primero (1988) 8 copie
Le Tavole di Licurgo (1985) 8 copie
Opere 8 copie
The Apology (0385) 7 copie
Anabasi vol. II (1931) 7 copie
Records de Sòcrates (1929) 7 copie
La Repubblica (1995) 6 copie
Mémorables (2015) 5 copie
On Revenues (0355) 5 copie
Anabasi & Elleniche (2012) 5 copie
Memories of socrates (2023) 4 copie
Anabasi: Elleniche (2009) 4 copie
The Sportsman (2004) 4 copie
Ciropèdia, Vol. II, III (1933) 4 copie
Apology and Memorabilia (2019) 3 copie
Elleniche/Anabasi (1996) 3 copie
Stories From Xenophon (1992) 3 copie
La tirannide 3 copie
Hellenica 2 copie
Het diner (2019) 2 copie
Opera Omnia 2 copie
HELENICAS (2015) 2 copie
Apologia de Socrates (2005) 2 copie
Sokrates (1966) 2 copie
Hellenika I-II.3.10 (1993) 2 copie
Cyropaedia II 2 copie
Hellenica; books I-II (1899) 2 copie
Senofonte 1 copia
Cineg©·tic 1 copia
Opuscles 1 copia
Ledarskap 1 copia
Constitución de Esparta (2009) 1 copia
Onnia 1 copia
La caccia 1 copia
Ierone 1 copia
Avcilik Sanati (2021) 1 copia
Hellenika: Yunan Tarihi (2021) 1 copia
yunan tarihi (1999) 1 copia
Οικονομικός (1997) 1 copia
Efesíaques 1 copia
Cinegètic 1 copia
Hipparchikos 1 copia
Banquet (1996) 1 copia
Opuscles 1 copia
Xenophon 1 copia
Econômico, 1 copia
Works III 1 copia
Xenophon's Minor Works (2016) 1 copia
Cyri Anabasis 1 copia
Cyropaedia, Books I-VIII (2016) 1 copia
Hellenika : II.3-IV.2.8 (2021) 1 copia
Opuscula V 1 copia
Xenophon Symposium (1880) 1 copia
Oeconomicus (2012) 1 copia
The Xenophon Collection (2012) 1 copia
Operum 1 copia
Das Gastmahl. (1957) 1 copia
Memorias 1 copia
On Government 1 copia
HELLÉNIQUES (2018) 1 copia
Paardrijden 1 copia

Opere correlate

The Portable Greek Historians (1959) — Collaboratore — 555 copie
The Penguin Book of War (1999) — Collaboratore — 453 copie
Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time (1942) — Collaboratore — 289 copie
Sulla tirannide (1963)alcune edizioni283 copie
Greek Civilization and Character (1924) — Collaboratore — 150 copie
Classic Travel Stories (1994) — Collaboratore — 62 copie
Komt een Griek bij de dokter humor in de oudheid (2007) — Collaboratore — 25 copie
Selections from Greek Historians (1878) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Griekse geschiedschrijvers (1951) — Collaboratore — 6 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Xenophon
Nome legale
Ξενοφῶν
Altri nomi
Xenophon of Athens
Data di nascita
431 BCE (circa)
Data di morte
355 BCE
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Athens
Nazione (per mappa)
Greece
Luogo di nascita
Erchia, Athens, Greece
Luogo di morte
Corinth, Greece
Luogo di residenza
Athens
Scillus
Istruzione
informally, a student of Socrates
Attività lavorative
historian
writer (general non-fiction)
mercenary
sportsman
war correspondent

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La spedizione di Ciro verso la conquista della Persia, regnata dal fratello Antaserse, si concluse con la morte del condottiero greco nella battaglia di Cunassa. Senofonte, uno dei diecimila mercenari greci coinvolti nella guerra, racconta, come in un romanzo, l’Anabasi, ossia la spedizione verso l’interno, il difficile ritorno a casa dell’esercito sconfitto, tra temibili nemici, terre inospitali e rischi continui. Il romanzo si articola in sette libri in cui Senofonte, sicuramente più un romanziere che uno storico, riesce bene a dare il senso della dimensione della guerra ai tempi dei greci. In questa edizione vengono poi proposte due racconti paralleli, quello di Diodoro Siculo e di Plutarco. Nel corso del racconto, e dopo la morte di Ciro, il vero protagonista diventa lo stesso Senofonte che trasforma il testo in una sorta di autocelebrazione. Comunque, è un testo leggibile e molto gradevole, importante per comprendere un particolare momento storico.… (altro)
 
Segnalato
grandeghi | Oct 9, 2021 |
Letteratura. Testo greco a fronte
 
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bibliotecaristofane | 49 altre recensioni | Nov 26, 2015 |
Splendido racconto, purtroppo spesso narrato nelle scuole in forma aneddotica, da leggere come un romanzo di notevole levatura.
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ddejaco | 4 altre recensioni | Jun 27, 2008 |

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