Xenophon on Violence

Published by De Gruyter 2019

Xenophon on Violence

Edited by: Aggelos Kapellos

Volume 88 in the series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110671469

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About this book

This volume examines the issue of violence in Xenophon’s works, who lived in circumstances of war for many years. All the papers address issues of violence from different aspects. The exclusive focus on this issue is justified, since no previous detailed study exists on the subject. Most of the chapters focus on the Hellenica, because this work records more aspects of violence than the rest of his works. The volume is more concerned with examining violence in practice rather than the theory of violence, and violent practices are more frequently recorded in the Hellenica, which is the main historical work of Xenophon.This volume attempts to provide a comprehensive study of the subject of violence in Xenophon’s works and to demonstrate the coherence and consistency of his thought on it. This work aspires to be a contribution to classical scholarship since it attempts to: (1) shed further light on the literary character of Xenophon’s oeuvre; (2) offer new interpretation of passages and themes; and (3) put emphasis on passages that scholars have not pointed out and which offer important insights to the thought of Xenophon.

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Aggelos Kapellos, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Aggelos Kapellos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The notion of violence (bia, hybris) in Xenophon’s work Cinzia Bearzot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
“Apronoētos Orgē”: the Role of Anger in Xenophon’s Vision of History Paolo A. Tuci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Lawlessness and Violence in Decision- Making in Xenophon’s Hellenica P. J. Rhodes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Violence and Civil Strife in Xenophon’s Hellenica Frances Pownall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Minor Infantry Defeats and Spartan Deaths in Xenophon’s Hellenica Edith Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Violence and the State in Xenophon: A Study of Three Passages Edward Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
The Rhetoric of Violence in Xenophon’s Anabasis Nathan Crick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Xenophon’s βίαιος διδάσκαλος: Thinking War and Empire in the Cyropaedia Bogdan Burliga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
The Greek reaction to the slaughter of the Athenian captives at Aegospotami and Xenophon’s Hellenica Aggelos Kapellos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Xenophon on the Violence of the Thirty Andrew Wolpert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Index of Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Classicists, ancient historians, and political scientists.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 204
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 0
- Tables: 0
Keywords: Xenophon; violence; Greek world

eBook

Published: October 21, 2019
ISBN: 9783110671469

Hardcover

Published: October 21, 2019
ISBN: 9783110671414

Paperback

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110763720