While Plato’s and Aristotle’s theories of virtue have received
extensive scholarly attention, less work has been done on
Xenophon’s portraits of virtue and on his attitude towards the
theoretical issues connected with it. And yet, Xenophon offers one
of the best sources we have for thinking about virtue in ancient
Greece, because he combines the analytical interests of a Socratic
with a historian’s interest in real life.  Until recently,
scholars of Xenophon tended to focus either on the
historiographical writings or on the philosophical writings
(chiefly Memorabilia, with some attention to the other Socratic
writings and Hiero). Cyropaedia was treated as a separate entity,
and Xenophon’s short and more technical treatises were generally
studied only by those with particular interest in their specialized
topics (such as horsemanship, hunting, and Athenian finances). But
recent work by Vincent Azoulay and by Vivienne Gray have shown the
essential unity of his writings. This volume continues this
pan-Xenophontic trend by studying the virtues across Xenophon’s
oeuvre and connecting them with a wide range of Greek literature,
from Homer and the tragedians to Herodotus and Thucydides, the
orators, Plato, and Aristotle.
General
Imprint: |
De Gruyter
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Series: |
Xenophon Studies |
Release date: |
February 2024 |
First published: |
2024 |
Editors: |
Gabriel Danzig
• David M. Johnson
• David Konstan
|
Dimensions: |
230 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
460 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-11-131302-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-11-131302-6 |
Barcode: |
9783111313023 |
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