0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE

Buy Now

Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,449
Discovery Miles 44 490
Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus (Hardcover): Michael A. Flower

Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus (Hardcover)

Michael A. Flower

Series: Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R4,449 Discovery Miles 44 490 | Repayment Terms: R417 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most exciting historical narratives-as well as the most important autobiographical work-to have survived from ancient Greece. It tells the story of Cyrus, a young and charismatic Persian prince, who in 401 BC enlisted more than ten thousand Greek mercenaries in an attempt to seize the vast Persian empire for himself. Cyrus was killed in a great battle, most of the Greek commanders subsequently fell victim to treachery, and an Athenian aristocrat by the name of Xenophon found himself in the unexpected position of taking charge and leading the Greeks from the vicinity of Babylon in modern Iraq back to the Greek cities in Turkey. This book both places the Anabasis in its historical and literary context and, by employing a variety of critical methods, opens up for the reader different ways of interpreting its major themes. Interrelated chapters investigate Xenophon's self-representation as a model leader, his possible didactic and apologetic purposes for writing, the generic expectations of his contemporary audience, the factual accuracy of the Anabasis, and the ways in which the gods are depicted as intervening in human affairs. This book unveils the literary artistry and narrative strategies that have gone into shaping one of the greatest survival stories of all time.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature
Release date: July 2012
First published: July 2012
Authors: Michael A. Flower (Senior Research Scholar)
Dimensions: 220 x 146 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-518867-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-518867-5
Barcode: 9780195188677

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Staging Memory, Staging Strife - Empire…
Lauren Donovan Ginsberg Hardcover R2,953 Discovery Miles 29 530
Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid…
Boris Chrubasik Hardcover R5,042 Discovery Miles 50 420
The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical…
John Roberts Hardcover R1,754 Discovery Miles 17 540
Ancient Israel's Neighbors
Brian R. Doak Hardcover R2,631 Discovery Miles 26 310
Son of Classics and Comics
George Kovacs, C.W. Marshall Hardcover R3,883 Discovery Miles 38 830
Rome, Polybius, and the East
The late Peter Derow Hardcover R3,902 Discovery Miles 39 020
Herodotea - Studies on the Text of…
N.G. Wilson Hardcover R4,049 Discovery Miles 40 490
Angels in Late Ancient Christianity
Ellen Muehlberger Hardcover R2,957 Discovery Miles 29 570
Berenice II and the Golden Age of…
Dee L Clayman Hardcover R4,262 Discovery Miles 42 620
Sciences of Antiquity - Romantic…
Noah Heringman Hardcover R5,158 Discovery Miles 51 580
Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice
Jennifer Wright Knust, Zsuzsanna Varhelyi Hardcover R3,323 Discovery Miles 33 230
Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium…
Tom Moore, Xose-Lois Armada Hardcover R8,064 Discovery Miles 80 640

See more

Partners