The Friendship of the Barbarians. Xenophon and the Persian Empire. - HIRSCH, S.W.,
Xenophon and the Persian Empire
KORTE INHOUD
The thesis of this book is that Xenophon's attitude to the Persians was generally favourable. (...) Ch. 1 deals with the philosophical and technical works, in which Hirsch finds only admiration for Persian efficiency. Ch. 2, 'Trust and Deceit in the Anabasis' deals honestly with problems posed by Cyrus the Younger's behaviour, and concludes innocuously that Xenophon liked honesty and disliked dishonesty, wherever he found them. (...) the interesting ch. 5 is about the King's Eye. H. does not think there was any such official(s), but denies that Xenophon in 'Cyrop'. 8.2 thought there was either. There is a useful critique of Pagliaro's view that this and other Greek terms for Persian institutions were the result of false etymology. Ch. 6 compares, rather breathlessly, Plato's views. Much of this needed saying. (...). I have two reservations about H.'s book. First, much of the time he is knocking down a straw man. (...) Second, and more important, H/'s enterprise suffes by seeing Xenophon in literary isolation....
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1985Uitgever: University Press of New England216 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0874513227ISBN-13: 9780874513226Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Hanover / London, 1985. XIV,216p. Maps. Original cloth with dust wrps. Paste-down endpaper a bit damaged. Endpaper gone. Title page loose. Dust wrps on spine discoloured. Else fine. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: HIRSCH, S.W.,] [Uitgever: University Press of New England] [Jaar: 1985] [Titel: The Friendship of the Barbarians. Xenophon and the Persian Empire.]
