Ancient information on Persia re-assessed: Xenophon's Cyropaedia : proceedings of a conference held at Marburg in honour of Christopher J. Tuplin, December 1-2, 2017 / edited by Bruno Jacobs. - xxxii, 407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Classica et orientalia, Band 22 2190-3638 ; . - Classica et orientalia ; Bd. 22. .

Bibliography of Christopher J. Tuplin (pages xvii-xxxii). Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreword ; Introduction. Christopher J . Tuplin: an Appreciation by Bruno Jacobs (Basel) ; Bibliography of Publications of Christopher J. Tuplin ; Genre and Meaning. Frances Pownall (Alberta),Xenophons Cyropaedia and Greek Historiography ; Irene Madreiter (Innsbruck), Cyropaedia and the Greek Novel again: History and Perspectives of a Supposed Generic Relationship ; Louis-André Dorion (Montréal), Cyrus and Socrates: Two Models on an Equal Footing? ; The Authors View. Reinhold Bichler (Innsbruck, translation by Franz Pramhaas), Cyropaedia Historical Space and the Nations at the Fringes of the Oikumene ; John E. Esposito (Chapel Hill) & Norman B. Sandridge (Washington, DC), On the Fundamental Activities of the Leader in Xenophons Education of Cyrus and Whether They Even Constitute Leadership ; Michael A. Flower (Princeton), Xenophons Anabasis and Cyropaedia: a Tale of Two Cyruses ; Gabriel Danzig (Ramat Gan), The Younger Cyrus and the Alter Cyrus ; Cyropaedia as Historical Source. Julian Degen (Innsbruck), Ancient Near Eastern Traditions in Xenophons Cyropaedia: Conceptions of Royal Qualities and Empire ; Bruno Jacobs (Basel),Cyropaedia and the ?Gift-Bearer Reliefs? from the So-called apadānaat Persepolis ; Literary Reception.Sabine Müller (Marburg),Xenophons Kyroupaideia and the Alexander Historiographers ; Deborah L. Gera (Jerusalem), Luxury and Authority in the Cyropaedia, Esther, and Judith ; Sulochana Asirvatham (New York), The Cyropaedia in Imperial Greek Literature ; Richard Stoneman (Exeter),Xenophons Education of Cyrus in Early Modern Europe ; Noreen Humble (Calgary), Worn out in the Reading: Xenophons Cyropaedia in the Sixteenth Century ; Melina Tamiolaki (University of Crete),Straussian Readings of the Cyropaedia: Challenges and Controversies ; Concluding Remarks. Vivienne Gray (Auckland), Reflections on Near Eastern Realities in the Cyropaedia.


Text in English ; with some ancient Greek and English translation.

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Xenophon. Cyropaedia.


Cyropaedia (Xenophon)


Political fiction, Greek--History and criticism--Congresses.
Politique-fiction grecque--Histoire et critique--Congrès.
Political fiction, Greek.


Conference papers and proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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