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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.

By: Melammu workshop (2017 December 1-2 : Marburg)Contributor(s): Jacobs, Bruno [editor.] | Tuplin, Christopher [honouree.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Classica et orientalia ; Bd. 22.Publisher: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2020Description: xxxii, 407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783447112833; 3447112832Subject(s): Xenophon. Cyropaedia | Cyropaedia (Xenophon) | Political fiction, Greek -- History and criticism -- Congresses | Politique-fiction grecque -- Histoire et critique -- Congrès | Political fiction, GreekGenre/Form: Conference papers and proceedings. | Criticism, interpretation, etc.DDC classification: 883.01
Contents:
Foreword ; Introduction. Christopher J . Tuplin: an Appreciation by Bruno Jacobs (Basel) ; Bibliography of Publications of Christopher J. Tuplin ; Genre and Meaning. Frances Pownall (Alberta),Xenophon{u2019}s Cyropaedia and Greek Historiography ; Irene Madreiter (Innsbruck), Cyropaedia and the Greek {u2018}Novel{u2019} again: History and Perspectives of a Supposed Generic Relationship ; Louis-André Dorion (Montréal), Cyrus and Socrates: Two Models on an Equal Footing? ; The Author{u2019}s View. Reinhold Bichler (Innsbruck, translation by Franz Pramhaas), Cyropaedia {u2013} {u2018}Historical Space{u2019} 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 Xenophon{u2019}s Education of Cyrus {u2013} and Whether They Even Constitute Leadership ; Michael A. Flower (Princeton), Xenophon{u2019}s 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 Xenophon{u2019}s 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),Xenophon{u2019}s 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),Xenophon{u2019}s Education of Cyrus in Early Modern Europe ; Noreen Humble (Calgary), Worn out in the Reading: Xenophon{u2019}s 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.
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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),Xenophon{u2019}s Cyropaedia and Greek Historiography ; Irene Madreiter (Innsbruck), Cyropaedia and the Greek {u2018}Novel{u2019} again: History and Perspectives of a Supposed Generic Relationship ; Louis-André Dorion (Montréal), Cyrus and Socrates: Two Models on an Equal Footing? ; The Author{u2019}s View. Reinhold Bichler (Innsbruck, translation by Franz Pramhaas), Cyropaedia {u2013} {u2018}Historical Space{u2019} 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 Xenophon{u2019}s Education of Cyrus {u2013} and Whether They Even Constitute Leadership ; Michael A. Flower (Princeton), Xenophon{u2019}s 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 Xenophon{u2019}s 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),Xenophon{u2019}s 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),Xenophon{u2019}s Education of Cyrus in Early Modern Europe ; Noreen Humble (Calgary), Worn out in the Reading: Xenophon{u2019}s 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.