Cyropaedia
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 21986 |
| Format | 13 x 19 |
| Détails | 456 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251450162 |
Born near Athens, Xenophon (426-354 BC) came from a very wealthy aristocratic family. He took part in the defense of Athens in the Peloponnesian War. In 401, he joined the Spartans fighting in Asia Minor alongside Cyrus, who was then seeking to overthrow his brother. After the failure of the Campaign of the Ten Thousand, in which Cyrus lost his life, he was elected general and, crossing Asia, led the Greeks to Trebizond, an exploit he recounts in the Anabasis. Nicknamed "the Greek bee," Xenophon left us a body of work as varied as it is abundant. From the teachings of Socrates, whose disciple he was, he drew so-called Socratic works, the Memorabilia, The Banquet, the Apology and, in a certain way, the Economics (a Socratic dialogue evoking the problems of managing a domain). His work as a historian consists of the Anabasis and especially the Hellenica, where he continues the account of the Peloponnesian War where Thucydides had interrupted his investigation. In addition to treatises on cavalry, hunting and a romanticized history of the life of Cyrus, the Cyropaedia, we owe him political works, testifying to his admiration for Sparta, the rival city of Athens.
Born near Athens, Xenophon (426-354 BC) came from a very wealthy aristocratic family. He took part in the defense of Athens in the Peloponnesian War. In 401, he joined the Spartans fighting in Asia Minor alongside Cyrus, who was then seeking to overthrow his brother. After the failure of the Campaign of the Ten Thousand, in which Cyrus lost his life, he was elected general and, crossing Asia, led the Greeks to Trebizond, an exploit he recounts in the Anabasis. Nicknamed "the Greek bee," Xenophon left us a body of work as varied as it is abundant. From the teachings of Socrates, whose disciple he was, he drew so-called Socratic works, the Memorabilia, The Banquet, the Apology and, in a certain way, the Economics (a Socratic dialogue evoking the problems of managing a domain). His work as a historian consists of the Anabasis and especially the Hellenica, where he continues the account of the Peloponnesian War where Thucydides had interrupted his investigation. In addition to treatises on cavalry, hunting and a romanticized history of the life of Cyrus, the Cyropaedia, we owe him political works, testifying to his admiration for Sparta, the rival city of Athens.