V J Gray

Biographic Data

ID	5634091
NAME	V J Gray
GIVEN NAMES	V J
FAMILY NAME	Gray
SIGNATURE	GRAY V J
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	5
TOTAL CITATIONS	46
WORKS AS AUTHOR	5
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2000
H-INDEX	3

Xenophon and Isocrates
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayCHAPTERThe Cambridge History of Greek…2000
Xenophon (c.430 to at least 356 bc) and Isocrates (436–338 bc), contemporaries of Plato, had the opportunity to learn from Socrates and other philosophers who aimed to produce political virtue. Isocrates’ own ‘philosophy’ took the form of an ‘education through speaking and writing’ that prepared pupils to play their part in domestic and international politics. His speeches served as models. Xenophon spent his maturity in exile from Athens ‘huntin…
Xenophon's Defence of Socrates
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1989References: 1
The death of Socrates gave birth to an industry of biographical literature which often took the form of a defence ( apologia ) or prosecution ( katēgoria ), sometimes purporting to be the actual defence or prosecution conducted at his trial. Plato and Xenophon wrote works in his defence. Among his critics, one Polycrates had a certain notoriety. Lysias, Theodectes and Demetrius of Phalerum, orators and rhetoricians like Polycrates, were credited …
Xenophon's Hiero and the Meeting of the Wise Man and Tyrant in Greek Literature
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1986Cited by: 8References: 7
The Hiero is an account in Socratic conversational form of a meeting between Simonides the poet and Hiero the tyrant of Syracuse; it was written by Xenophon of Athens in the fourth century b.c., but is set in the fifth, when the historical Simonides and Hiero lived and met. The subject they are portrayed discussing is the relative happiness of the tyrant and private individual. Plato also makes this a topic of discussion in his Republic . However…
Dialogue in Xenophon's Hellenica
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1981Cited by: 19
The use of dialogue in Xenophon's Hellenica is a phenomenon that needs explanation. Among previous historians, Herodotus had used it frequently but Thucydides hardly at all. In Xenophon's own time, Ctesias had used it but not the author of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia nor Ephorus to any great extent, as far as we can tell. Theopompus had plagiarized one of the Hellenica dialogues as well as adding others of his own. Generally, dialogue occurred less…
The Years 375 to 371 Bc
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1980Cited by: 19References: 4
Neither the chronology nor the interpretation of the history of the years 375 to 371 BC is yet settled. The date of the peace that followed the Athenian naval victory over Sparta at Alyzeia in Scirophorion 375 is put variously in the second half of 375 or 374 or even in spring 374. The status of the Boeotian cities at the time of the peace as well as the role of the King and the participation of Thebes are controversial, and this affects the inte…

The Years 375 to 371 Bc
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1980Cited by: 19References: 4
Neither the chronology nor the interpretation of the history of the years 375 to 371 BC is yet settled. The date of the peace that followed the Athenian naval victory over Sparta at Alyzeia in Scirophorion 375 is put variously in the second half of 375 or 374 or even in spring 374. The status of the Boeotian cities at the time of the peace as well as the role of the King and the participation of Thebes are controversial, and this affects the inte…
Dialogue in Xenophon's Hellenica
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1981Cited by: 19
The use of dialogue in Xenophon's Hellenica is a phenomenon that needs explanation. Among previous historians, Herodotus had used it frequently but Thucydides hardly at all. In Xenophon's own time, Ctesias had used it but not the author of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia nor Ephorus to any great extent, as far as we can tell. Theopompus had plagiarized one of the Hellenica dialogues as well as adding others of his own. Generally, dialogue occurred less…
Xenophon's Hiero and the Meeting of the Wise Man and Tyrant in Greek Literature
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1986Cited by: 8References: 7
The Hiero is an account in Socratic conversational form of a meeting between Simonides the poet and Hiero the tyrant of Syracuse; it was written by Xenophon of Athens in the fourth century b.c., but is set in the fifth, when the historical Simonides and Hiero lived and met. The subject they are portrayed discussing is the relative happiness of the tyrant and private individual. Plato also makes this a topic of discussion in his Republic . However…
Xenophon's Defence of Socrates
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1989References: 1
The death of Socrates gave birth to an industry of biographical literature which often took the form of a defence ( apologia ) or prosecution ( katēgoria ), sometimes purporting to be the actual defence or prosecution conducted at his trial. Plato and Xenophon wrote works in his defence. Among his critics, one Polycrates had a certain notoriety. Lysias, Theodectes and Demetrius of Phalerum, orators and rhetoricians like Polycrates, were credited …
Xenophon and Isocrates
Open AccessVivienne Gray, V J GrayCHAPTERThe Cambridge History of Greek…2000
Xenophon (c.430 to at least 356 bc) and Isocrates (436–338 bc), contemporaries of Plato, had the opportunity to learn from Socrates and other philosophers who aimed to produce political virtue. Isocrates’ own ‘philosophy’ took the form of an ‘education through speaking and writing’ that prepared pupils to play their part in domestic and international politics. His speeches served as models. Xenophon spent his maturity in exile from Athens ‘huntin…