Spartan ‘Friendship’ and Xenophon’s Crafting of the Anabasis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20050377 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen Millender (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 377-425 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Xenophon (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004234192_013 |
| OpenAlex | W2491425208 |
| ISBN | 9789004234192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The author argues that greater attention to Xenophon?s depictions of the major participants in his account and his focus on particular themes can provide far more insight into the historical context of the Anabasis than the more common focus on either his autobiographical references or his tense usage. This chapter explains the historical circumstances of the work's composition on the basis of thematic criteria, specifically Xenophon's focus in this work on the theme of 'friendship' with the barbarian as an element of Spartan hegemony and foreign policy. Xenophon, moreover, demonstrates in this work that the Spartans were not alone in forming such bonds with the barbarian. Keywords: Anabasis ; Greeks? barbarian; Spartan foreign policy; Spartan hegemony
Ancient history · Friendship · Spartan · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |