Anabasis as Monument
Arrian, Xenophontic Space, and Literary Authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20061923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Estelle Strazdins (0000-0002-7792-5111, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 311-328 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Xenophon's ›Anabasis‹ and Its Reception (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9783110793437-014 |
| OpenAlex | W4304205384 |
| ISBN | 9783110793437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter concentrates on Arrian's apparent refurbishment of a monument to Hadrian at Trapezus on the Black Sea that opens his Periplus (1.1- 4) and Alexander's interaction with Achilles' grave at Troy in his Anabasis in the context of both Arrian's 'Second Preface' (1.12.1-5) and the Ten Thousand's thanks-giving cairn on Mt. Theches that marks their first sight of the sea in Xenophon's Anabasis (4.7.24). I demonstrate that a) there is a relationship between these Arrian passages that hinges on Xenophon's Anabasis, and b) Arrian exploits the materiality, spatiality, and temporality of monuments, combined with their semantic fluidity, to assert his literary authority over Xenophon, spatial authority over Trapezus, personal authority over Hadrian's image and Alexander's memory, and to muse on the fickleness of reception by posterity
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Epistemology · Temporality · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |