Matthew R. Christ (Indiana University)

Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy

The Education of an Elite Citizenry

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Produktbeschreibung

Fresh examination of how Xenophon instructs his elite readers concerning the values, knowledge, and practical skills they need to lead the Athenian democracy. Of interest to all those concerned with the role of elites in democracies, ancient and modern.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781108495769
• ISBN-10: 1108495761
• Artikelnr.: 60001328

Autorenporträt

Matthew R. Christ is a Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Indiana University. He is the author of The Limits of Altruism in Democratic Athens (Cambridge, 2012), The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens (Cambridge, 2006) and The Litigious Athenian (1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Xenophon the Athenian
1. Athens in crisis in the Hellenica
2. Politics and the gentleman in the Memorabilia
3. Work, money, and the gentleman in the Oeconomicus
4. The education of callias in the symposium
5. Xenophon as expert, advisor, and reformer in the Hipparchicus and Poroi
6. Xenophon the democratic orator: the politics of mass and elite in the Anabasis
Conclusions. Elite readers, elite citizens
Bibliography.