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I also place the greek seer within the larger context of near eastern systems of divination. Style and the shaping of narrative oxford scholarship. This aspect is xenophons emphasis on the leaders piety and. Michael flower has written a book that is precisely a clear, lively, and reliable account based on the most uptodate scholarship editors foreword p. It tells the story of cyrus, a charismatic persian prince, who in 401 bc enlisted thousands of greek mercenaries in an attempt to seize the vast persian empire for himself. Style and the shaping of narrative xenophon takes command xenophon on trial. Tolstoy cherished the anabasis, but not because he believed xenophon was flirting with subverting generic expectations. The history of alexander by quintus curtius rufus books. I have published a literary and narratological study of xenophons anabasis for. His major research and teaching interests are in ancient greek history, historiography, and religion. The cambridge companion to xenophon book, 2017 worldcat. Jan 07, 2008 michael flower is senior research scholar at princeton university and editor, in collaboration with john marincola, of herodotus, histories, book ix, author of theopompus of chios.
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