Xenophon and the Graces of Power: A Greek Guide to Political Manipulation

Author:   Vincent Azoulay ,  Angela Krieger
Publisher:   Classical Press of Wales
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9781910589694


Pages:   444
Publication Date:   30 September 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Xenophon and the Graces of Power: A Greek Guide to Political Manipulation


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One of classical Greece's most worldly and lucid writers, Xenophon across his many works gave a restless criticism of power: democratic, oligarchic and autocratic. From military campaigns (in which he took part), through the great powers of his day (Sparta, Persia, Athens) to modes of control within the household, he observed intimately and often with partisan passion. In this work a leading French Hellenist, Vincent Azoulay, analyses across Xenophon's diverse texts the techniques by which the Greek writer recommends that leaders should manipulate. Through gifts and personal allure, though mystique, dazzling appearance, exemplary behaviour, strategic absences – and occasional terror, Xenophon analyses ways in which a powerful few might triumphantly replace the erratic democracies and selfindulgent oligarchies of his day. First published in French (in 2004) to international acclaim, this book is here translated for the first time, revised and updated.

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Author:   Vincent Azoulay ,  Angela Krieger
Publisher:   Classical Press of Wales
Imprint:   Classical Press of Wales
Weight:   0.928kg
ISBN:  

9781910589694


ISBN 10:   1910589691
Pages:   444
Publication Date:   30 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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VINCENT AZOULAY is one of France's leading historians of classical Greek society. He has published widely on Xenophon and other 4th-century authors in connection with Sparta, Athens and Persia. He is also author of the monograph Pericles of Athens (Princeton, 2014). Vincent Azoulay is directeur d'études at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris.

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