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Xenophon's Imperial Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: James Tatum
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-14 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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"If you inquire into the origins of the novel long enough," writes James Tatum in the preface to this work, ". . . you will come to the fourth century before ou
The Arts of Rule
Language: en
Pages: 461
Authors: Sharon R. Krause
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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The arts of rule cover the exercise of power by princes and popular sovereigns, but they range beyond the domain of government itself, extending to civil associ
The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 592
Authors: Benjamin Isaac
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-31 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This groundbreaking book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "ethnic and cul
Every Inch a King
Language: en
Pages: 430
Authors:
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-13 - Publisher: BRILL

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The role of kings, the source of their authority and the nature of the practical restraints on their power have exercised political and religious philosophers,
The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon
Language: en
Pages: 545
Authors: Michael A. Flower
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.