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Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises (Penguin Classics) Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2006-03-30 Pages: 304 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books One of Socrates Athenian disciples in his youth. Xenophon (c. 498-354 BC) fought as a mercenary commander in Cyrus. the Youngers campaign. to seize the Persian throne. and later wrote a wide range of works on history. politics and philosophy. These six treatises offer his informed insights into the nature of leadership. In the dialogue between the poet Simonides and Hiero. tyrant of Syracuse. Xenophon provides a consummate consideration of the burdens of being an absolute dictator and the superior happiness of the private man. Elsewhere. his biography of King Agesilaus II of Sparta depicts the authors patron as a model of piety. justice. courage and wisdom. while other texts consider the essential qualities of the cavalry commander. analyse the skills of the horseman and the hunter. and adv...Read More

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  • Foyles

    One of Socrates' Athenian disciples in his youth, Xenophon (c. 498-354 bc) fought as a mercenary commander in Cyrus the Younger's campaign to seize the Persian throne, and later wrote a wide range of works on history, politics and philosophy. These six treatises offer his informed insights into the nature of leadership. In the dialogue between the poet Simonides and Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, Xenophon provides a consummate consideration of the burdens of being an absolute dictator and the superior happiness of the private man. Elsewhere, his biography of King Agesilaus II of Sparta depicts the author's patron as a model of piety, justice, courage and wisdom, while other texts consider the essential qualities of the cavalry commander, analyse the skills of the horseman and the hunter, and advance a bold economic plan for democratic Athens.

  • Blackwell

    A look at leadership from a celebrated student of Socrates One of Socratesa disciples in his youth, Xenophon fought as a mercenary in Persia, traveled widely, and later wrote a broad range of works on history, politics, and philosophy.

  • Pickabook

    Xenophon, Paul Cartledge, Robin Waterfield (Trans)

  • 0140455256
  • 9780140455250
  • Xenophon
  • 30 March 2006
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
  • New Ed. /
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