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Xenophon's Other Voice: Irony as Social Criticism in the 4th Century BCE by Dr Yun Lee Too 9781350250529
Booksplease Price: £111.35This volume explores irony - in its essence, saying other than one actually means - in the collected works of Xenophon. Xenophon's Other Voice argues that there are two voices in the author: one... -
Xenophon’s Other Voice: Irony as Social Criticism in the 4th Century BCE by Dr Yun Lee Too 9781350250536
Booksplease Price: £31.86This volume explores irony – in its essence, saying other than one actually means – in the collected works of Xenophon. Xenophon’s Other Voice argues that there are two voices in the author: one... -
Ethical Education in Plutarch: Moralising Agents and Contexts by Sophia Xenophontos 9783110350364
RRP: £120.50Booksplease Price: £111.14In addition to being the author of the Parallel Lives of noble Greeks and Romans, Plutarch of Chaeronea (AD c.46-c.120) is widely known for his rich ethical theory, which has ensured him a reputation... -
The Reception of Greek Ethics in Late Antiquity and Byzantium by Sophia Xenophontos 9781108986595
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £25.91Authored by an interdisciplinary team of experts, including historians, classicists, philosophers and theologians, this original collection of essays offers the first authoritative analysis of the... -
The Anabasis of X.: Chiefly According to the Text of Hutchinson. with Explanatory Notes. by F. C. Belfour. Second Edition. Gr. by Xenophon 9781241446147
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £17.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241446147Author XenophonFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint British Library, Historical Print... -
Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus by Norman B. Sandridge 9780674067028
RRP: £20.95Booksplease Price: £17.90Xenophon is generally thought to have done his best theorizing on leadership through his portrayal of Cyrus the Great, the first king of the Persian Empire. In this book, Norman Sandridge argues that... -
![Panthea, Queen of Susia; A Tragedy in Five Acts [And in Verse, Founded on the Story in the Cyrop Dia of Xenophon]. by Anonymous 9781241059378](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/2901963/2901298/9781241059378__02292.1715189968.jpg?c=1 "Panthea, Queen of Susia; A Tragedy in Five Acts [And in Verse, Founded on the Story in the Cyrop Dia of Xenophon]. by Anonymous 9781241059378")
Panthea, Queen of Susia; A Tragedy in Five Acts [And in Verse, Founded on the Story in the Cyrop Dia of Xenophon]. by Anonymous 9781241059378
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241059378Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint British Library, Historical Print... -
The History and Art of Horsemanship. With Xenophon's Treatise on Horsemanship, from the Gr. and Dissertation on the Ancient Chariot by T. Pownall by Richard Berenger 9780461747355
RRP: £15.95Booksplease Price: £15.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780461747355Author Richard BerengerFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint HardPress LtdPublisher... -
Two Novels from Ancient Greece: Chariton's Callirhoe and Xenophon of Ephesos' An Ephesian Story: Anthia and Habrocomes by Chariton 9781603841924
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.07Here in one convenient volume are the two earliest examples of the ancient Greek novel.Book InformationISBN 9781603841924Author CharitonFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Hackett Publishing Co,... -
Demagogues, Power, and Friendship in Classical Athens: Leaders as Friends in Aristophanes, Euripides, and Xenophon by Professor Robert Holschuh Simmons 9781350214484
Booksplease Price: £91.39What makes a demagogue? A much more friendly touch, or more importantly, a perception of a friendly touch, than has previously been explored. Demagogues, Power and Friendship in Classical Athens... -
Wealth in Ancient Ephesus and the First Letter to Timothy: Fresh Insights from Ephesiaca by Xenophon of Ephesus by Gary G. Hoag 9781575068299
Booksplease Price: £51.01Scholars are divided in their views about the teachings on riches in 1 Timothy. Evidence that has been largely overlooked in NT scholarship appears in Ephesiaca by Xenophon of Ephesus and suggests... -
Two Novels from Ancient Greece: Chariton's Callirhoe and Xenophon of Ephesos' An Ephesian Story: Anthia and Habrocomes by Chariton 9781603841931
RRP: £43.99Booksplease Price: £37.05Here in one convenient volume are the two earliest examples of the ancient Greek novel.About the AuthorStephen M. Trzaskoma is Associate Professor of Classics, The University of New Hampshire... -
A Greek Reader for Schools: Adapted from Aesop, Theophrastus, Lucian, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato (1917) by C E Freeman 9781498135184
RRP: £38.95Booksplease Price: £32.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498135184Author C E FreemanFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher... -
Misinformation, Disinformation, and Propaganda in Greek Historiography Thomas Figueira 9781350358713
Booksplease Price: £85.65Mindful of the present state of discourse on ancient Greek historiography, this edited volume explores the major themes of pursuing factuality, managing witness/source bias, falling into historical... -
A Greek Reader for Schools: Adapted from Aesop, Theophrastus, Lucian, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato (1917) by C E Freeman 9781498184304
RRP: £25.95Booksplease Price: £22.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498184304Author C E FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher... -
The Persian Prince: The Rise and Resurrection of an Imperial Archetype by Hamid Dabashi
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.36With its title borrowed from Machiavelli, The Persian Prince goes far beyond Machiavelli's wildest imagination as to how to rule the world. Hamid Dabashi articulates a bold new idea of the Persian... -
Folk Tales from the Russian by Kalamatiano and Verra Xenophontovna de Blumenthal, Juvenile Fiction, Action & Adventure by Kalamatiano de Blumenthal 9781463895792
RRP: £21.95Booksplease Price: £17.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781463895792Author Kalamatiano de BlumenthalFormat HardbackPage Count 86Imprint AegypanPublisher... -
Demagogues, Power, and Friendship in Classical Athens: Leaders as Friends in Aristophanes, Euripides, and Xenophon Professor Robert Holschuh Simmons 9781350214491
Booksplease Price: £31.86What makes a demagogue? A much more friendly touch, or more importantly, a perception of a friendly touch, than has previously been explored. Demagogues, Power and Friendship in Classical Athens... -
Socrates, The Man and His Mission by R. Nicol Cross
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £33.23This book, first published in 1914, examines the life of Socrates and his teaching, and also details the world in which he lived, the Greece of the time experiencing a breakdown of authority in... -
Ancient Information on Persia Re-Assessed: Xenophon's Cyropaedia: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Marburg in Honour of Christopher Tuplin, December 1-2, 2017 by Bruno Jacobs 9783447112833
RRP: £124.00Booksplease Price: £115.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447112833Author Bruno JacobsFormat HardbackPage Count 456Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher... -
The Greek Histories: The Sweeping History of Ancient Greece as Told by Its First Chroniclers: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch Mary Lefkowitz 9781984854322
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984854322Author Mary LefkowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House IncPublisher... -
The Expedition of Cyrus Into Persia; And the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks. Translated with Critical and Historical Notes, by Edward Spelman. a New Edition, Etc. by Xenophon 9781241450076
RRP: £22.95Booksplease Price: £22.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241450076Author XenophonFormat PaperbackPage Count 546Imprint British Library, Historical Print... -
A Winter Journey Through Russia, the Caucasian Alps, and Georgia: Thence Across Mount Zagros by the Pass of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand Greeks,Into Koordistan by Robert Mignan 9780461733938
Booksplease Price: £16.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780461733938Author Robert MignanFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint HardPress LtdPublisher... -
The Expedition of Cyrus Into Persia; And the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks. Translated ... with Critical and Historical Notes, by Edward Spelman ... a New Edition, Etc. the Third Edition. by Xenophon 9781241460204
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £18.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241460204Author XenophonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint British Library, Historical Print... -
Regime and Education: A Study in the History of Political Philosophy by Ian Dagg 9783031373824
Booksplease Price: £112.12This volume is an inquiry into the history of political philosophy by way of the general theme of education. Each contributor addresses the relationship between a particular political philosopher's... -
American Anabasis by Tim Rood 9780715636848
Booksplease Price: £66.89The Marines' march up to Baghdad; Sherman's trail of destruction in Georgia; an army of Missouri volunteers trekking across the Great Plains to Mexico - this wide-ranging and imaginative book tells... -
Socratic Questions: New Essays on the Philosophy of Socrates and its Significance Barry S. Gower 9781138325999
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £33.23This book, first published in 1992, introduces some of Socrates' problems and some of the problems about him. It seeks at the same time to advance new views, arguments and information on Socrates'... -
A Winter Journey Through Russia, the Caucasian Alps, and Georgia: Thence Across Mount Zagros by the Pass of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand Greeks,Into Koordistaun: Volume 1 by Mignan Mignan 9780371352625
Booksplease Price: £16.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780371352625Author Mignan MignanFormat PaperbackPage Count 345Imprint HardPress LtdPublisher... -
The Essential Greek Historians by Stanley Burstein
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £18.24"Burstein's The Essential Greek Historians is an excellent collection of texts representing the development of historiography in the ancient Greek world. Each text is presented in an engaging and... -
Socrates and his Demise: An Examination of the Historical Figure Otto H. Linderborg 9781032915609
RRP: £55.99Booksplease Price: £50.37This book explores the circumstances surrounding Socrates' death, critically analysing conflicting sources to establish a framework for understanding his intellectual activities in the cultural,... -
What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography by Richard A. Burridge 9781481308755
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £32.38The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by overturning the previous consensus about Gospel uniqueness. Burridge argued... -
Socrates in Love by Armand D'Angour
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophers Socrates: the philosopher whose... -
The Spartan Scytale and Developments in Ancient and Modern Cryptography Martine Diepenbroek 9781350281318
Booksplease Price: £30.54This book offers a comprehensive review and reassessment of the classical sources describing the cryptographic Spartan device known as the scytale. Challenging the view promoted by modern historians... -
Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths by Robin Waterfield
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. The picture we have of it - created by his immediate followers and perpetuated in countless works of literature and... -
The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton 9780393354447
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.52A perennial favourite, Edith Hamilton's best-selling The Greek Way captures with "Homeric power and simplicity" (The New York Times) the spirit of the golden age of Greece in the fifth century BC,... -
Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander the Great by Matthew Dillon
RRP: £55.99Booksplease Price: £50.69In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the... -
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War by Robert B. Strassler 9780684827902
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £12.83Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical... -
Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources by Stephen G. Miller 9780520274334
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £21.25From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon,... -
Religion and Classical Warfare: Archaic and Classical Greece by Matthew Dillon 9781473834293
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.23Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate... -
On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojeve Correspondence by Leo Strauss
Booksplease Price: £26.68"On Tyranny" is Leo Strauss' classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue Hiero, or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising...