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The Shorter Writings (Agora Editions)

The Shorter Writings (Agora Editions)

by Xenophon (Author), Xenophon (Author), Gregory A . Mc Brayer (Editor), Gregory A. McBrayer (Editor), Gregory A. McBrayer (Author)

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Synopsis

This book contains new, annotated, and literal yet accessible translations of Xenophon's eight shorter writings, accompanied by interpretive essays that reveal these works to be masterful achievements by a serious thinker of the first rank who raises important moral, political, and philosophical questions. Five of these shorter writings are unmistakably devoted to political matters. The Agesilaos is a eulogy of a Spartan king, and the Hiero, or the Skilled Tyrant recounts a searching dialogue between a poet and a tyrant. The Regime of the Lacedaemonians presents itself as a laudatory examination of what turns out to be an oligarchic regime of a certain type, while The Regime of the Athenians offers an unflattering picture of a democratic regime. Ways and Means, or On Revenues offers suggestions on how to improve the political economy of Athens' troubled democracy.

The other three works included here-The Skilled Cavalry Commander, On Horsemanship, and The One Skilled at Hunting with Dogs-treat skills deemed appropriate for soldiers and leaders, touching on matters of political importance, especially in regard to war. By bringing together Xenophon's shorter writings, this volume aims to help those interested in Xenophon to better understand the core of his thought, political as well as philosophical.

Interpretive essays by: Wayne Ambler, Robert C. Bartlett, Amy L. Bonnette, Susan D. Collins, Michael Ehrmantraut, David Levy, Gregory A. McBrayer, Abram N. Shulsky.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 15 May 2018
ISBN 10: 1501718495
ISBN 13: 9781501718496

Media Reviews

This is a most welcome volume. Xenophon's shorter writings-all eight of them-have here been collected and translated literally for the first time. The interpretive essays are rich and thought provoking. A significant contribution to the modern recovery of Xenophon's Socratic wisdom.

-- Eric Buzetti, Associate Professor, Concordia University, and author of Xenophon the Socratic Prince: The Argument of the Anabasis of Cyrus.

By making available the shorter writings of Xenophon in reliably accurate translations, accompanied by consistently illuminating interpretations, this volume makes an important contribution to one of the most heartening and consequential scholarly achievements of the past fifty years: the rediscovery of Xenophon as a political philosopher of the first rank.

-- Peter J. Ahrensdorf, James Sprunt Professor of Political Science, Davidson College

For anyone who wants to understand Xenophon's thought fully, these shorter works are vital. McBrayer has brought together an impressive group of scholars who have produced excellent, reliably faithful translations as well as illuminating introductory essays on these deceptively unassuming gems.

-- Timothy Burns, Baylor University
Author Bio
Wayne Ambler is Associate Professor and Director of the Herbst Program of Humanities at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Eric Buzzetti is Associate Professor in the Liberal Arts College of Concordia University, Montreal. Gregory A. McBrayer is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the University Core Curriculum at Ashland University. Gregory A. McBrayer is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the University Core Curriculum at Ashland University.