{"product_id":"xenophon-and-sparta-anton-powell-9781905125371","title":"Xenophon and Sparta","description":"Xenophon has for long, and understandably, enjoyed a privileged position as a reliable source on Sparta. Commander of a grand military expedition of Sparta's devising, and a dependent of Sparta's influential king Agesilaos, Xenophon knew Sparta from the inside, and - as himself an Athenian in exile - was well placed to comment on Sparta's difference. The simplicity of his Greek style has a perfume of honesty. And yet... Recent research has with increasing force called into doubt Xenophon's motives and truthfulness - especially as regards Sparta. Analysis of his \u003ci\u003eHellenica\u003c\/i\u003e reveals much evasion and euphemism about Sparta's failings - complicated by occasional outbursts against the iniquity of Spartan imperialism. His euphemistic \u003ci\u003eConstitution of the Lakedaimonians\u003c\/i\u003e (itself containing such an outburst), and his near-hagiography of the dead Agesilaos, have variously evoked trust and suspicion in historians. This book, by a distinguished team of specialists in Spartan history, is the first of a short series from CPW, approaching Spartan reality by way of close analysis of our main contemporary Greek sources: their access, their biases, the literary structure and the genre of their works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anton Powell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1905125372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781905125371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Classical Press of Wales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Anton Powell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113750343935,"sku":"9781905125371","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8dfd4dd-8d28-411c-9a02-16a96a284263.jpg?v=1769617072","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/xenophon-and-sparta-anton-powell-9781905125371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}