Title: The friendship of the barbarians : Xenophon and the Persian Empire /
Authors: Hirsch, Steven W., 1950-
Publisher: Published for Tufts University by University Press of New England,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Cyrus,; Xenophon.; Xenophon.; Xenophon.; Greece History
Contents: Attitudes toward Persia in the philosophical and technical works -- Trust and deceit in the Anabasis -- Agesilaus: the making of a Panhellenic hero. Appendix A: The Hellenica and the composition of the Agesilaus. Appendix B: Xenophon and Isocratees -- The Cyropaedia and history. Appendix: Plato and the Cyropaedia -- The King's eye. Appendix A: Testimonia from Greek sources. Appendix B: Intelligence networks in the ancient world -- Xenophon, Plato, and Persia.