{"product_id":"xenophon-the-historian-historiography-historical-experience-and-the-uses-of-history-9783119142250","title":"Xenophon the Historian: Historiography, Historical Experience and the Uses of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eXenophon the historian was formed by the historiographical culture of his time and by his own history as pupil of Socrates, mercenary leader and political exile. These perspectives underpin a collection of essays that explores his sophisticated and occasionally idiosyncratic engagement with the past (both in historical narratives and elsewhere) and the strategies of later readers\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ewho harnessed his work to their own agendas. The wider world (Greek and non-Greek) also comes into view, both in the vivid and sometimes brutal experience of war among the Ten Thousand and in the political conflicts and socio-religious institutions and \u003cem\u003emores\u003c\/em\u003e that framed his life-story. We discover a writer trying to make sense of that world, to evaluate what happens in it, to discern trends - and ultimately to inform the present with lessons from the past. The eighteen chapters illustrate the calibre and value of a writer at work when history was still a genre in development whose modes and expectations created opportunities more than constraints. The overarching aim of the volume is thus to illuminate what it meant to be a historian in such a period, and how and why Xenophon's past-oriented thinking and writing mattered beyond his own lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher J. Tuplin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Xenophon Studies #3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783119142250","brand":"de Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48949950480521,"sku":"9783119142250","price":142.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3ffa10a3-d189-484f-bcd0-17e6d20726f9.jpg?v=1794299376","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/xenophon-the-historian-historiography-historical-experience-and-the-uses-of-history-9783119142250","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}