Tag: history
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Xenophonte on the “Enlightened Monarch” (Cyropaedia, Hiero, Agesilaus)
в BlogIn this paper we will combine reviews of several works by Xenophon because they are all linked by one conceptual theme – the education of the ruler. This theme is presented in three ways. In the historical novel “Cyropaedia” the best example is given, where they show an idealized Persian monarch, his growth from childhood…
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Xenophonte’s “Symposium”: a review
In general, a set of dialogues called “Symposium” is a story about a group of virtuous friends who get into hilarious situations and make vulgar jokes about each other. Behind the jokes, there is sometimes an irony that points to the virtue of each character. But besides the banal self-glorification of Socrates’ friends, we are…