Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises

by Xenophon, Paul Cartledge (Introduction), Robin H. Waterfield (Translator)

Overview

One of Socrates' Athenian disciples in his youth, Xenophon (c. 498-354 bc) fought as a mercenary commander in Cyrus the Younger's campaign to seize the Persian throne, and later wrote a wide range of works on history, politics and philosophy. These six treatises offer his informed insights into the nature of leadership. In the dialogue between the poet Simonides and Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, Xenophon provides a consummate consideration of the burdens of being an absolute dictator and the superior happiness of the private man. Elsewhere, his biography of King Agesilaus II of Sparta depicts the author's patron as a model of piety, justice, courage and wisdom, while other texts consider the essential qualities of the cavalry commander, analyse the skills of the horseman and the hunter, and advance a bold economic plan for democratic Athens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140455250
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/29/2006
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.69(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. Translated by Robin Waterfield with introductions and notes by Paul Cartledge Translated by Robin Waterfield with introductions and notes by Paul Cartledge

Table of Contents

Introduction		vii
Further Reading		xxi
A Note on the Texts		xxviii
Maps		xxix
HIERO THE TYRANT
Introduction		3	(4)
Hiero the Tyrant		7	(24)
AGESILAUS
Introduction		31	(2)
Agesilaus		33	(32)
HOW TO BE A GOOD CAVALRY COMMANDER (Hipparchicus)
Introduction		65	(2)
How to Be a Good Cavalry Commander		67	(26)
ON HORSEMANSHIP (De Re Equestri)
Introduction		93	(2)
On Horsemanship		95	(30)
ON HUNTING (Cynegeticus)
Introduction		125	(4)
On Hunting		129	(36)
WAYS AND MEANS (Poroi)
Introduction		165	(4)
Ways and Means		169	(15)
Notes		184	(47)
Textual Notes		231	(6)
Index		237