Classical Review
2021, 1-3.
"The contributing authors tend to agree
that Xenophon was generally an apologist for Sparta, particularly
their King Agesilaus, but was not blind to Sparta's faults. … it
seems that Xenophon intended for his writings to be read by a Spartan
audience. … This is a highly scholarly work for specialists
capable of following nuanced arguments on fourth-century Greek history. " A.
J. Papalas, CHOICE magazine, February 2021 Vol. 58 No. 6. "Although
not entirely new, this is a book of great value and interest, that
addresses
many problems pertaining to history, literature, economy, law etc.,
certainly focused on Xenophon and Sparta (seen on the whole in a
more critical perspective than ever before), but also on Greece in
general. The volume fulfils its purpose ‘to resist centrifugal
and hermetic tendencies of modern research and to promote a reintegration
of Classics as discipline’ (p. vii)." Elisabetta Bianco, BMCR 2022.04.23.
"Overall, although a good half of
the papers were previously published, the contribution of this
volume to the current scholarship is highly significant. The twelves
essays, well-updated and written by leading classical scholars, offer
diversified, solid, and sometimes pioneering treatments of topics
ranging from Xenophon’s deviations from historical truthfulness
to his representation of Spartan leaders to the Lacedaemonian economy.
Therefore, the book successfully analyses the variety of literary
genres in the Xenophontic corpus and provides an overview of the
most significant research lines of the last two decades, representing
an essential resource for future investigations of Xenophon’s
treatment of Sparta." Martina Gatto, |