Hirsch, Steven W.: The Friendship of the Barbarians

Xenophon and the Persian Empire. [Published for Tufts University]. A study in attitudes Greek perceptions of the Persians during the Classical era as revealed primarily through the writings of Xenophon - Hirsch's book is a study in attitudes-Greek perceptions of the Persians during the Classical era as revealed primarily through the writings of Xenophon. A fourth century Athenian aristocrat, soldier, and farmer, Xenophon traveled widely in the Persian Empire and gave considerable attention to the area in several of his books. His attitudes toward Persia are complex but also balanced and often positive, and they fill a crucial place in a continuum of respectful Greek attitudes toward Persia stretching back in time to Aeschylus and Herodotus in the fifth century and forward to the seemingly enlightened ideas of Alexander the Great. XIV,216 Seiten, Leinen (University Press of New England 1985) textsauber, mit einigen Gebrauchsspuren, Rücken etwas ausgeblichen/clean text pages, traces of use, spine somewhat discoloured

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