Kingdom versus Empire in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia
Kingdom versus Empire in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia
Author(s): Ivan JordovićSubject(s): History
Published by: Balkanološki institut - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti
Keywords: Xenophon; kingdom; empire; Cyropaedia
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the role of the distinction between the Persian kingdom and the Persian empire drawn in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia with the view to showing that Cyrus’s government of his empire does not lend itself to a darker reading, but rather that his style of rule is based on an aristocratic-meritocratic view of the world.
Journal: BALCANICA
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 47
- Page Range: 35-54
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English