Divine Narratives in Xenophon's Anabasis

Authors

  • Jan Haywood

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/histos328

Keywords:

Xenophon, Anabasis, divine, leadership, narrator, religion

Abstract

This paper builds on recent work that has focused on the interplay between Xenophon the narrator and Xenophon the character in the Anabasis. It illustrates how crucial the divine is in the construction of Xenophon’s character and the overall shape of the narrative. By referring to oracles, dreams and sacrifices, as well as his divine estate at Scillus, Xenophon the narrator contributes substantively towards wider thematic concerns in the narrative: the meaningful role of the divine in warfare; Xenophon’s stellar record during this opaque foreign campaign, and the signal connection between piety and good leadership.

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Published

2016-08-01

How to Cite

Haywood, Jan. 2016. “Divine Narratives in Xenophon’s Anabasis”. Histos 10 (August). https://doi.org/10.29173/histos328.

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Vol. 10 (2016): HISTOS 10 (2016)

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