Xenophon's Spartan Constitution: Introduction. Text. Commentary (Texte Und Kommentare / Eine Altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe)

This work presents a new critical edition of The Spartan Constitution , a treatise in state philosophy attributed to the historian Xenophon (c. 430 - c. 355 B. C.). The Greek text, reconstructed on the basis of extant manuscript sources, is prefaced by an introduction and supplemented by a critical commentary and an English translation. The introduction discusses the problem of the text's authenticity and dating and provides a comprehensive account of its sources, reception, language, style and structure as well as an analysis of the manuscript sources and the textual tradition. The commentary addresses linguistic as well as historical problems. INTRODUCTION 11 I Xenophon’s Life 11 II Authorship 13 III Date 17 IV Predecessors and Influences 21 V Composition 35 VI Purpose and audience 39 VII Historicity 40 VIII Reception 45 IX Structure 52 X Language 54 XI Style 61 XII Text 64 SIGLORUM CONSPECTUS 71 TEXT AND TRANSLATION 72 COMMENTARY 105 APPENDIXES 261 Appendix I: Spartan marriage 261 Appendix II: The seizure of cheese from the altar of Orthia in Xenophon and the ‘diamastigosis’ of the later sources 263 Appendix III: The structure of the Spartan army according to Xenophon and Thucydides 265 FIGURES 273 BIBLIOGRAPHY 277 INDEXES 293 By Michael Lipka. Revised Thesis (doctoral) -- Freie Universität, Berlin, 1997. Includes Appendices. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [269]-284) And Indexes (p. [285]-302). Greek Text And English Translation On Opposite Pages; Introduction And Commentary In English. The main sources for X.'s life are his own writings and the biography of Diogenes Laertius (2.48-59), dating from the third century AD.