This is a lively, learned and readable book.

• Introduction ; 1. The Mirror of Princes or Flaws in the Glass? ; 2. Explicit Authorial Evaluations in Historical Writing ; 3. Xenophon's Adaptations of his Literary Predecessors ; 4. Xenophon's Patterned Narratives of Leadership ; 5. Readings of Cyropaedia: The Epilogue: The Structural Contradiction or the Confirmation of Praise? ; 6. The Dynamics of Friendship ; 7. Xenophon's Socratic and Other Ironies ; 8. Conclusion

This is a lively, learned and readable book.

• Introduction ; 1. The Mirror of Princes or Flaws in the Glass? ; 2. Explicit Authorial Evaluations in Historical Writing ; 3. Xenophon's Adaptations of his Literary Predecessors ; 4. Xenophon's Patterned Narratives of Leadership ; 5. Readings of Cyropaedia: The Epilogue: The Structural Contradiction or the Confirmation of Praise? ; 6. The Dynamics of Friendship ; 7. Xenophon's Socratic and Other Ironies ; 8. Conclusion

This is a lively, learned and readable book.

• Introduction ; 1. The Mirror of Princes or Flaws in the Glass? ; 2. Explicit Authorial Evaluations in Historical Writing ; 3. Xenophon's Adaptations of his Literary Predecessors ; 4. Xenophon's Patterned Narratives of Leadership ; 5. Readings of Cyropaedia: The Epilogue: The Structural Contradiction or the Confirmation of Praise? ; 6. The Dynamics of Friendship ; 7. Xenophon's Socratic and Other Ironies ; 8. Conclusion