This volume examines the issue of violence in Xenophon's works who lived in circumstances of
war for many years. All the papers address issues of violence from different aspects. The
exclusive focus on this issue is justified since no previous detailed study exists on the
subject. Most of the chapters focus on the Hellenica because this work records more aspects of
violence than the rest of his works. The volume is more concerned with examining violence in
practice rather than the theory of violence and violent practices are more frequently recorded
in the Hellenica which is the main historical work of Xenophon.This volume attempts to provide
a comprehensive study of the subject of violence in Xenophon's works and to demonstrate the
coherence and consistency of his thought on it. This work aspires to be a contribution to
classical scholarship since it attempts to: (1) shed further light on the literary character of
Xenophon's oeuvre (2) offer new interpretation of passages and themes and (3) put emphasis on
passages that scholars have not pointed out and which offer important insights to the thought
of Xenophon.
