Open AccessKirova vzgoja in življenjepis Vasilija – možna povezava
Author(s) -
Αθανάσιος Μαρκοπουλοσ,
Jerneja Kavčič
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2350-4234
DOI - 10.4312/keria.7.2.7-22
Subject(s) - humanities , art
The "Life of Basil", the fifth and certainly most famous among the six books of the so-called Theophanes Continuatus, is widely regarded as a landmark in Byzantine historiography. Despite previous contributions by Alexander, Jenkins, Shevchenko, Agapitos and other scholars, no considerable progress has been made concerning the sources and motives for' the "Life". This paper focuses on Xenophon's Cyropaedia, a very well known work in the Byzantine world