Agesilaus

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ancient Greek literature biographical work

"Agesilaus" is a biographical work by the ancient Greek historian Xenophon that praises and chronicles the life and leadership of the Spartan king Agesilaus II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Agesilaus II	3
Agesilaus II of Sparta	2
Agesilaus canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek literature ⓘ biographical work ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor	Xenophon’s pro-Spartan sympathies ⓘ
author	Xenophon ⓘ
belongsToCorpus	Xenophon’s Socratic writings ⓘ surface form: works of Xenophon
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
describesEvent	campaigns of Agesilaus II ⓘ political actions of Agesilaus II ⓘ
evaluativeStance	highly favorable toward Agesilaus II ⓘ
focusesOn	life of Agesilaus II ⓘ military leadership of Agesilaus II ⓘ personal virtues of Agesilaus II ⓘ political leadership of Agesilaus II ⓘ
genre	historical biography ⓘ
hasPerspective	Spartan-friendly viewpoint ⓘ
historicalContext	Classical Greece ⓘ
historicalFigureDepicted	Agesilaus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Agesilaus II of Sparta
historicalValue	source on Spartan history ⓘ source on the reign of Agesilaus II ⓘ
intendedAudience	educated Greek readers ⓘ
intendedFunction	moral exemplum ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	biography ⓘ
literaryPurpose	commemoration of Agesilaus II ⓘ praise of Agesilaus II ⓘ
mainSubject	Agesilaus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Agesilaus II
periodOfLiterature	Classical Greek prose ⓘ
portrays	Life of Agesilaus ⓘ surface form: Agesilaus II as an ideal Spartan king
portraysVirtue	courage of Agesilaus II ⓘ justice of Agesilaus II ⓘ moderation of Agesilaus II ⓘ piety of Agesilaus II ⓘ self-discipline of Agesilaus II ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Cyropaedia ⓘ Hellenica ⓘ
setting	Greek world in the 4th century BC ⓘ Sparta ⓘ
timeOfWriting	4th century BC ⓘ
tradition	Greek encomiastic literature ⓘ
typeOfWork	prose narrative ⓘ
workAbout	Sparta ⓘ Spartan kingship ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Agesilaus
Description of subject: "Agesilaus" is a biographical work by the ancient Greek historian Xenophon that praises and chronicles the life and leadership of the Spartan king Agesilaus II.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xenophon → notableWork → Agesilaus ⓘ

Xenophon → wroteAbout → Agesilaus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agesilaus II of Sparta

Sparta → notableKing → Agesilaus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agesilaus II

Corinthian War → involvedCommander → Agesilaus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agesilaus II

Agesilaus → mainSubject → Agesilaus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agesilaus II

Agesilaus → historicalFigureDepicted → Agesilaus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agesilaus II of Sparta