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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Observed surface forms (2)

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Agesilaus II 3
Agesilaus II of Sparta 2

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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Agesilaus → historicalFigureDepicted → Agesilaus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agesilaus II of Sparta
this entity surface form: Agesilaus II
Agesilaus → mainSubject → Agesilaus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agesilaus II
Sparta → notableKing → Agesilaus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agesilaus II
Xenophon → notableWork → Agesilaus ⓘ
Xenophon → wroteAbout → Agesilaus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agesilaus II of Sparta