The Role of Genre in the Literary Depiction of Leadership Values in Antiquity
A Leader of Many Genres
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Description
This edited volume explores the presentation of leadership values in antiquity and the interaction between different literary genres, authors and texts. Covering the Greek and Roman literature from the fourth century BCE to the fourth century CE, the contributors examine how different ancient texts represent the characteristics of an ideal leader. For example, an historian such as Polybius was influenced by Platonic and Aristotelian political philosophy, while a poet like Lucan was influenced by the historical work of Caesar. The representation of leaders in these works offers a lens for understanding how different genres interact in shaping their values.
Alongside intertextual relationships, this fruitful dialogue also reveals aspects of the conceptualization of leadership and the ideals a leader needs to aspire to in different temporal and literary contexts, sometimes even contradicting each other. In this way, Literary Genre and Leadership Values in Antiquity offers a study of leadership values in the portrayals of individuals across a range of literary genres and periods. Each chapter of this book addresses the values that define good leadership in the ancient world and their relevance to the modern world, thus stressing the complexity of the characterisation of the perfect leader in antiquity.
Table of Contents
Andreas Gavrielatos (University of Reading, UK) and Emma Nicholson (University of Exeter, UK)
Part 1: Values of the Ideal Leader
1. Superior memory as an attribute of the ideal leader
Joe Grimwade (University of Cambridge, UK)
2. Homer and Virgil as Professors of Management. Could Aeneas and Agamemnon be a leadership model for current CEOs?
José María Peláez Marqués (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain)
3. The role of intertextuality in the poetic representation of leadership's values: the example of clementia
Bénédicte Delignon (ENS de Lyon, France)
4. Dio of Prusa, Plutarch and the Paradigm of Epaminondas: A Flexible Model of Leadership
Thierry Oppeneer (Ghent University, Belgium)
5. 'Leading the young men of Greece by their consent': Agamemnon and Menelaus as generals in Sophocles and Euripides
Theodore Hill (Durham University, UK)
Part 2: Leadership Values and Genre Interactions
6. The poetical is political: Leadership and literary art
Jacqueline Klooster (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
7. Following Diogenes: Cynic Leadership in Plutarch and Beyond
Inger Neeltje Irene Kuin (University of Virginia, USA)
8. Caesar as Light-Bringer: Exploring Lucan's use of Lucretius' philosophical leader
Liam Preston (University of Exeter, UK)
9. "Singing into the ass's ear": leadership and listening in Dio Chrysostom's Oration 32
Raphaëla Dubreuil (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
10. Leaders and regional identity in Xenophon's Anabasis
Emma Aston (University of Reading, UK)
11. One Man Among Many: History, Biography and Leadership in Polybius' Histories
Emma Nicholson (University of Exeter, UK)
12. The Other Leader: Reading Feminine Leadership Values through Monuments
Anna-Sofia Alitalo (University of Oxford, UK)
13. Speak like a leader: the leadership values in Lucan's speeches and their models
Andreas Gavrielatos (University of Reading, UK)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Jan 07 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781350359529 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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