Xenophon's Cyrus in Paradise: Hunting and the Art of War in Antiquity

IF 0.2 3区 历史学 0 CLASSICS CLASSICAL WORLD Pub Date : 2024-02-21 DOI:10.1353/clw.2024.a919923
Dustin Gish
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Xenophon’s portrait of the education of Cyrus the Great in his Cyropaedia depicts a youth with an erotic desire for hunting, which in the ancient world trained men in the art of war. But Cyrus learned quickly from going on hunts in the royal parks or “paradises” of his grandfather, the King of Media, that the luxurious mode of hunting game in parks could not match the thrill of hunting animals in the wild. Moreover, hunting in paradise was a temptation to be avoided, because it failed to educate one in that kind of virtue which (as Machiavelli later argued) alone prepares a prince to conquer and, as in the case of Cyrus, become the founder of an empire.

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色诺芬的《天堂中的居鲁士》:古代的狩猎与战争艺术
色诺芬在其 Cyropaedia 中描绘了居鲁士大帝所受的教育,描绘了一个对狩猎充满情欲的青年,在古代世界,狩猎是训练战争艺术的一种方式。但居鲁士很快就从他祖父米底国王在皇家公园或 "天堂 "的狩猎中了解到,在公园里狩猎野味的奢华模式无法与在野外狩猎动物的快感相提并论。此外,在 "天堂 "狩猎也是一种需要避免的诱惑,因为它无法培养一个人的美德,而只有美德(正如马基雅维利后来所论证的那样)才能让王子做好征服的准备,就像居鲁士一样,成为一个帝国的缔造者。
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期刊介绍: Classical World (ISSN 0009-8418) is the quarterly journal of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, published on a seasonal schedule with Fall (September-November), Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), and Summer (June-August) issues. Begun in 1907 as The Classical Weekly, this peer-reviewed journal publishes contributions on all aspects of Greek and Roman literature, history, and society.
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