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Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises

by Xenophon

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This Xenophon collection examines rule, power, household management and practical political order through short treatises and dialogues. Hiero asks whether tyranny can bring happiness, while the surrounding works show Xenophon’s interest in leadership, economy, cavalry, Spartan institutions and the practical ethics of command.

Historical Periods

Classical Greece480–323 BCE Spartac. 700–371 BCE Socratic Athens and the Classical Philosophers470–322 BCE

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Classical Literature

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Socrates471 BCE–400 BCE Xenophon431 BCE–355 BCE

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