Redeeming Xenophon: Historiographical reception and the transhistorical

Abstract

The aim of this article is to explore some of the ramifications of Charles Martindale's work for the study of the reception of classical historiography and to highlight some of the particular challenges facing researchers in this branch of reception studies. Historiography is a relatively undeveloped field within the area of classical reception studies, though there are signs that this is starting to change (notably through the large AHRC-funded project on the reception of Thucydides run by Neville Morley at Bristol University 2).There is, however, a strong tradition of research on the influence of ancient historians on the modern conception and writing of history, associated above all with the work of Arnoldo Momigliano and more recently with that of Antony Grafton.3 The particular influence of reception studies themselves may be seen in the indirect light shed on the reception of Herodotus by recent work on cultural responses to the Persian Wars, including the growing scholarly literature on the film 300.4 © 2013 The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.