William Barker, Xenophon's 'Cyropædia'

Jane Grogan

William Barker, Xenophon's 'Cyropædia'

Edited by Jane Grogan

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William Barker (1520-80), English translator

Xenophon (430 BC-354 BCE), Athenian historian

Tudor and Stuart Translations 13

Modern Humanities Research Association

20 March 2020

ISBN: 978-1-781889-82-4 (hardback) • RRP £44.99, $61.99, €53.99

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William Barker’s translation of Xenophon’s Cyropaedia is the first substantial translation from Greek directly to English in Tudor England. It presents to its English readers an extraordinarily important text for humanists across Europe: a semi-fictional biography of the ancient Persian emperor, Cyrus the Great, so generically rich that it became (in England as well as Europe) a popular authority and model in the very different fields of educational, political and literary theory, as well as in literature by Sidney, Spenser and others.

This edition, for the first time, identifies its translator as a hitherto overlooked figure from the circle of Sir John Cheke at St John’s College, Cambridge, locus of an important and influential revival of Greek scholarship. A prolific translator from Greek and Italian, Barker was a Catholic, and spent most of his career working as secretary to Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk. What little notoriety he eventually gained was as the ‘Italianified Englishman’ who told of Howard’s involvement in the Ridolfi plot. But even here, this edition shows, Barker’s intellectual patronage by Cheke and friends, and their enduring support of him, his translations and the Chekeian agenda, can be discerned.

Reviews:

‘Barker’s Cyropaedia can further our understanding of Xenophon, as well as its own literary and cultural moment. Grogan’s exemplary edition, marrying rigorous scholarship to a user-friendly text, will facilitate both.’ — Carla Suthren, Translation and Literature 30, 2021, 231-37 (full text online)

Contents:

1-67	Introduction Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.4	Cite
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68-72	Textual Note Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.5	Cite
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73-76	Dedication Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.6	Cite
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77-83	Preface Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.7	Cite
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84-114	The First Book Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.8	Cite
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115-132	The Second Book Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.9	Cite
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133-152	The Institution of Cyrus, the Third Book Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.10	Cite
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153-174	The Discipline of Cyrus, the Fourth Book Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.11	Cite
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175-200	The Discipline of Cyrus, the Fifth Book Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.12	Cite
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201-218	The Discipline of Cyrus, the Sixth Book Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.13	Cite
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219-236	The Seventh Book of the School of Cyrus’s Institution Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.14	Cite
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237-264	The Eighth Book of the School of Cyrus’s Institution Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.15	Cite
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265-272	Glossary Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.16	Cite
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273-273	Neologisms Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.17	Cite
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274-283	Bibliography Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.18	Cite
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284-290	Index Jane Grogan doi:10.2307/j.ctv10crdd0.19	Cite
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