The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika by Xenophon
A concise narrative history that picks up where earlier chroniclers left off, covering Greek affairs from 411 to 362 BCE and tracing the final years of the Peloponnesian War and the turbulent decades that followed. It recounts military campaigns, diplomatic maneuvers, political intrigues, and the shifting fortunes of city-states—Athens’ decline, Sparta’s brief ascendancy, the rise of Thebes and leaders like Epaminondas—culminating in the battles and power struggles that ended Spartan dominance. Written in direct, often eyewitness-driven prose with moral and political commentary, the account provides a vivid, sometimes partial portrait of fourth-century Greek statecraft; the Landmark edition supplements the narrative with maps, annotations, and explanatory material to help modern readers.
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- Hellenica
- The Hellenika
- Ἑλληνικά
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