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But he also gives a summary of the “high-chronology” and the reasons for preferring it, followed by an analysis (with another useful table) of chronological notices in Xenophon and the reasons for regarding many as interpolations.
Xenophon's Hellenica is a Classical Greek historical narrative divided into seven books that describe Greco-Persian history in the years 411–362 BC. The first two books narrate the final years of the Peloponnesian War from the moment at which Thucydides' history ends.
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chapter: section: After this, 1 not many days later, Thymochares 2 came from Athens with a few ships; and thereupon the Lacedaemonians and the Athenians fought another naval battle, and the Lacedaemonians were victorious, under the leadership of Agesandridas. 1 i.e. after the last events described by Thucydides.
Hellenica is a seven-book account of 411–362 in two distinct (perhaps chronologically widely separated) sections: the first (Book I and Book II through chapter 3, line 10) “completes” Thucydides (in largely un-Thucydidean fashion) by covering the last years of the Peloponnesian War (i.e., 411–404); the…. Read More.
Jan 12, 2017 · Xenophon’s Anabasis and Hellenica; By John Marincola; Edited by Michael A. Flower, Princeton University, New Jersey; Book: The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon; Online publication: 12 January 2017; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107279308.008
- John Marincola
- 2016
Xenophon, Hellenica, Book 1. book: chapter: 1. After this, 1 not many days later, Thymochares 2 came from Athens with a few ships; and thereupon the Lacedaemonians and the Athenians fought another naval battle, and the Lacedaemonians were victorious, under the leadership of Agesandridas. [ 2 ]
Nov 12, 1995 · The introduction refers to the evidence for Xenophon’s life and describes his works. There is a fair summary of the nature of the Hellenica and its competing sources, a chronology, a good bibliography and some useful maps and plans. The influence of Socrates on his thought is I think underplayed, and yet this could help explain for example ...
