Hellenica

The Hellenica is his chronicle of the history of the Hellenes from 411 to 359 B.C., starting as a continuation of Thucydides, and becoming his own brand of work from Book III onwards.

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

Thucydides, whose unfinished work he seems to have edited, and subsequently to have continued in his own "Hellenica," he must have long foreseen the collapse of the Athenian empire, and then he and many other adventurous spirits found themselves in a society faded in prosperity, with no scope for energy or enterprise.

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Some incidents belonging to B.C. 402 are referred to in the opening paragraphs of "Hellenica," III.i. 1, 2, but only as an introduction to the new matter; and with regard to the historian himself, it is clear that "a change has come o'er the spirit of his dream."

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

I have thought it legitimate, under the circumstances, to follow the chronological order of events, and instead of continuing the "Hellenica," at this point to insert the

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

Was this portion of the "Hellenica" written before the expedition of Cyrus? i.e. in the interval between the formal restoration of the Democracy, September B.C. 403, and March

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

For the order of events and the connection between the closing chapter of Thuc.viii. 109, and the opening words of the "Hellenica," see introductory remarks above.

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

The remaining books of the "Hellenica" were clearly written after that expedition, since reference is made to it quite early in Bk.III. i.

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

Otto Keller's critical edition of the "Hellenica" (Lips,

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

Michele Psello, Epistola a Giovanni Xifilino, Hellenica et byzantina neapolitana 14, Naples.

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Xenophon has more than once witnessed this clouding of the brow, the scowl or sulk of the less stalwart moral-fibred men (notably in Hellenica).

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