The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika

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From the editor of acclaimed editions of Thucydides and Herodotus comes a new edition of Xenophon's Hellenika, the key source for the last seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Covering 411 to 362 B.C.E., this period is marked by shifting alliances among Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Persia. Alongside Herodotus and Thucydides, it completes the narrative of classical Greece's military and political history. Xenophon, an Athenian who participated in Cyrus the Younger's expedition and later joined the Spartan army, faced exile from Athens. This edition features a new, authoritative translation by John Marincola, a comprehensive introduction by David Thomas, and sixteen appendices by leading scholars. It also includes an extensive timeline to clarify this complex era. Unique to this edition are relevant texts from Diodorus Siculus and the Oxyrhynchus Historian, complete with explanatory footnotes and a correlation table for passages from the three works, essential for evaluating Xenophon’s reliability as a historian. Beautifully illustrated and heavily annotated, this edition is the most readable and comprehensive version of an essential historical work.