The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus , here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika , the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War.

Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Persia were in constant flux. Together with the volumes of Herodotus and Thucydides, it completes an ancient narrative of the military and political history of classical Greece.

Xenophon was an Athenian who participated in the expedition of Cyrus the Younger against Cyrus’ brother, the Perisan King Artaxerces II. Later Xenophon joined the Spartan army and hence was exiled from Athens. In addition to the Hellenika, a number of his essays have survived, including one on his memories of his teacher, Socrates.

Beautifully illustrated, heavily annotated, and filled with detailed, clear maps, this edition gives us a new, authoritative, and completely accessible translation by John Marincola, an comprehensive introduction by David Thomas, sixteen appendices written by leading classics scholars, and an extensive timeline/chronology to clarify this otherwise confusing period. Unlike any other edition of the Hellenika , it also includes the relevant texts of Diodorus Siculus and the Oxyrhynchus Historian, with explanatory footnotes and a table that correlates passages of the three works, which is perhaps crucial to an assessment of Xenophon’s reliability and quality as a historian.

Like the two Landmark editions that precede it, The Landmark Xenophon’s Hellenika is the most readable and comprehensive edition available of an essential history.

From the Hardcover edition.

色诺芬（Xenophon，约公元前441/431—约公元前354年）

古希腊著名历史学家、文学家、军事家，同时也是一位多产的作家。色诺芬出身于雅典贵族，家境富裕，据说师从苏格拉底。他曾加入希腊雇佣军参与波斯帝国内战，结识斯巴达国王阿格西劳斯。他因在科林斯战争中支持斯巴达而被雅典驱逐，后虽恢复名誉却并未回到故乡，很可能于科林斯逝世。色诺芬在历史学、政治学、文学、经济学、哲学、教育学等方面均有贡献，著有《希腊史》《长征记》《斯巴达政制》《居鲁士的教育》《会饮篇》《阿格西劳斯传》等名作。

译者简介：

徐松岩（1963— ）

山东招远人，历史学博士。西南大学古典文明研究所所长，历史文化学院教授，希腊研究中心主任，世界史学科带头人、博士生导师，中国世界古代史研究会副会长。主要研究领域为西方古典文明和外国史学理论及史学史。译注希罗多德《历史》、修昔底德《伯罗奔尼...

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