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HELLENICA (ROYAL COLLECTOR?S EDITION) (ANNOTATED) (CASE LAMI IBD

ROYAL CLASSICS
04 / 2024
9781778780271
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Sinopsis

XenophonâÇÖs Hellenica is a Classical Greek historical narrative divided into seven books that describe Greco-Persian history in the years BCE 411-362. The first two books narrate the final years of the Peloponnesian War from the exact moment in time at which ThucydidesâÇÖ history ends. The remaining books, three to seven, focus primarily on the Spartans military and political machinations as the dominant city-state in Greece after the Pelopessenian wars end. The Hellenica also covers the rise of Thebes as a major military power, and the brief period known as the Theban hegemony.Many consider this a very personal work, written by Xenophon in retirement on his Spartan estate, intended primarily for circulation among his friends, for people who knew the main protagonists and events, often because they had participated in them. It is one of the principal sources for the final seven years of the Peloponnesian War not covered by Thucydides, and the warâÇÖs aftermath.This case laminate collectorâÇÖs edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.á