This history covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Persia, and other states were in constant flux ... Illustrated, heavily annotated, and filled with detailed, clear maps, this edition gives us a new, authoritative, and completely accessible translation by John Marincola, and a comprehensive introduction by David Thomas. This is also the only edition of Xenophon's Hellennika that contains relevant passages from the contemporary histories of Ephorus/Diodorus Siculus and the Oxyrhynchus Historian, two sources whose accounts sometime confirm and sometime refute that of Xenophon.

Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 2009.

Introduction /by David Thomas -- Editor's preface / by Robert B. Strassler -- Acknowledgements -- Chronological outline of text by book, chapter, section in Xeonophon's Hellenika -- Key to map -- Book one -- Book two -- Book three -- Book four -- Book five -- Book six -- Book seven -- Appendices : The Arginoussai affair / Peter Krentz -- The Athenian government and the oligarcy of the thirty / Peter Krentz -- Chronological problems in the continuation (1.1.1-2.3.10 of Xenophon's Hellenika / David Thomas -- Persia in Xenophon's Hellenika / Christopher Tuplin -- Spartan government and society -- Paul Cartledge -- The Spartan Army (and the Battle of Leuctra) / Paul Cartledge -- Agesilaos / Paul Cartledge -- Political Leagues (other than Sparta's) in Xenophon's Hellenika / P.J. Rhodes -- Units of distance, currency, and capacity in Xenophon's Hellenika / Thomas R. Martin -- Ancient Greek religion in the time of Xenophon / Christopher Blackwell -- Tireme warfare in Xeonphon's Hellenika / Nicole Hirschfeld -- Land warfare in Xenophon's Hellenika / John W.I. Lee -- Brief biographies of important characters in Xenophon's Hellenika / Skyler Balbus, Paul Cartledge, Robert B. Strassler, David Thomas -- Compositional theories of Xenophon's Hellenika / David Thomas -- Selections form the Histories of Diodorus Siculus relevant to Xenophon's Hellenika / translated by Peter Green -- Selected fragments of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia relevant to Xenophon's Hellenika / translated by John Marincola -- Translator's notes / by John Marincola -- Cross-reference table of related passages in Xenophon's Hellenika, Diodorus' Histories, and the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia -- Glossary -- Ancient sources cited in this edition of Xenophon's Hellenika -- Bibliography for the general reader -- Figure credits -- Index -- Reference maps and directory.