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(or Hellenika) simply means writings on Greek (Hellenic) subjects. The title is commonly translated as The History of Greece. Xenophon's work was one of several Greek histories from the 4th century which bear the title Hellenica, of which very few survive.

Hellenica is usually considered to be a difficult work for modern audiences to understand, as Xenophon often assumed his reader's knowledge of events.

Composition

There are many theories on how and when Hellenica was written, but most scholars believe that Xenophon

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