--- product_id: 8051562 title: "The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika (Landmark Series)" price: "¥12594" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/8051562-the-landmark-xenophons-hellenika-landmark-series store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Extensive scholarly annotations Complete ancient Greek history Detailed maps & timelines The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika (Landmark Series) **Price:** ¥12594 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock the epic saga of ancient Greece — history’s ultimate power play awaits! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika (Landmark Series) - **How much does it cost?** ¥12594 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/8051562-the-landmark-xenophons-hellenika-landmark-series) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Visual & Contextual Clarity:** Navigate ancient Greece effortlessly with clear maps, timelines, and margin summaries that keep you on track. - • **Accessible Yet Authoritative:** A fresh, readable translation by John Marincola makes this essential classic approachable for both beginners and experts. - • **Expertly Curated Annotations:** Benefit from 16 appendices and footnotes by leading scholars that clarify complex political and military events. - • **Comparative Historical Insight:** Unique inclusion of parallel texts by Diodorus Siculus and the Oxyrhynchus Historian for a multi-perspective understanding. - • **Immersive Historical Narrative:** Dive deep into the final years of the Peloponnesian War with a firsthand account by Xenophon, a key historical figure. ## Overview The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika is a meticulously edited, heavily annotated edition of Xenophon's primary historical account of the late Peloponnesian War era (411-362 B.C.E.). Featuring a new accessible translation, detailed maps, timelines, and comparative texts from contemporaries, this edition offers unparalleled insight into classical Greek politics and warfare. Perfect for scholars and history enthusiasts seeking a comprehensive, authoritative resource on ancient Greece’s turbulent years. ## Description 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. Review: a five starred slog - Strassler's Xenophon has something to offer the beginner as well as more advanced reader. A very nice 50-page introduction places the text into historical and literary context. Maps every few pages indicate the location of every city or region mentioned in the text. Additionally, frequent footnotes at the bottom of each page (not inconveniently at the end of the text) provide important additional background information. Even better, 15 essays by various authors at the end of the text (each approximately two to six pages long) cover relevant topics: multiple short biographies, the Athenian government during the period of the Hellenica, as well as short essays on Persia and Sparta. Despite everything bad written regarding the quality of Xenophon's text, it is still the most important primary source covering this period. We are frequently reminded of multiple omissions and inconsistencies. Strassler studiously compares the Hellenica with another existent text covering the same period by Diodorus Siculus and other sources to prove this point, but the Hellenica is still extremely impressive because it is a contemporaneous account written by a man who not only had high-level access to information but also played a large role himself. For the more advanced reader, the referenced sections of Diodorus' text are provided at the end of the book. Some sections of Diodorus give more information on the topic at hand. Other sections give diverging information. Sometime Strassler sides with Xenophon's account. Other times, not. Additionally, sections of a fragmentary, more recently discovered third text on this period called the Oxyrhynicha papyrus fragments are also included at the end of the text and referenced from within the main text. The text itself is plodding in some sections, though in others it moves along. Conveniently, every several paragraphs there is a 2 or 3 sentence summary in the outer margin of each page, making it easy to catch up on your train of thought each time you pick up the book again. The small summaries also make it easy to make sure you understand each paragraph or haven't missed something important in a difficult to understand section. Further, the summaries provide an easy way to skim through or easily reference the text. Not being a scholar or expert in the material, it was more difficult for me personally to be dismayed by inaccuracies and omissions. There is no need to get hung up on this point because Strassler does a good job pointing them out and filling in the holes. There is still a lot to glean from the text, especially how the different city-states of ancient Greece were run, the complex politics, and the extreme amount of infighting that occurred among the Greeks after the Peloponnesian War. You gain a much greater understanding that the Greek world went well beyond Athens and Sparta and Corinth and Thebes. The ancient Greek world comprised of many, many established city-states that don't get much recognition today that held sway back then. The sections on the fighting in the Ionic city-states and the involvement of Persia was also interesting. Lastly, the translation is new and very readable. No antiquated text or other worries in this respect. PS Next up for the Landmark series is Arrian and then Polybius. Review: Remarkable book series! - Full English language translation of complete original text - heavily annotated with (black & white) maps, charts, diagrams, photos, chronologies, glossary, index. Reasonably priced too. I have three others from this series - all super. Thanks to seller for quick, undamaged shipment of pristine book. abh ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #78,939 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #97 in Ancient Greek History (Books) #1,632 in Military History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 222 Reviews | ## Images ![The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika (Landmark Series) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71B2tnqOoEL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a five starred slog *by H***N on August 24, 2010* Strassler's Xenophon has something to offer the beginner as well as more advanced reader. A very nice 50-page introduction places the text into historical and literary context. Maps every few pages indicate the location of every city or region mentioned in the text. Additionally, frequent footnotes at the bottom of each page (not inconveniently at the end of the text) provide important additional background information. Even better, 15 essays by various authors at the end of the text (each approximately two to six pages long) cover relevant topics: multiple short biographies, the Athenian government during the period of the Hellenica, as well as short essays on Persia and Sparta. Despite everything bad written regarding the quality of Xenophon's text, it is still the most important primary source covering this period. We are frequently reminded of multiple omissions and inconsistencies. Strassler studiously compares the Hellenica with another existent text covering the same period by Diodorus Siculus and other sources to prove this point, but the Hellenica is still extremely impressive because it is a contemporaneous account written by a man who not only had high-level access to information but also played a large role himself. For the more advanced reader, the referenced sections of Diodorus' text are provided at the end of the book. Some sections of Diodorus give more information on the topic at hand. Other sections give diverging information. Sometime Strassler sides with Xenophon's account. Other times, not. Additionally, sections of a fragmentary, more recently discovered third text on this period called the Oxyrhynicha papyrus fragments are also included at the end of the text and referenced from within the main text. The text itself is plodding in some sections, though in others it moves along. Conveniently, every several paragraphs there is a 2 or 3 sentence summary in the outer margin of each page, making it easy to catch up on your train of thought each time you pick up the book again. The small summaries also make it easy to make sure you understand each paragraph or haven't missed something important in a difficult to understand section. Further, the summaries provide an easy way to skim through or easily reference the text. Not being a scholar or expert in the material, it was more difficult for me personally to be dismayed by inaccuracies and omissions. There is no need to get hung up on this point because Strassler does a good job pointing them out and filling in the holes. There is still a lot to glean from the text, especially how the different city-states of ancient Greece were run, the complex politics, and the extreme amount of infighting that occurred among the Greeks after the Peloponnesian War. You gain a much greater understanding that the Greek world went well beyond Athens and Sparta and Corinth and Thebes. The ancient Greek world comprised of many, many established city-states that don't get much recognition today that held sway back then. The sections on the fighting in the Ionic city-states and the involvement of Persia was also interesting. Lastly, the translation is new and very readable. No antiquated text or other worries in this respect. PS Next up for the Landmark series is Arrian and then Polybius. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Remarkable book series! *by A***H on July 9, 2024* Full English language translation of complete original text - heavily annotated with (black & white) maps, charts, diagrams, photos, chronologies, glossary, index. Reasonably priced too. I have three others from this series - all super. Thanks to seller for quick, undamaged shipment of pristine book. abh ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Landmark does it again *by M***E on February 5, 2014* Xenophon was an ancient Greek general, aristocrat, and author of books on history, cavalry, philosophy, and politics. Hellenika picks up where Thucydides' book leaves off and covers the final years of the Peloponneseian War. It then narrates the next 40 years of Greek history, when Sparta is the dominant city and tries to expand it's power, only to be thwarted by the up and coming city of Thebes. This period is fraught with wars, alliances, and relations with the Persian empire. Xenophon himself served in a few of the campaigns and was a close friend of the Spartan king Agesilaus, who reigned for most of the period. It's a pro-Sparta book, so you get the impression that the other cities were all ruining a good thing. But this Landmark is unique in that it provides excerpts from two other sources, which give an objective narrative of the same events. These 3 combined sources are all we have on the period, so this Landmark edition is pretty much the definitive source. The Landmark series is known for it's excellent maps and footnotes, and this book is no different. The appendices can stand alone as their own book. Scattered throughout the book are pictures of artifacts, ruins, and even ancient battlefields. The introduction is also valuable for explaining just who Xenophon was and what he was trying to achieve with this work. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika (Landmark Series) - The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Landmark Series) - The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/8051562-the-landmark-xenophons-hellenika-landmark-series](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/8051562-the-landmark-xenophons-hellenika-landmark-series) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-09-02*