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Hellenica
By Xenophon
Translation by H. G. Dakyns

Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates.
He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta
gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years
before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354
B.C.
The Hellenica is his chronicle of the history of the Hellenes from 411
to 359 B.C., starting as a continuation of Thucydides, and becoming his
own brand of work from Book III onwards.

PREPARER'S NOTE
This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a

four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though there
is doubt about some of these) is:
Work Number of books
The Anabasis 7 The Hellenica 7 The Cyropaedia 8 The Memorabilia 4
The Symposium 1 The Economist 1 On Horsemanship 1 The
Sportsman 1 The Cavalry General 1 The Apology 1 On Revenues 1
The Hiero 1 The Agesilaus 1 The Polity of the Athenians and the
Lacedaemonians 2
Text in brackets "{}" is my transliteration of Greek text into English
using an Oxford English Dictionary alphabet table. The diacritical
marks have been lost.

Hellenica
by Xenophon
Translation by H. G. Dakyns

HELLENICA

BOOK I
I
B.C. 411. To follow the order of events[1]. A few days later
Thymochares arrived from Athens with a few ships, when another sea
fight between the Lacedaemonians and Athenians at once took place, in
which the former, under the command of Agesandridas, gained the
victory.
[1] Lit. "after these events"; but is hard to conjecture to what events the
author refers. For the order of events and the connection between the
closing chapter of Thuc. viii. 109, and the opening words of the
"Hellenica," see introductory remarks above. The scene of this sea-fight
is, I think, the Hellespont.
Another short interval brings us to a morning in early winter, when
Dorieus, the son of Diagoras, was entering the Hellespont with fourteen
ships from Rhodes at break of day. The Athenian day-watch descrying
him, signalled to the generals, and they, with twenty sail, put out to sea
to attack him. Dorieus made good his escape, and, as he shook himself
free of the narrows,[2] ran his triremes aground off Rhoeteum. When

the Athenians had come to close quarters, the fighting commenced, and
was sustained at once from ships and shore, until at length the
Athenians retired to their main camp at Madytus, having achieved
nothing.
[2] Lit. "as he opened" {os enoige}. This is still a mariner's phrase in
modern Greek, if I am rightly informed.
Meanwhile Mindarus, while sacrificing to Athena at Ilium, had
observed the battle. He at once hastened to the sea, and getting his own
triremes afloat, sailed out to pick up the ships with Dorieus. The
Athenians on their side put out to meet him, and engaged him off
Abydos. From early morning till the afternoon the fight was kept up
close to the shore.[3] Victory and defeat hung still in even balance,
when Alcibiades came sailing up with eighteen ships. Thereupon the
Peloponnesians fled towards Abydos, where, however, Pharnabazus
brought them timely assistance.[4] Mounted on horseback, he pushed
forward into the sea as far as his horse would let him, doing battle
himself, and encouraging his troopers and the infantry alike to play
their parts. Then the Peloponnesians, ranging their ships in close-
packed order, and drawing up their battle line in proximity to the land,
kept up the fight. At length the Athenians, having captured thirty of the
enemy's vessels without their crews, and having recovered those of
their own which they had previously lost, set sail for Sestos. Here the
fleet, with the exception of forty vessels, dispersed in different
directions outside the Hellespont, to collect money; while Thrasylus,
one of the generals, sailed to Athens to report what had happened, and
to beg for a reinforcement of troops and ships. After the above
incidents, Tissaphernes arrived in the Hellespont,