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45: 123:, an Athenian historian of the 4th century BCE. The style, biases, and coverage (Cratippus's work is known to have been a continuation of Thucydides) support the identification, although issues have been raised. Bruno Bleckmann, an expert on ancient historiography, has pleaded again for Theopompus as the author of the 98:
The discovery of the first papyrus in 1906 led to a shift in the degree of credence that historians assigned to the ancient sources of the period. In the 19th century, Xenophon, a contemporary of the events he described, was presumed to be universally preferable to the much later
137:, is that of a "competent and most conscientious historian who derives his material from the best possible sources, makes an effort to interpret it impartially, but somehow lacks distinction in thought and style. He is a second-rate Thucydides." 103:. P was found to agree more with Diodorus's account than with Xenophon's on several key issues. This led to a re-evaluation of the values of these sources, and modern historians now prefer Diodorus' account at a number of points. 111:
While the historian's identity has been extensively debated by modern scholars, a consensus has not been achieved. Among the authors suggested at early stages have been prominent historians such as
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Fiktion als Geschichte. Neue Studien zum Autor der Hellenika Oxyrhynchia und zur Historiographie des vierten vorchristlichen Jahrhunderts
41:. The author, whose name is not recorded in the surviving fragments, is usually known by scholars simply as the "Oxyrhynchus historian". 219: 515: 530: 510: 475: 419: 535: 130:
The work is praised for its pragmatism and style, but it is not without its detractors. The writing, in the words of the
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Paul Goukowsky - Christophe Feyel, Le profil d'une ombre. Etudes sur les Helléniques d'Oxyrhynchos, 2019 ADRA, Nancy,
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Harding, Philipp (1987). "The Authorship of the Hellenika Oxyrhynchia".
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Elleniche di Ossirinco. In "I Frammenti degli Storici Greci" 14
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Meister, Klaus (2003). "Oxyrhynchus, the historian from". In
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An Historical Commentary on the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia
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M. C. Howatson, ed. (2011). "Oxyrhynchus historian".
81:covering events from 411 BCE to 394 BCE, much like 449: 164: 27:Greece in the late 5th and early 4th centuries BCE 502: 191: 95:of which has also been found at Oxyrhynchus). 65:found in 1906, deals with battles in the late 489:P.Oxy. V 842 Images online at British Library 154: 152: 150: 376:. Tivoli (RM): Edizioni Tored. p. 416. 194:The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 314: 59:One of the two major fragments, called the 390: 371: 333:(3). Cambridge University Press: 209–210. 147: 428: 414:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 320: 254:(90). Oxford University Press: 277–283. 241: 220:Girolamo Vitelli Papyrological Institute 206:Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 842, P. Oxy. V 842; 43: 456:. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 280: 158: 503: 452:The Ancient Greeks: A critical history 409: 395:. Leiden-Boston: Brill. p. 306. 171:. New York: Oxford University Press. 447: 495:PSI 1304 Images online at PSIOnline 433:. Warminster: Aris & Phillips. 321:Westlake, H. D. (1960). "Review of 13: 365: 14: 547: 482: 516:1906 archaeological discoveries 301: 274: 234: 225: 213: 200: 185: 1: 531:Works of uncertain authorship 140: 511:4th-century BC history books 283:The Ancient History Bulletin 7: 536:Ancient Greek history books 167:Oxford Classical Dictionary 163:; Spawforth Antony (eds.). 54: 10: 552: 196:. Oxford University Press. 448:Fine, John V. A. (1983). 339:10.1017/s0009840x00165448 325:by Vittorio Bartoletti". 248:English Historical Review 106: 521:Historiography of Greece 429:McKechnie, Paul (1988). 410:Bruce, I. A. F. (2007). 260:10.1093/ehr/xxiii.xc.277 242:Goligher, W. A. (1908). 391:Occhipinti, E. (2016). 372:Occhipinti, E. (2022). 33:fragments unearthed at 51: 49:Title Page of the Book 431:Hellenica Oxyrhynchia 323:Hellenica Oxyrhynchia 47: 18:Hellenica Oxyrhynchia 327:The Classical Review 69:, particularly the 526:Oxyrhynchus papyri 75:Florentine papyrus 52: 476:978-2-913667-55-6 421:978-0-521-03412-8 311:. Göttingen 2006. 307:Bruno Bleckmann: 161:Hornblower, Simon 73:. The other, the 67:Peloponnesian War 543: 467: 455: 444: 425: 406: 387: 359: 358: 318: 312: 305: 299: 298: 278: 272: 271: 238: 232: 231:Bruce 2007, p. 2 229: 223: 217: 211: 204: 198: 197: 189: 183: 182: 170: 156: 101:Diodorus Siculus 71:Battle of Notium 29:known only from 551: 550: 546: 545: 544: 542: 541: 540: 501: 500: 485: 464: 441: 422: 403: 384: 368: 366:Further reading 363: 362: 319: 315: 306: 302: 279: 275: 239: 235: 230: 226: 218: 214: 208:British Library 205: 201: 190: 186: 179: 157: 148: 143: 109: 62:London papyrus, 57: 50: 12: 11: 5: 549: 539: 538: 533: 528: 523: 518: 513: 499: 498: 492: 484: 483:External links 481: 480: 479: 468: 462: 445: 439: 426: 420: 407: 401: 388: 382: 367: 364: 361: 360: 329:. New Series. 313: 300: 273: 233: 224: 212: 199: 184: 177: 145: 144: 142: 139: 108: 105: 56: 53: 48: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 548: 537: 534: 532: 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 517: 514: 512: 509: 508: 506: 496: 493: 490: 487: 486: 477: 473: 469: 465: 463:0-674-03314-0 459: 454: 453: 446: 442: 440:0-85668-358-2 436: 432: 427: 423: 417: 413: 408: 404: 402:9789004325715 398: 394: 389: 385: 383:9788899846695 379: 375: 370: 369: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 336: 332: 328: 324: 317: 310: 304: 296: 292: 288: 284: 277: 269: 265: 261: 257: 253: 249: 245: 237: 228: 221: 216: 209: 203: 195: 188: 180: 178:0-19-866172-X 174: 169: 168: 162: 155: 153: 151: 146: 138: 136: 135:H.D. Westlake 133: 128: 126: 122: 118: 114: 104: 102: 96: 94: 90: 89: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 63: 46: 42: 40: 36: 32: 28: 24: 23:Ancient Greek 20: 19: 451: 430: 411: 392: 373: 330: 326: 322: 316: 308: 303: 286: 282: 276: 251: 247: 236: 227: 215: 210:, inv. 1843. 202: 193: 187: 166: 129: 124: 110: 97: 86: 74: 61: 58: 17: 16: 15: 478:, S. 443 f. 289:: 101–104. 222:, PSI 1304. 35:Oxyrhynchus 25:history of 505:Categories 141:References 132:classicist 117:Theopompus 93:a fragment 79:Thucydides 355:162707716 295:0835-3638 125:Hellenica 121:Cratippus 88:Hellenica 83:Xenophon 55:Overview 113:Ephorus 31:papyrus 474:  460:  437:  418:  399:  380:  353:  347:706964 345:  293:  268:550009 266:  175:  107:Author 21:is an 351:S2CID 343:JSTOR 264:JSTOR 240:e.g. 39:Egypt 472:ISBN 458:ISBN 435:ISBN 416:ISBN 397:ISBN 378:ISBN 291:ISSN 173:ISBN 115:and 335:doi 256:doi 85:'s 37:in 507:: 349:. 341:. 331:10 285:. 262:. 252:23 250:. 246:. 149:^ 127:. 497:. 491:. 466:. 443:. 424:. 405:. 386:. 357:. 337:: 297:. 287:1 270:. 258:: 181:. 91:(

Index

Ancient Greek
Greece in the late 5th and early 4th centuries BCE
papyrus
Oxyrhynchus
Egypt

London papyrus,
Peloponnesian War
Battle of Notium
Thucydides
Xenophon
Hellenica
a fragment
Diodorus Siculus
Ephorus
Theopompus
Cratippus
classicist
H.D. Westlake



Hornblower, Simon
Oxford Classical Dictionary
ISBN
0-19-866172-X
British Library
Girolamo Vitelli Papyrological Institute
"The New Greek Historical Fragment Attributed to Theopompus or Cratippus"
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