IDENTIFICATIONS

*Lysander
*Alcibiades
Cyrus the Younger
Conon
The Thirty Tyrants
Critias
Theramenes
Agesilaus
*Epaminondas

LOCATIONS

*Chios
*Samos
Rhodes
*Aegospotami
Leuctra
*Thessaly
*Thebes
*Arcadia
*Argos
Achaea
Mantinea

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

What can we tell about Xenophon's historical methodology? How did he research and compose his history?

What were Theramenes' true motives? Was he a patriot, and what were his politics? Why was it thought necessary to put him to death instead of merely to exile him?

What was so critical about the battle of Leuctra? Is Xenophon's account adequate?

What were the goals of repeated invasions of the Peloponnesus by Thebes?

Why did the Arcadians and other Peloponnesian states feel threatened by Thebes?

Which states opposed Thebes in its attempt at hegemony? Which aided it? Which states in the Peloponnesus could Thebes rely on? Why?

How does Xenophon present Epaminondas? What motives does he provide for his commencing the battle at Mantinea?

On what theme does Xenophon conclude his History?