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Which historians continued Greek history from the point where Thucydides stopped?
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Thucydides
Thucydides manuscript, 3rd century bc (Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, P. Hamburg 163).
In the two generations following the death of Thucydides, three historians began their work at the point where he concluded his History of the Peloponnesian War.1
Among these authors was Xenophon, whose work Hellenica serves as a notable continuation. The first two books of Hellenica complete Thucydides' account by covering the final years of the Peloponnesian War (411–404 BCE).23
Historical analysis notes that while these writers acted as continuators to bridge the chronological gap left by Thucydides, their efforts generally lacked the critical skill and literary power of their predecessor, often rising little above the level of simple annals.2