AnHistoricalCommentaryontheHellenicaOxyrhynchia(CambridgeClassicalStudies)

CommentariesontheHellenicaOxyrhynchia,ananonymoushistoryofeventsintheGreekworldinthelatefifthandearlyfourthcenturiesBC,haveusuallydealtalmostentirelywithproblemsofthetext.Inthisbook,DrBrucehaswrittenanhistoricalcommentary,basinghisworkonboththeLondonandFlorencepapyri,whichbetweenthemprovideallthesurvivingfragmentsofthetext.DrBrucebeginswithabriefdescriptionofthetwopapyri.HethendiscussestheOxyrhynchushistorian'sstyleandmethod-hissources,chronology,bias,interestincausation,etc.Theintroductionendswitharésuméofthenumeroustheoriesoftheauthor'sidentity(DrBrucefavourseitherCratippusoranauthornotknowntousbynameatall).ThemainpartofthecommentaryisarrangedintheformofnotesonthesectionsoftheGreektext,withoccasionaldetailednotesonparticularwordsorphrases.ThereareappendicesontheBattleofSardisandtheConstitutionofBoeotia;andthebookconcludeswithafullbiography.DrBruce'sbookisacompleteguideavailableforfurtherhistoricalstudyoftheHellenicaOxyrhynchia.