Of ancient sources, Nepos’ Epaminondas is vague and moralizing. Plutarch’s Life of Epaminondas is lost but can be indirectly approached through his Life of Pelopidas and Pausanias. There is no important single work on the subject by a modern scholar, so it is best studied in the standard general histories. See especially M. Cary in the Cambridge Ancient History, vol. 6, ch. 4 (1927); and N.G.L. Hammond, A History of Greece to 322 BC, 2nd ed., ch. 2–3 and appendix 7 (1967), in which special attention is given to the chronological problems.
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| Modified link of Web site: In2Greece - Biography of Epaminondas. | Feb 06, 2020 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Epaminondas. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
