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  • In Hellanicus of Lesbos

    …two-book history of Attica (Atthis), spanning the time from the mythical kings to the end of the Peloponnesian War, formed the indispensable basis for Thucydides’ history, although Thucydides declared that Hellanicus was inaccurate in his dates.

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