Obviously, my analysis of the Archa

Obviously, my analysis of the Archaeology has implications for the Composition Question: 1.1-19 (or 1-22) was written late. Whether it can be dated with assurance after 404, as both Bizer and Finley believe, I am not prepared to say. The present analysis does, however, confirm the conclusions of my paper, "The Composition of Thucydides' History: A New Answer to the Problem," Historia 26 (1977), 269-294, where I propose 407 as the date by which the History as it is now extant was begun, with writing continuing as late as 396. The year 404 or after is thus not excluded as a date for the Archaeology.