The accounts记述 · the ancient witnesses
Greek historians · 希腊史家
Diodorus Siculus — Library of History （狄奥多罗斯·历史丛书）primary source · 源典48 loci · well-attested
§ 15.61–70 · 48/48 in the cited books
Bk 15.66 — Epaminondas gathers 'the remnants of the Messenians', registers others who wished to join, and refounds the city as a base against Sparta卷十五 66：埃帕米农达斯召集“麦西尼人的遗民”，并登记愿加入者，重建此城作为对抗斯巴达的据点
Xenophon — Hellenica （色诺芬·希腊史）dated witness · 系年见证31 loci · well-attested
§ 7.1–2
Provenance: “primary source” = curated canonical witness (editorial); “dated witness” = derived from the ToposText date index by year-span, with the matched loci count. Sparse counts may include incidental mentions.出处：「源典」为校订之正典见证（编辑判断）；「系年见证」由 ToposText 系年索引按年代跨度推得，附匹配条目数；稀少者或含偶涉。
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