 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kuzivikanwa kwenhoroondo yeBhendi Dzvene kunogamuchirwa zvikuru nevanyori venhau dzakaitika; kwakatsanangurwa muzvinyorwa zvevanyori vakawanda vekare, zvikurukuru Plutarch. Vanyori venhau vakakurumbira vekare vakadai saJohn Kinloch Anderson naGeorge Cawkwell vanobvuma Upenyu hwaPelopidas hwaPlutarch, uhwo hune nhoroondo yakadzama yeBhendi Dzvene, senhoroondo yakavimbika zvikuru yezviitiko, kusiyana nekurapwa kweXenophon kwenhoroondo yeTheban. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzomunguva yekare dzakakurumbira dzakadai saFrank William Walbank naFelix Jacoby dzakadzivirirawo rondedzero dzaCallisthenes dzehondo dzomunyika dzomunguva yakapfuura. Walbank akataura kuti mifananidzo yake yeHondo yeEurymedon, Gaugamela, uye Tegyra zvose zvinopukunyuka kuburikidza naPlutarch zvakakwana zvakakwana. Nepo Jacoby, achipindura zvirevo zvekuti Callisthenes aive asina kuvimbika munhoroondo dzehondo dzevhu mukupesana naXenophon, akataura kuti Callisthenes akarondedzera nemazvo tsananguro dzeHondo yeTegyra. Akapfupikisa murangariro wake wenhoroondo yaCallisthenes naSie ist panegyrisch gehalten, aber sachlich nicht unrichtig. Icho chinorumbidza, asi hachisi chokwadi chisina kururama. Izvi zvinotsigirwawo nevanyori venhau dzakaitika John Buckler naHans Beck avo vanogumisa kuti Mukupfupikisa, rondedzero yaPlutarch yehondo yeTegyra inoita kururamisira zvose kune nzvimbo yePolygyra uye kune ruzivo rwakaunganidzwa kubva kunzvimbo dzake dzezana remakore rechina. Hapana chinhu chisingabvumiki kana kuti chisina kujairika munhoroondo yaPlutarch, uye chikonzero chose chokuirangarira kuva chimwe chezvinhu zvakanakisisa zvaakaita muhondo. Vakanga vanewo murangariro mumwe chetewo wenhoroondo yake pamusoro peLeuctra, vachiramba kutaura kwokuti nhoroondo dzake dzakanga dzakavhiringidzika kana kuti dzisina kururama. 