his edition of the "de false legatione" of demosthenes will always remain a standard work, but his first two books of thucydides (an instalment of a long-contemplated edition) hardly came up to expectation. his pamphlet "thucydides or grote?" excited a considerable amount of feeling. while it undoubtedly damaged grote's reputation as a scholar, it was felt that it showed a want of appreciation of the special greatness of the historian. shilleto's powers as a translator from english into greek (especially prose) and latin were unrivalled; a selection of his versions was published in 1901.