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Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 13 (search)
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 24 (search)
The city of Epidamnus stands on the right of
the entrance of the Ionic gulf.
Its vicinity is inhabited by the Taulantians, an Illyrian people.
The place is a colony from Corcyra,
founded by Phalius, son of
Eratocleides, of the family of the Heraclids, who had according to ancient
usage been summoned for the purpose from Corinth, the mother country.
The colonists were joined by some Corinthians, and others of the Dorian
race.
Now, as time went on, the city of Epidamnus became great and populous;
but falling a prey to factions arising, it is said, from a war with her
neighbors the barbarians, she became much enfeebled, and lost a considerable
amount of her power.
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 25 (search)
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 26 (search)
All these grievances made Corinth eager to
send the promised aid to Epidamnus. Advertisement was made for volunteer settlers, and a force of Ambraciots,
Leucadians, and Corinthians was despatched.
They marched by land to Apollonia, a Corinthian colony, the route by sea
being avoided from fear of Corcyraean interruption.
When the Corcyraeans heard of the arrival of the settlers and troops in
Epidamnus, and the surrender of the colony to Corinth, they took fire.
Instantly putting to sea with five-and-twenty ships, which were quickly
followed by others, they insolently commanded the Epidamnians to receive
back the banished nobles—
(it must be premised that the
Epidamnian exiles had come to Corcyra
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 27 (search)
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 28 (search)
When the Corcyraeans heard of their
preparations they came to Corinth with envoys from Lacedaemon and Sicyon,
whom they persuaded to accompany them, and bade her recall the garrison and
settlers, as she had not desire to seek them, and to make even old ties give way to the
necessity of assistance.
The answer they got from Corinth was, that if they would withdraw their
fleet and the barbarians from Epidamnus negotiation might be possible;
but, while the town was still being besieged, going before arbitrators was
out of the question.
The Corcyraeans retorted that if Corinth would withdraw her troops from
Epidamnus they would withdraw theirs,
or they were ready to let both parties
remain
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 30 (search)
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 31 (search)
Corinth, exasperated by the war with the
Corcyraeans, spent the whole of the year after the engagement and that
succeeding it in building ships,
and in straining every nerve to form an
efficient fleet; rowers being drawn from Peloponnese and the rest of Hellas by the
inducement of large bounties.
The Corcyraeans, alarme in the Athenian or in the Lacedaemonian confederacy),
decided to
repair to Athens in order to enter into alliance, and to endeavor to procure
support from her.
Corinth also, hearing of their intentions, sent an embassy to Athens to
prevent the Corcyraean navy being joined by the Athenian, and her prospect
of ordering the war according to her wishes being thus imp
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 32 (search)
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 33 (search)