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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley) | 26 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War | 24 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Homer, The Iliad (ed. Samuel Butler) | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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471
B.C.When Praxiergus was
archon in Athens, the Romans elected as consuls
Aulus Verginius Tricostus and Gaius Servilius Structus. At this time the Eleians, who dwelt in
many small cities, united to form one state which is known as Elis. And the Lacedaemonians, seeing that
Sparta was in a humbled state by reason of the
treason of their general Pausanias, whereas the Athenians were in good repute because no one of
their citizens had been found guilty of treason, were eager to involve Athens in similar discreditable charges. Consequently, since Themistocles was greatly esteemed by the Athenians
and enjoyed great fame for his high character, they accused him of treason, maintaining that he
had been a close friend of Pausanias and had agreed with him that together they would betray
Greece to Xerxes. They also carried on conversations with the enemies of Themistocles, inciting them to lodge
an accusation against him, and gave them m
456 B.C.While Callias was archon in athens, in Elis the Eighty-first Olympiad was celebrated, that in which
Polymnastus of Cyrene won the "stadion," and in
Rome the consuls were Servius Sulpicius and Publius
Volumnius Amentinus. During this year Tolmides, who was
commander of the naval forces and vied with both the valour and fame of Myronides, was eager to
accomplish a memorable deed. Consequently, since in those
times no one had very yet laid waste Laconia, he urged
the Athenian people to ravage the territory of the Spartans, and he promised that by taking one
thousand hoplites aboard the triremes he would with them lay waste Laconia and dim the fame of the Spartans. When
the Athenians acceded to his request, he then, wishing to take with him secretly a larger
number of hoplites, had recourse to the following cunning subterfuge. The citizens thought that
he would enrol for the force the young men in the prime of youth and most v