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g money for their fleet, while they were themselves being worn out by extraordinary taxes, by plundering expeditions from Aegina, and by guarding their territory,374 B.C. they conceived a desire to cease from the war, and sending ambassadors to Lacedaemon, concluded peace. Two of the Athenian ambassadors, acting in accordance with laid waste the land, which was most beautifully cultivated and planted, and destroyed magnificent dwellings and wine-cellars with which the farms were furnished;374 B.C. the result was, it was said, that his soldiers became so luxurious that they would not drink any wine unless it had a fine bouquet. Furthermore, very many slavesge to the territory of Laconia, and in an extremely favourable position with respect to Epirus across the way and the coastwise route from Sicily to Peloponnesus.374 B.C. When the Athenians heard these things they came to the conclusion that they must give serious care to the matter, and they sent out Ctesicles as general with abo
ommander of them. But he was unable to man his ships at Athens, and373 B.C. therefore set sail for the islands and endeavoured to complete hiserting none the less, at last he even tried to drive them back with373 B.C. the scourge. Those in the city, however, would not admit the slavestones threw spears and javelins upon the Lacedaemonians; meanwhile373 B.C. others sallied out by the other gates and in mass formation attackanning ships. Then Hypermenes, who chanced to be vice-admiral under373 B.C. Mnasippus, manned fully the entire fleet which he had there, and aeat penalty in that they came off worse in all these points, and in373 B.C. the fact that they had to put to sea again at the same time as theaconia. Then, after reaching Elis and sailing past the mouth of the373 B.C. Alpheus, he anchored beneath the promontory called Ichthys. From tve his orders to twenty of the captains, whose duty it should be to373 B.C. follow him when the herald gave the word; and in case anyone faile
and Iphicrates let the rest go, accepting Corcyraeans as sureties for the ransoms. Now he maintained his sailors for the most part by having them work for the Corcyraeans on their lands; the peltasts, however, and the hoplites from his ships he took with him and crossed over to Acarnania. There he gave aid to the cities which were friendly, in case any of them needed aid, and made war upon the Thyrians, who were very valiant men and were in possession of a very strong fortress. Furthermore,372 B.C. he took over the fleet which was at Corcyra, and with almost ninety The fleet of the Corcyraeans (cp. 24 above) having been added to Iphicrates' original seventy (14) ships. The text, however, appears to be faulty. ships first sailed to Cephallenia and collected money, in some cases with the consent of the people, in other cases against their will. Then he made preparations to inflict damage upon the territory of the Lacedaemonians, and to bring over to his side such of the other hostile st