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394 BC (search for this): entry conon-bio-1
ss, by Pharax, the Lacedaemonian admiral, while lying at Caunus, and soon after succeeded in detaching Rhodes from the Spartan alliance. (Diod. 14.79.) Though he received considerable reinforcements, the want of supplies kept him inactive. (Isocr. Paneg. 100.39.) He therefore made a journey to the Persian court in 395. The king granted him all that he wanted, and at his request appointed Pharnabazus as his colleague. (Diod. 14.81; Isocr. Paneg. 100.39; Corn. Nep. Con. 2-4; Justin, 6.2.) In B. C. 394, they gained a decisive victory over Pisander, the Spartan admiral, off Cnidus. (Xen. Hell. 4.3.10, &c.; Diod. 14.83; Corn. Nep. Con. 4.) Pharnabazus and Conon now cruised about the islands and coasts of the Aegean, expelled the Lacedaemonian harmosts from the maritime towns, and won over the inhabitants by assurances of freedom from foreign garrisons. (Xen. Hell. 4.8; Diod. 14.84.) In the course of the winter, Conon drew contributions from the cities on the Heilespont, and in the spring o
397 BC (search for this): entry conon-bio-1
. Conon, 1-3.) Here he remained for some years, till the war which the Spartans commenced against the Persians gave him an opportunity of serving his country. There is some difficulty in reconciling the accounts which we have left of his proceedings. He appears to have connected himself with Pharnabazus (Corn. Nep. Con. 2), and it was on the recommendation of the latter, according to Diodorus (14.39) and Justin (6.1), that he was appointed by the Persian king to the command of the fleet in B. C. 397. From Ctesias (Pers. 63) it would appear, that Conon opened a negotiation with the Persian court while at Salamis, and Ctesias was sent down to him with a letter empowering him to raise a fleet at the expense of the Persian treasury, and to act as admiral under Pharnabazus. He was first attacked, though without success, by Pharax, the Lacedaemonian admiral, while lying at Caunus, and soon after succeeded in detaching Rhodes from the Spartan alliance. (Diod. 14.79.) Though he received consi
405 BC (search for this): entry conon-bio-1
in 406 was made the first of the ten generals chosen to supersede Alcibiades. (Xen. Hell. 1.5.16; Diod. 13.74.) For an account of the operations which forced him to take refuge in Mytilene, of his blockade by Callicratidas, and the victory of the Athenians at Arginusae by which he was delivered, see Xen. Hell. 1.6; Diod. 13.77-79, 97, &c. When all his colleagues were deposed, Conon retained his command. (Xen. Hell. 7.1.) When the Athenian fleet was surprised by Lysander at Aegos-Potami (B. C. 405), Conon alone of the generals was on his guard. He escaped with eight ships, and sought an asylum in Cyprus, which was governed by his friend Evagoras. (Xen. Hell. 2.1.20, &c.; Diod. 13.106; Corn. Nep. Conon, 1-3.) Here he remained for some years, till the war which the Spartans commenced against the Persians gave him an opportunity of serving his country. There is some difficulty in reconciling the accounts which we have left of his proceedings. He appears to have connected himself with P