A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

GREEK HISTORY. 1343
B.C. B. C,
tain possession of Athens before Heca- against Lacedaemon. He passed the Heltombaeon (July); but the contest between lespont about midsummer, and was at the
the parties was not finally concluded till entrance of Boeotia on the 14th of August.
Bo'dromion (September). The date of He defeats the allied forces at Coroneia.
the amnesty, by which the exiles were re- A little before the latter battle the Lacestored, was the 12th of Boedromion. Eu- daemonians also gained a victory near
clides was archon at the time. Corinth; but about the same time Conon,
Thucydides, aet. 68, Lysias and Ando- the Athenian admiral, and Pharnabazus,
cides return to Athens. gained a decisive victory over Peisander,
401 Expedition of Cyrus against his brother the Spartan admiral, off Cnidus.
Artaxerxes. He falls in the battle of Cu- Xenophon accompanied Agesilaus from
naxa, which was fought in the autumn. Asia and fought against his country at
His Greek auxiliaries colrimence their re- Coroneia. He was in consequence banturn to Greece, usually called the retreat ished from Athens. He retired under
of the Ten Thousand. Lacedaemonian protection to Scillus, where
First year of the war of Lacedaemon and he composed his works.
Elis. Theopompus brought his history down
Xenophon accompanied Cyrus, and after- to this year. It embraced a period of 17
wards was the principal general of the years, from the battle of Cynossema, D. c.
Greeks in their retreat. 411, to the battle of Cnidos, B. C. 394.
Ctesias, the historian, was physician at 393 Sedition at Corinth and victory of the Lacethe court of Artaxerxes at this time. daemonians at Lechaeum. Pharnabazus
The Oedipus at Colonus of Sophocles and Conon ravage the coasts of Peloexhibited after his death by his grandson ponnesus. Conon begins to restore the long
Sophocles. See B. c. 405. walls of Athens and the fortifications of
Telestes gains a dithyrambic prize. the Peiraeeus.
-400 Return of the Tell Thousand to Greece. 392 The Lacedaemonians under Agesilaus raSecond year of the war of Lacedaemon and vage the Corinthian territory, but a SparElis. tan mora is cut to pieces by Iphicrates.
The speech of Andocides on the Mys- The Ecclesiazusae of Aristophanes.
teries: he is now about 67 years of age. 391 Expedition of Agesilaus into Acarnania.
399 The Lacedaemonians send Thimbron with an Speech of Andocides " On the Peace."
army to assist the Greek cities in Asia He is banished.
against Tissaphernes and Pharnabazus. Plato, the comic poet, exhibits.
The remainder of the Ten Thousand in- 390 Expedition of Agesipolis into Argolis. The
corporated with the troops of Thimbron. Persians again espouse the cause of the
In the autumn Thimbron was superseded Lacedaemonians, and Conon is thrown into
by Dercyllidas. prison. The Athenians assist Evagoras,
Third and last year of the war of Lacedae- of Cyprus, against the Persians. Thrasymon and Elis. bulus, the Athenian commander, is deDeath of Socrates, aet. 70. feated and slain by the Lacedaemonian
Plato withdraws to Megara. Teleutias at Aspendus.
398 Dercyllidas continues the war in Asia with 389 Agyrrhius sent as the successor of Thrasysuccess. bulus to Aspendus and Iphicrates to the
Ctesias brought his Persian History Hellespont.
down to this year. Plato, aet. 40, goes to Sicily: the first
Astydamas, the tragic poet, first ex- of the three voyages.
hibits. Aeschines born about this time.
Philoxenus, Timotheus, and Telestes, 388 Antalcidas, the Lacedaemonian commander
flourished. on the Asiatic coast, opposed to Iphicrates
397 Dercyllidas still continues the war in Asia. and Chabrias.
396 Agesilaus supersedes Dercyllidas. First cam- The second edition of the Plutus of
paign of Agesilaus in Asia. He winters Aristophanes.
at Ephesus. 387 The peace of Antalcidas.
Sophocles, the grandson of the great Antiphanes, the comic poet, begins to
Sophocles, begins to exhibit this year in exhibit.
his own name. See B. c. 401. 386 Restoration of Plataeae, and independence of'
Xenocrates, the philosopher, born. the towns of Boeotia,
3.95 Second campaign of Agesilaus in Asia. He 385 Destruction of Mantineia by the Lacedaedefeats Tissaphernes, and becomes master monians under Agesipolis.
of Western Asia. Tissaphernes super- Great sea-fight between Evagoras and the
seded by Tithraustes, who sends envoys Persians.
into Greece to induce the Greek states to 384 Birth of Aristotle.
declare war against Lacedaemon. Corm- 382 First year of the Olynthian war. The Lacemencement of the war of the Greek states daemonians commanded by Teleutias.
against Lacedaemon. Lysander slain at Phoebidas seizes the Cadmeia, the citadel of
Haliartus. Thebes. This was before Teleutias marched
Plato, aet. 34, returns to Athens. to Olynthus.
394 Agesilaus recalled from Asia to fight against Birth of Demosthenes.
the Grieek states, who had declared war 1 381 Second year of the Olynthian war. Teleutias