Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO VOL. X.
- Contents
- CHAPTER LXXVI From the Peace of Antalkidas down to the Subjugation of Olynthus by Sparta
- CHAPTER LXXVII From the Subjugation of Olynthus by the Lacedæmonians down to the Congress at Sparta, and Partial Peace, in 371 B.C.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII Battle of Leuktra and its consequences
- CHAPTER LXXIX From the Foundation of Messene and Megalopolis to the Death of Pelopidas
- CHAPTER LXXX From the Death of Pelopidas to the Battle of Mantines
- CHAPTER LXXXI Sicilian Affairs after the Destruction of the Athenian Armament before Syracuse
- CHAPTER LXXXII Sicily during the Despotism of the Elder Dionysius at Syracuse
- MAPS ANNEXED TO VOL. X.
CHAPTER LXXVI - From the Peace of Antalkidas down to the Subjugation of Olynthus by Sparta
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO VOL. X.
- Contents
- CHAPTER LXXVI From the Peace of Antalkidas down to the Subjugation of Olynthus by Sparta
- CHAPTER LXXVII From the Subjugation of Olynthus by the Lacedæmonians down to the Congress at Sparta, and Partial Peace, in 371 B.C.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII Battle of Leuktra and its consequences
- CHAPTER LXXIX From the Foundation of Messene and Megalopolis to the Death of Pelopidas
- CHAPTER LXXX From the Death of Pelopidas to the Battle of Mantines
- CHAPTER LXXXI Sicilian Affairs after the Destruction of the Athenian Armament before Syracuse
- CHAPTER LXXXII Sicily during the Despotism of the Elder Dionysius at Syracuse
- MAPS ANNEXED TO VOL. X.
Summary
The peace or convention which bears the name of Antalkidas, was an incident of serious and mournful import in Grecian history. Its true character cannot be better described than in a brief remark and reply which we find cited in Plutarch. “Alas for Hellas (observed some one to Agesilaus) when we see our Laconians medising!”–“ Nay (replied the Spartan king), say rather the Medes (Persians). laconising”.
Peace or convention of Antalkidas. Its import and character. Separate partnership between Sparta and Persia
These two propositions do not exclude each other. Both were perfectly true. The convention emanated from a separate partnership between spartan and Persian interests. It was solicited by the Spartan Antalkidas, and propounded by him to Tiribazus on the express ground, that it was exactly calculated to meet the Persian king's purposes and wishes–as we learn even from the philo-Laconian Xenophon. While Sparta and Persia were both great gainers, no other Grecian state gained anything, as the convention was originally framed. But after the first rejection, Antalkidas saw the necessity of conciliating Athens by the addition of a special article providing that Lemnos, Imbros, and Skyros should be restored to her. This addition seems to have been first made in the abortive negotiations which form the subject of the discourse already mentioned, pronounced by Andokides.
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- A History of Greece , pp. 1 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010