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 LXXXI - Sicilian Affairs after the Destruction of the Athenian Armament before Syracuse
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
In the sixtieth chapter of this work, I brought down the history of the Grecian communities in Sicily to the close of the Athenian siege of Syracuse, where Nikias and Demosthenes with nearly their entire armament perished by so lamentable a fate. I now resume from that point the thread of Sicilian events, which still continues so distinct from those of Peloponnesus and Eastern Greece, that it is inconvenient to include both in the same chapters.
Syracuse after the destruction of the Athenian armament
If the destruction of the great Athenian armament (in September 413 b.c.) excited the strongest sensation throughout every part of the Grecian world, we may imagine the intoxication of triumph with which it must have been hailed in Sicily. It had been achieved (Gylippus and the Peloponnesian allies aiding) by the united efforts of nearly all the Grecian cities in the island–for all of them had joined Syracuse as soon as her prospects became decidedly encouraging; except Naxos and Katana, which were allied with the Athenians–and Agrigentum, which remained neutral. Unfortunately we know little or nothing of the proceedings of the Syracusans, immediately following upon circumstances of so much excitement and interest. They appear to have carried on war against Katana, where some fugitives from the vanquished Athenian army contributed to the resistance against them.
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- A History of Greece , pp. 528 - 618Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1852