PRINTED FOR T. CADELL,

AND SOLD BY T. CADELL, JUN. AND W. DAVIES,
(SUCCESSORS TO MR. CADELL)

Affairs of GREECE, from the Thirty Years Truce

to that commonly called the PELOPONNESIAN

WAR; with a fummary View of the Hiftory of.

MACEDONIA, from the earliest accounts.

SECT. I. Adminiftration of Pericles: Science, Arts, and

fine Tafte flourish at Athens. Change in the condition of

women in Greece: Afpafia. Popular licentioufnefs at

Athens. The Athenian empire afferted and extended. I

SECT. II. War between Samos and Miletus, ingages

Athens in hoftilities: armament under Pericles: Samos

taken. Funeral folemnity at Athens in honor of the flain

in their country's fervice.

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12.

SECT

SECT. III. Affairs of Corcyra: fedition at Epidamnus ?

war between Corcyra and Corinth: defect of the antient

hips of war: deficient naval skill of the Peloponnefians:

fea-fight off Actium acceffion of the Corcyræans to the

Athenian confederacy: fea-fight off Sybota: infraction of

the Thirty-years Truce.

18

SECT. IV. Summary view of the hiftory of Macedonia.

War of Athens with Macedonia: enmity of Corinth to

Athens revolt of Athenian dependencies in Thrace: bat-

tle and fiege of Potidea.

36

SECT. V. Affembly of deputies of the Peloponnefian confe-

deracy at Lacedaemon: The Thirty-years Truce declared

broken. Second Affembly: War with Athens refolved.

Embaffies from Lacedæmon to Athens. Final rejec

tion of the propofals from Lacedæmon by the Athenians.

48

SECT. VI. Attempt of the Thebans against Platea. 77

CHAPTER XIV.

Of the PELOPONNESIAN WAR, from its Com-

mencement to the Death of PERICLES, with

a fummary View of the Hiftory of THRACE.

SECT. I. State of the Athenian and Peloponnefian confede-

racies. Invafion and ravage of Attica by the Peloponne-

fians. Operations of the Athenian fleet in the western

feas under Carcinus: Gallant action of the Spartan Bra-

fidas: Ravage of the Peloponnefian coaft, and acquifi-

tion of Cephallenia to the Athenian confederacy. Ope-

rations of the Athenian fleet in the eastern feas under

Cleopompus. Measures for the fecurity of Athens:

Remarkable decree: Extermination of the Egine-

tans. Invafion and ravage of Megaris by the Athenians.

86

SECT. II. Summary view of the hiftory of Thrace:

Alliance negotiated by Athens with Sitalces king of

Thrace

Thrace and Perdiccas king of Macedonia. Public fu-

neral at Athens in honor of the flain in their country's

fervice. Expedition of the Corinthians against Acarnania

and Cephallenia.

106

SECT. III. Second invafion of Attica by the Peloponnefians.

Peftilence at Athens. Operations of the Athenian fleet

on the Peloponnefian coaft under Pericles; and on the

Macedonian coaft under Agnon. Effects of popular

difcontent at Athens. Firft effort of the Peloponnefian

fleet. Attempt of the Peloponnefians to send an embassy

into Perfia. Barbarity of the Grecian fyftem of war.

An Athenian fquadron ftationed in the western fea.

Surrender of Potidea to the Athenians.
Death of

Pericles.

112

Of the PELOPONNESIAN WAR, from the Death

of Pericles, in the third Year, to the Appli-

cation for PEACE from Lacedæmon in the

feventh.

133

SECT. I. Siege of Platea by the Peloponnefians.

SECT. II. Operations of the Athenians on the northern

coaft of the Egean. Affairs of the western parts of

Greece Affifiance fent by Peloponnefus to the Ambraciots

against the Amphilochian Argians and. Acarnanians:

Battle near Stratus: Sea-fight between the Peloponnefian

fleet under the Corinthian Machon, and the Athenian

fleet under Phormion: Sea-fight between the Peloponnefian

fleet under the Spartan Cnemus, and the Athenian fleet

under Phormion. Attempt to furprize Peiræus. Success

of Phormion in Acarnania. Invafion of Macedonia by

Sitalces king of Thrace.

141

SECT. III. Fourth campaign: Third invafion of Attica.

Revolt of Mitylenë. Flight of part of the garrison

of Plataa. Stege of Mitylene by Paches. Fourth inva-

Fon of Attica: Diftress and exertions
of Athens. Tranf-

actions