THE

HISTORY

OF

GREECE.

BY WILLIAM MITFORD, Esq.

THE THIRD VOLUME.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL, IN THE STRAND.

1822.

KF 6 5 4 3

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM

THE BEQUEST OF
EVERT JANSEN WENDELL

1918

Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields.

CONTENTS

OF THE

THIRD VOLUME.

CHAPTER XIII.

Affairs of GREECE, from the Thirty-Years Truce
to that commonly called the PELOPONNESIAN
WAR; with a summary View of the History
of MACEDONIA, from the earliest Accounts.

SECT. I. Administration of Pericles: Science, Arts, and fine

Taste at Athens. Change in the condition of Women in

Greece: Aspasia. Popular Licentiousness at Athens. The

Athenian Empire asserted and extended. Project for Union

of Greece

p. 1.

SECT. II. War between Samos and Miletus: Interference of

Athens: Armament under Pericles: Samos taken. Funeral

Solemnity at Athens in honor of the slain in their Country's

Service

p. 14.

SECT. III. Affairs of Corcyra: Sedition at Epidamnus:

War between Corcyra and Corinth: Defect of the antient

Ships of War: Deficient Naval Skill of the Peloponnesians :

Sea-fight off Actium: Accession of the Corcyræans to the

Athenian Confederacy: Sea-fight off Sybota: Infraction of

the Thirty-years Truce

p. 19.

War

SECT. IV. Summary View of the History of Macedonia.

of Athens with Macedonia: Enmity of Corinth to Athens :

Revolt of Athenian Dependencies in Thrace. Battle and

Siege of Potidea -

P. 37.

SECT. V. Assembly of Deputies of the Peloponnesian Con·

federacy at Lacedaemon: The Thirty-years Truce declared

broken. Second Assembly: War with Athens resolved.

Embassies from Lacedæmon to Athens. Final Rejection of

the Proposals from Lacedæmon by the Athenians

SECT. VI. Attempt of the Thebans against Platea -

P. 48.

P. 76

CHAPTER XIV.

Of the PELOPONNESIAN WAR, from its Com-

mencement to the Death of PERICLES: with a

summary View of the History of THRACE.

SECT. I. State of the Athenian and Peloponnesian Confede-

racies. Invasion and Ravage of Attica by the Peloponnesians.

Operations of the Athenian Fleet in the Western Seas under

Carcinus: Gallant Action of the Spartan Brasidas: Ravage

of the Peloponnesian Coast, and Acquisition of Cephallenia

to the Athenian Confederacy. Operations of the Athenian

Fleet in the Eastern Seas under Cleopompus. Measures for

the Security of Athens: Remarkable Decree: Extermination

of the Eginetans. Invasion and Ravage of Megaris by

the Athenians

p. 85.

SECT. II. Summary View of the History of Thrace: Alliance

negotiated by Athens with Sitalces King of Thrace and

Perdiccas King of Macedonia. Public Funeral at Athens

in honor of the Slain in their Country's Service. Expedi-

tion of the Corinthians against Acarnania and Cephal-

lenia

p. 103.

SECT. III. Second Invasion of Attica by the Peloponne-

sians. Pestilence at Athens. Operations of the Athenian

Fleet on the Peloponnesian Coast under Pericles; and on

the Macedonian Coast under Agnon. Effects of popular

Discontent at Athens. First Effort of the Peloponnesian

Fleet. Attempt of the Peloponnesians to send an Embassy

into Persia. Barbarity of the Grecian System of War.

An Athenian Squadron stationed in the Western Sea.

Surrender of Potidea to the Athenians. Death of

Pericles

p. 109.

CHAPTER XV.

Of the PELOPONNESIAN WAR, from the Death

of PERICLES, in the Third Year, to the Appli-

cation for PEACE from LACEDÆMON in the

Seventh.

SECT. I. Siege of Platea by the Peloponnesians

p. 131.

SECT. II. Operations of the Athenians on the Northern Coast

of the Egean. Affairs of the Western Parts of Greece:

Assistance sent by Peloponnesus to the Ambraciots against

the Amphilochian Argians and Acarnanians: Battle near

Stratus: Sea-fight between the Peloponnesian Fleet under

the Corinthian Machon, and the Athenian Fleet under Phor-

mion. Sea-fight between the Peloponnesian Fleet under

the Spartan Cnemus, and the Athenian Fleet under Phor-

mion. Attempt to surprize Peiræus. Success of Phormion

in Acarnania. Invasion of Macedonia by Sitalces King of

Thrace

p. 138.

SECT. III. Fourth Campain: Third Invasion of Attica.

Revolt of Mitylenë. Flight of Part of the Garrison of

Plataa. Siege of Mitylenë by Paches. Distress and Exer-

tions of Athens. Transactions under the Lacedæmonian

Alcidas, and the Athenian Paches, on the Ionian

p. 159.

Coast

SECT. IV. State of the Athenian Government after the Death

of Pericles. Nicias: Cleon. Inhuman Decree against the

Mitylenaans: Death of Paches. Plataa taken -. p. 179.

SECT. V. Sedition of Corcyra; Operations of the Athenian

Fleets under Nicostratus and Eurymedon, and of the Pelopon-

nesian under Alcidas

p. 196.

SECT.