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Title: A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893
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Publisher: London, Walton and Maberly
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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luenced by these feelings,the Lacedaemonians decided upon war ; and the congress passed aresolution to the same effect, thus binding the whole Peloponnesianconfederacy to the same policy. This important resolution wasadopted towards the close of b.c. 432, or early in the followingyear. Before any actual declaration of war, hostilities were begunin the spring of b.c. 431 by a treacherous attack of the Thebansupon Plataea. Though Boeotians by descent, the Plataeans did notbelong to the Boeotian league, but had long been in close alliancewith the Athenians. Hence they were regarded with hatred andjealousy by the Thebans, which sentiments were also shared by asmall oligarchical faction in Plataea itself. The Plataean oligarchssecretly admitted a body of 300 Thebans into the town at night;but the attempt proved a failure; the citizens flew to arms, and inthe morning all the Thebans were either slam or taken prisoners. imsft m If & Lib ba& t\Hlsi.ium ■ jm OTarns-rrrrr tfo f+ mAA D
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Temple of Nike Apteros (the Wingless Victory), on the Acropolis at Athens. CHAPTEE X. ATHENS IN THE TIME OF PERICLES. At the commencement of the Peloponnesian war Athens was atthe height of its glory under the brilliant administration of Pericles.We may therefore here pause to take a brief survey of the city andof its most important buildings. Athens is situated about three milesfrom the sea-coast, in the central plain of Attica. In this plain riseseveral eminences. Of these the most prominent is a lofty insulatedmountain, with a conical peaked summit, now called the Hill of St.George, and which bore in ancient times the name of Lycabettus.This mountain, which was not included within the ancient walls,lies to the north-east of Athens, and forms the most striking featurein the environs of the city. It is to Athens what Vesuvius is toNaples, or Arthurs Seat to Edinburgh. South-west of Lycabettusthere are four hills of moderate height, all of which formed part ofthe city. Of these the ne

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