Athenian campaign in Macedonia
“Therme and Pydna”
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
siege of Pydna · Macedonian campaign · capture of Therme
in the texts
First Olynthiac
A past siege associated with Philip's advance and Athenian failure to intervene.
Once again, when news came of the siege of Pydna, of Potidaea, of Methone, of Pagasae, and of the rest of them—not to weary you with a complete catalogue—if we had at that time shown the required zeal in marching to the help of the first that appealed, we should have found Philip today much more humble and accommodating.
History of the Peloponnesian War
The Athenian military operations against Perdiccas in Macedonia, including the capture of Therme and the unsuccessful siege of Pydna, before the army turns to Potidaea.
So they also sat down before Pydna, and besieged it;
who, on arriving in Macedonia first, found that the former thousand had just taken Therme, and were besieging Pydna.
and the generals thinking it impossible with their present force to carry on war both with Philip and the revolted towns, turned their attention to Macedonia, the object for which they were first sent out;