Decelean War · Atlas

in the texts

Against AndrotionClassical · Greek

A past war used to demonstrate the dangers of losing naval capacity.

but in the Decelean war —I am reminding you of a bit of old history which you all know better than I do—though many serious disasters befell our city, she did not succumb till her fleet was destroyed.

against androtion ¶

On the CrownClassical · Greek

Past war used to explain why Athens might have resented Corinth and Thebes.

The Athenians of those days had good reason to bear malice against the Corinthians and the Thebans for their conduct during the Decelean War;

on the crown ¶

On the PeaceClassical · Greek

The late Peloponnesian War period invoked as a disastrous model not to repeat.

Do they mean those who lived at the time of the Persian Wars or those who governed the city before the Decelean War?

on the peace ¶

in the Decelean War they lost ten thousand heavy armed troops of their own and of their allies, and in Sicily forty thousand men and two hundred and forty ships, and, finally, in the Hellespont two hundred ships.

on the peace ¶

PlataicusClassical · Greek

A war used to exemplify Theban hostility toward Athens.

In the Decelean War were they not authors of more mischief than the other invaders?

plataicus ¶