The Sicilian campaign
event · 5 works · 5 mentions · 6 anchored passages
the Sicilian campaign · the Sicilian expedition · the campaign in Sicily · war on Syracuse · we chose to send an armament to Sicily
in the texts
On the Peace with Sparta
Athens' costly military expedition to Sicily, chosen over an offered alliance with Syracuse, resulting in massive losses of ships, money, and lives.
instead of staying at home as the allies of Syracuse, we chose to send an armament to Sicily.
Rhetoric
The Athenian military expedition to Sicily, figured by Aesion as draining the state of its resources.
Aesion used to say that they had drained the State into Sicily, which is a metaphor and sets the thing before the eyes.
Against Eubulides
The Athenian military expedition to Sicily in which the speaker's maternal uncle Amytheon was killed and afterward buried in the public tomb.
Amytheon, my mother’s brother, was one of those who served in the campaign in Sicily and were killed there, and he lies buried in the public tomb.
Concerning the Team of Horses
The Athenian military campaign against Sicily that Alcibiades the elder was elected to command before being recalled to face trial.
They did not cease until they had recalled my father from the expedition and had put to death some of his friends and had banished others from the city.
The city was greatly excited by reason of the gravity of the charges, and a meeting of the Assembly was hastily called at which my father so clearly proved that the accusers were lying that the people would have been glad to punish them, and furthermore elected him general for the Sicilian expedition.
Comparison of Nicias and Crassus
Athenian military campaign against Sicily that Nicias was forced to lead despite his objections.
Wherefore he was afterwards forced, against his wish and inclination, to wage war on Syracuse, for it was thought to be no calculation of what was expedient, but merely his love of ease and lack of spirit which made him use all his efforts to rob the city of Sicily.
As to the actual conduct of their expeditions, Nicias has not a little to his credit, for he conquered his enemies in many battles, and barely missed taking Syracuse, and not all his failures were due to himself, but they might be ascribed to his disease and to the jealousy of his fellow-citizens at home;
However, in this there is more ground for praising Nicias than for blaming Crassus.