Allies of Sparta
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the Peloponnesians · Peloponnesian confederacy · alliance · allied cities · allies · allies of the Lacedaemonians · local allies · new-found friends · old friends · our allies
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2 expressionsPeloponnesian League“allies of Sparta”2 mentions
History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek)
while the Peloponnesians, after staying in Attica the time for which they had provisions, retired through Boeotia, (not by the same way they had made their inroad,) and passing by Oropus ravaged the Piraic territory, as it is called, which the Oropians inhabit as subjects of the Athenians.
The Peloponnesian League1 mention
History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek)
Then the Peloponnesians, wishing to assist the aeginetans, sent over to aegina three hundred heavy-armed, who were before auxiliaries of the Corinthians and Epidaurians.
in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
The confederacy of states led by Sparta, enumerated by Thucydides at the outset of the war and later seen invading and withdrawing from Attica as a body.
while the Peloponnesians, after staying in Attica the time for which they had provisions, retired through Boeotia, (not by the same way they had made their inroad,) and passing by Oropus ravaged the Piraic territory, as it is called, which the Oropians inhabit as subjects of the Athenians.
all the Peloponnesians within the Isthmus, except the Argives and Achaeans (these were in friendship with both parties;
The Peloponnesians, when the Athenians did not come out against them to battle, broke up from before Acharnae, and proceeded to ravage some others of the townships between Mount Parnes and Brilessus.
Archidamus
The states tied to Sparta by alliance, some criticized for pressuring Sparta and others recalled as beneficiaries of Spartan protection.
Let me recall to your minds that formerly, if a single Lacedaemonian gave aid to one of our allied cities when it was pressed by siege, all men would concede that its deliverance was due to him.
And yet our allies have been only too zealous in advising you that you must give up Messene and make peace.
And so not only if we fight and conquer, but even if we keep quiet and bide our time, you will see them veer round and come to regard alliance with us as their only safety.
Agesilaus
The allied communities and friends whose support Agesilaus mobilizes and whose loyalty he values.
While the Lacedaemonians and their allies were considering the matter, Agesilaus declared, that if they would give him thirty Spartans, two thousand newly enrolled citizens, and a contingent of six thousand allies, he would cross to Asia and try to effect a peace, or, in case the barbarian wanted to fight, would keep him so busy that he would have no time for an attack on the Greeks.
In addition to the army that he had brought with him he had a regiment and a half of Lacedaemonians, and of the local allies only the Phocians and Orchomenians.
Agesilaus now realised that if he helped neither king, neither of them would pay the Greeks their wages, neither would provide a market, and the conqueror, whichever he proved to be, would be hostile, but if he co-operated with one of them, that one, being under an obligation to him, would in all probability adopt a friendly attitude.