The Athenians heard with pleasure the proclamations of the son of Antigonus his namesake, the Phalerean was obliged to surrender the city to him, and to close his political career by retiring to Thebes.Whilst Alexander was engaged in the siege of Tyre, Darius made him further and more advantageous proposals.For the next three months the preparations for the undertaking were pressed on with the greatest ardour.Another favourable result of the victory was that it suppressed some attempts at revolt from the Macedonian power, which with the support of Persia, had been manifested in Greece.Six thousand Thebans are said to have been slain, and thirty thousand were made prisoners.At first the word HELLAS signified only a small district in Thessaly repelled every attack, from which the Hellenes gradually spread over the whole country.
The generals replied that they had commissioned Theramenes himself and Thrasybulus, each of whom commanded a trireme in the engagement, to undertake the duty, and had assigned 48 ships to them for that purpose.34O; though it must have been used for the representation of plays long before that period.His increasing power and ambitious projects led to a general coalition against him, consisting of Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cassander, and Lysimachus, the governor of Thrace.Upon arriving in the city, Gylippus sent a message to the Athenians allowing them a five days’ truce to collect their effects and evacuate the island.Alexander sent to assure them of his safety, and ordered them to be treated with the most delicate and respectful attention.
Its progress was no doubt delayed by that event were preparing for another assault, and it was probably not completed before 393 B.The citizens repelled all his attacks; and having received a dangerous injury on his thigh Instead of seizing the tyranny, he was compelled to raise the siege and return to Athens.In ability, energy, and success he may be compared with Brasidas and Gylippus, though imme asurably inferior to the former in every moral quality.On the death of Aristides, Cimon became the undisputed leader of the conservative party at Athens.As soon as he was firmly established in the government, his administration was marked by mildness and equity.The ceiling of both these chambers was supported by rows of columns.Sketch of the History of Greek Literature from the Earliest Times to the Reign of Alexander the Great.
About November he arrived at AEgina, with an overwhelming fleet of 150 triremes, and proceeded to devastate Salamis and blockade Piraeus.C.Clitus to the command, whom wine had released from all prudent reserve, sternly rebuked their fulsome adulation; and, as the conversation turned on the comparative merits of the exploits of Alexander and his father Philip, he did not hesitate to prefer the exploits of the latter.The only other monument on the summit of the Acropolis which it is necessary to describe is the Erechtheum, or temple of Erechtheus.He was not only ta ught gymnastic games and military exercises but he was also subjected to severe bodily discipline, and was compelled to submit to hardships and suffering without repining or complaint.
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