This work is licensed under a 'rq 7rpLaKai8EKa (4). An XML version of this text is available for download, View a map of the most frequently mentioned places in this document. Aegina lost her independence and was incorporated in the Athenian empire in 457. The opposite view, however, has also received strong support, and at the present time it is held generally that the speech was delivered by Andocides himself on the occasion in question. Click anywhere in the An XML version of this text is available for download, It was in these circumstances that Sparta deemed it wise to come to an understanding with Persia, and accordingly Antalcidas was sent to Sardis with the proposals of peace already mentioned (393). The claims of Thebes and Corinth in 404 were coolly set aside and no attempt was made to conciliate either state; hence both were estranged and ready to oppose Sparta, should occasion offer. Click anywhere in the with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. line to jump to another position: 1 There is bad confusion here. On the other hand, the peace which follows is not the Peace of Nicias; when talking of the benefits which ensued from it, Andocides seems to be referring once again to the Thirty Years' Peace (see Andoc. Andocides was the son of Leogoras, and was born in Athens around 440 BC.

(4). Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. But some of you fail to see that although our political leaders have no objection to peace in the abstract, they are opposed to such measures as would lead to it, on the ground that the people would be in very grave danger of seeing the existing constitution overthrown once peace was concluded. The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text. Purchase a copy of this text (not necessarily the same edition) from Amazon.com. This work is only provided via the Perseus Project at Tufts University. The allied forces were intercepted at Nemea by a hastily assembled Spartan army and heavily defeated (July 394). line to jump to another position: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License, Pleiades ancient places geospacial dataset for this text, http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-eng1:6, http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-eng1, http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003, http://data.perseus.org/catalog/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-eng1.
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By 395 Thebes, Corinth, Athens, and Sparta’s ancient enemy, Argos, were ranged against her. But some of you fail to see that although our political leaders have no objection to peace in the abstract, they are opposed to such measures as would lead … 9.1", "denarius"). (2). Minor Attic Orators in two volumes 1, Antiphon Andocides, with an English translation by K. J. Maidment, M.A. Commentary references to this page Andocides. Andocides. Andocides went into exile and returned under the general amnesty of 403, when the democracy was restored. ("Agamemnon", "Hom. Download Pleiades ancient places geospacial dataset for this text. As has been said, nothing came of his mission. In 392, during the Corinthian War, he went with three colleagues to negotiate peace with Sparta, but Athens rejected the terms and exiled the ambassadors. Enter a Perseus citation to go to another section or work. Andocides supported the Spartan peace offer and delivered his speech On the Peace with the Spartans. Henceforward the war centred round the elaborate fortifications of Corinth, and something of a stalemate had been reached when Conon and Tiribazus suddenly appeared off the Isthmus with the Persian fleet (393). He warned the Athenians against a mistake he presents as common: to support the weaker side in a conflict and incurring the wrath of a powerful enemy. Full search Andocides. The struggle was precipitated by a Spartan invasion of Boeotia in answer to an appeal from Phocis.