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lion, be pronounced the well known funeral
oration upon those who fell in the Samian war.
Soon after this, disputes again arose with La-
cedaemon, which Pericles rather fomented than
assuaged, but with what motive is scarcely as-
certained. At length the Lacedaemonians and
their allies invaded Attica with an army of sixty
thousand men; and Pericles, unable to meet so
great a force, shut himself up in Athens. At
this time a most violent pestilence broke out,
which made dreadful havoc in the army, and
among the people who had been driven for
protection to the city. To avert the dissatis-
faction which was accumulating around him,
and in some measure to remove the cause, he
fitted out a considerable naval equipment
against Epidaurus; but thwarted in his mea-
sures by the ravages of the plague, he totally
failed of success in his attempts, and the thun-
der cloud of public indignation burst upon his
head. He was removed from his command,
and mulcted with a pecuniary fine.

The Athenians, however, soon repented of
their unjust behaviour; and having sought in
vain for some one capable of supplying his ar«