Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin Marbles: With an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (London, 1837)

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and frequently was crowned with splendid vic-
tories. In one celebrated expedition, with a
hundred ships, he sailed round the coasts of
the Peloponnesus, and made incursions into
the interior of the country. In one of these
he defeated the Sicyonians at Nemea, and
erected a trophy in honour of the battle. He
visited Asia Minor, and extended the Atheni-
an colonies. It is said, he entered upon a war
"with the Samians to gratify Aspasia, a courte-
san as much distinguished for her mental qua-
lifications as for her personal beauty. This
celebrated woman reckoned among the num-
ber of those who found pleasure in her elo-
quence and wisdom even Socrates himself;
and Pericles, after his separation from his
first wife, made her by marriage his constant
counsellor and companion. After a siege of
nine months Samos surrendered, and Pericles
destroyed the city and its naval force, treat-
ing the captives with the greatest rigour, in
retaliation for their barbarous conduct to
some Athenian prisoners who had fallen into
their hands.

On his return from this triumphant expedi-