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HISTORICAL EVENTS, ETC.
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tection of the Ionian cities. During the long Peloponnesian war,
the Athenians and Lacedaemonians vied with each other in endea-
vouring to procure possession of the Greek cities in Asia, while
each pretended to he desirous of achieving their independence.
Thus, while the Lacedaemonians entered into an alliance with
Tissaphernes on the part of the king, whereby, " whatever terri-
tories or cities the king or his ancestors possessed should remain
his," Alcibiades persuaded the Persians that it would be difficult
afterwards for the Persians to get rid of the Lacedannonians ; that
" the Athenians only wanted to have possession of the sea to
themselves, and would give up the land to the king; whereas
the Lacedromonians came to liberate the Greek cities, and render
them independent not merely of the Athenians, but of the king
also." He therefore counselled him to pit one against the
other, and when both were worn out, and the Athenians suffi-
ciently reduced, to get rid of the Peloponnesians altogether.—
(Thucyd. viii.)
Tissaphernes, the Persian satrap,1 sacrifices to Diana of Ephesus.
—(Thucyd. viii. 100.)
Thrasyllus attacks Ephesus with a large force, but the Ephesians
sallying forth, put the Athenians to flight.—(Diod. xiii. 64. See
page 52.)
Lysander having gained the favour of the Ephesians, and formed
a fleet, Alcibiades prepares to attack him; but, owing to the
disobedience of his jiilot Antioehus, the fleets engage during'his
absence, and the Athenians are defeated.—(Diod. xiii. 70, 71;
Xen. Hell. i. 5 ; Plut. in Alcib. 35 ; Paus. ix. 32.)
On the arrival of Lysander at Ephesus,2 he found the citizens
408 B.C.
407-406.
406.
1 The Persian satraps were possessed of tbe power and authority of kings.
Provided that they sent to the Persian monarch the tribute of their provinces
with regularity, they were allowed to act with absolute authority. Thus we
find Orcetes sitting in state, attended witli a guard of a thousand men ; and
Cyrus, when satrap of Lydia and Ionia, sitting on a throne of solid gold and
silver. So formidable was their power, that the king was often obliged to
wink at their acts of insubordination, and to employ cunning and artifice to
deprive them of their satrapies.
2 When Lysander arrived at Ephesus, his hosts brought him, among other
presents, an ox and a cheesecake. Lysander asked what the latter was ? and
being told it was composed of honey, cheese, and other delicacies :—"Take
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tection of the Ionian cities. During the long Peloponnesian war,
the Athenians and Lacedaemonians vied with each other in endea-
vouring to procure possession of the Greek cities in Asia, while
each pretended to he desirous of achieving their independence.
Thus, while the Lacedaemonians entered into an alliance with
Tissaphernes on the part of the king, whereby, " whatever terri-
tories or cities the king or his ancestors possessed should remain
his," Alcibiades persuaded the Persians that it would be difficult
afterwards for the Persians to get rid of the Lacedannonians ; that
" the Athenians only wanted to have possession of the sea to
themselves, and would give up the land to the king; whereas
the Lacedromonians came to liberate the Greek cities, and render
them independent not merely of the Athenians, but of the king
also." He therefore counselled him to pit one against the
other, and when both were worn out, and the Athenians suffi-
ciently reduced, to get rid of the Peloponnesians altogether.—
(Thucyd. viii.)
Tissaphernes, the Persian satrap,1 sacrifices to Diana of Ephesus.
—(Thucyd. viii. 100.)
Thrasyllus attacks Ephesus with a large force, but the Ephesians
sallying forth, put the Athenians to flight.—(Diod. xiii. 64. See
page 52.)
Lysander having gained the favour of the Ephesians, and formed
a fleet, Alcibiades prepares to attack him; but, owing to the
disobedience of his jiilot Antioehus, the fleets engage during'his
absence, and the Athenians are defeated.—(Diod. xiii. 70, 71;
Xen. Hell. i. 5 ; Plut. in Alcib. 35 ; Paus. ix. 32.)
On the arrival of Lysander at Ephesus,2 he found the citizens
408 B.C.
407-406.
406.
1 The Persian satraps were possessed of tbe power and authority of kings.
Provided that they sent to the Persian monarch the tribute of their provinces
with regularity, they were allowed to act with absolute authority. Thus we
find Orcetes sitting in state, attended witli a guard of a thousand men ; and
Cyrus, when satrap of Lydia and Ionia, sitting on a throne of solid gold and
silver. So formidable was their power, that the king was often obliged to
wink at their acts of insubordination, and to employ cunning and artifice to
deprive them of their satrapies.
2 When Lysander arrived at Ephesus, his hosts brought him, among other
presents, an ox and a cheesecake. Lysander asked what the latter was ? and
being told it was composed of honey, cheese, and other delicacies :—"Take