![]() ![]() ![]() Therefore all to whom the choice of sides lay open chose Sparta. Sparta's catch-word was Freedom: Athens cried Empire. The usual prophecies were whispered: the usual portents were reported. ( Λέων ἐγέλασεν ἐνταῦθα.) The Athenians made a special point of securing the friendship of the N.W. The Peloponnesians formed a prodigious scheme for a huge navy, but nothing came of it all. 7-9 The preparations and the feelings of both sides. ![]() Then the Athenians sent troops and supplies to Plataea, and the women, children, and old men were removed from the town to Athens.Ĭh. But, when the Thebans departed, the prisoners were put to death. Hereupon a large force arrived from Thebes, and the Plataeans expostulated with them, promising on their partso the Thebans saidthat they would release the prisoners if their land were left unharmed. But, on noticing that the Thebans were few in number, they decided to attack them and of the Thebans some were killed and the rest were captured while searching in vain for the gates of the town. They offered to accept Plataea as an ally which offer the Plataeans in their terror were about to accept. The Thebans surprised the town while the Peloponnesians were preparing to invade Attica. 2-6 The ban attempt on Plataea, April 431 B.C. ![]()
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