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LIBRI XIII. XXVII

Cap. ad insulas Arginusas obviam facti Lacedaemonii de ineunda pugna deliberant, quam vates utrinque dissuadent. 98. Hortante Callicratida res ad proelium venit. Pugna navalis apud Arginusas commissa, maxima omnium, quibus Graeci cum Graecis conflixerunt. 99. Callicratidas fortissime dimicans occiditur; quo facto Lacedaemonii et paulo post etiam Boeoti fusi sunt. 100. Corpora caesorum ne colligerentur, magna tempestate impeditur. Athenienses depopulantur Samum. Lacedaemoniorum dux factus est nomine Aracus, re Lysander. 101. Duces Atheniensium in iudicium vocati sunt, quod corpora eorum, qui ad Arginusas ceciderant, non sepelivissent. 102. Duces Atheniensium cum summa crudelitate ad supplicium dati. 103. Athenienses facti paulo post paenituit. — Philistus historiae suae priorem partem hic finit. Mors Sophoclis et Euripidis. Ol. 93, 4 : 405 a. Chr. 104. Philocles et Conon Atheniensium duces relicto in insula Samo praesidio in Hellespontum navigant. Lacedaemonii duce Lysandro novam instruunt classem. Is accepta a Persis pecunia Ephesum petit, unde excursiones facit in socios Atheniensium, ipsam Atticam infestat, Lampsacum expugnat. 105. Attica classis e regione ad Aegos flumen subsistit. Alcibiadis consilia repudiantur. 106. Attica classis subito impetu oppressa et ad internecionem caesa. Lacedaemonii victores spolia et argenti magnam vim Lacedaemonem mittunt. Gylippi furtum in spoliis factum commemoratur. 107. Lacedaemonii Athenas terra marique adoriuntur. Obsessa urbe, intercluso commeatu, Athenienses undique pressi pacem a Lacedaemoniis petunt et impetrant. Pacis condiciones durae. Belli Peloponnesiaci finis. 108. In Persia Dario successit Artaxerxes. Viguit tum Antimachus poeta.

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BOOK XIII. XXVII

Ch. the Lacedaemonians, having met them at the Arginusae islands, deliberate about engaging in battle, which the soothsayers on both sides dissuade. 98. At the urging of Callicratidas, the matter comes to battle. A naval battle is fought at Arginusae, the greatest of all in which Greeks clashed with Greeks. 99. Callicratidas, fighting most bravely, is slain; upon this event, the Lacedaemonians and a little later also the Boeotians were routed. 100. The gathering of the bodies of the slain was prevented by a great storm. The Athenians ravage Samos. A man named Aracus was made commander of the Lacedaemonians, but Lysander was effectively in charge. 101. The Athenian commanders were called to judgment because they had not buried the bodies of those who had fallen at Arginusae. 102. The Athenian commanders were put to death with extreme cruelty. 103. The Athenians repented of this deed a little later. — Philistus ends the first part of his history here. The death of Sophocles and Euripides. Ol. 93, 4 : 405 BC 104. Philocles and Conon, the Athenian commanders, leaving a garrison on the island of Samos, sail to the Hellespont. The Lacedaemonians, under the command of Lysander, equip a new fleet. He, having received money from the Persians, heads for Ephesus, from which he makes excursions against the allies of the Athenians, harasses Attica itself, and storms Lampsacus. 105. The Attic fleet takes position opposite at Aegospotami. The advice of Alcibiades is rejected. 106. The Attic fleet is overwhelmed by a sudden attack and cut to pieces. The victorious Lacedaemonians send spoils and a great amount of silver to Lacedaemon. The theft of Gylippus committed upon the spoils is mentioned. 107. The Lacedaemonians attack Athens by land and sea. The city being besieged and its supplies cut off, the Athenians, pressed on all sides, seek peace from the Lacedaemonians and obtain it. The terms of peace are harsh. The end of the Peloponnesian War. 108. In Persia, Artaxerxes succeeded Darius. The poet Antimachus flourished at this time.