A Manual of Ancient History: From the Remotest Times to the Overthrow of the ...
A Manual of Ancient History: From the Remotest Times to the Overthrow of the ...
Leonhard Schmitz
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A peace was accordingly concluded at a congress held in Gela, and the allies of the Athe- nians dismissed their friends hecause they no longer needed their assistance. The people at Athens were so ill satisfied with this that they punished some of the generals, on the alleged ground that they had heen induced by bribes to quit Sicily. 13. There had latterly been rising at Sparta a man not only dis- tinguished for his valour, but possessed of qualities which few Spartans ever displayed, either i...n public or in private life — genuine kindness and affability. This was Brasidas ; he had already signa- lised himself during the siege of Pylos and elsewhere. He now checked the undertakings of the Athenians against Megara, com- pelled them to give up that city, and confine themselves to the port-town of Nisaea, whereupon an oligarchy was established at -Megara. But this loss was insignificant in comparison with those which were to be inflicted on Athens by the same hand in the north of the jEgean, whither he was then proceeding.
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