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enemy_n in_o
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athens_n forthwith_o dispatch_v away_o thirty_o sail_n and_o a_o thousand_o man_n under_o the_o command_n of_o autocles_n but_o while_o he_o sail_v round_a eubea_n the_o theban_n enter_v thessaly_n and_o though_o alexander_n be_v well_o furnish_v with_o foot_n and_o exceed_v the_o beotian_o in_o horse_n yet_o the_o beotian_o at_o the_o first_o conclude_v they_o shall_v put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o war_n by_o one_o fight_n especial_o be_v enforce_v by_o the_o thessalian_n but_o be_v desert_v by_o they_o and_o alexander_n assist_v by_o the_o athenian_n thessaly_n the_o boeotian_o bring_v into_o a_o great_a strait_n in_o thessaly_n and_o other_o confederate_n and_o meat_n and_o drink_n and_o all_o other_o provision_n be_v scarce_o the_o baeotarchs_n be_v resolve_v to_o return_v home_o and_o according_o draw_v off_o and_o in_o their_o march_n through_o the_o plain_a they_o be_v fall_v upon_o in_o the_o rear_n by_o alexander_n horse_n who_o kill_v and_o wound_v many_o of_o the_o beotian_o at_o length_n not_o be_v able_a either_o to_o keep_v their_o ground_n or_o go_v forward_o they_o know_v not_o which_o way_n to_o turn_v themselves_o or_o what_o to_o do_v epaminondas_n ant._n ch_n 366._o bring_v off_o by_o epaminondas_n and_o to_o aggravate_v the_o perplexity_n they_o be_v in_o they_o be_v in_o want_n of_o food_n in_o this_o desperate_a condition_n epaminondas_n who_o be_v then_o but_o a_o private_a soldier_n be_v choose_v general_n by_o the_o army_n who_o present_o place_v the_o best_a and_o choice_a of_o the_o light_a arm_a man_n and_o the_o horse_n in_o the_o rear_n with_o these_o he_o repulse_v the_o enemy_n that_o press_v upon_o the_o back_n of_o the_o beotian_o and_o by_o frequent_a skirmish_n make_v head_n as_o occasion_n serve_v and_o keep_v his_o troop_n in_o good_a order_n he_o bring_v off_o the_o army_n safe_a thenceforth_o more_o and_o 495._o p._n 495._o more_o advance_v his_o own_o reputation_n by_o his_o noble_a action_n he_o wan_a praise_n and_o renown_n both_o among_o his_o citizen_n and_o all_o their_o confederate_n but_o the_o beotarchs_n the_o beotarchs_n magistrate_n of_o beotia_n set_v great_a fine_n upon_o the_o officer_n and_o leader_n in_o this_o late_a expedition_n and_o so_o raise_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o money_n but_o in_o regard_n the_o question_n may_v be_v very_o well_o ask_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o so_o great_a a_o man_n be_v place_v in_o so_o low_a a_o post_n as_o a_o common_a soldier_n in_o that_o expedition_n into_o thessaly_n it_o be_v fit_a a_o reason_n shall_v be_v give_v in_o justification_n of_o epaminondas_n when_o he_o have_v in_o the_o fight_n at_o corinth_n beat_v off_o the_o lacedaemonian_n who_o guard_v the_o fortification_n he_o may_v have_v kill_v a_o great_a number_n of_o they_o but_o rest_v satisfy_v that_o he_o have_v gain_v the_o pass_n he_o forbear_v all_o further_a pursuit_n be_v therefore_o suspect_v that_o he_o spare_v the_o lacedaemonian_n out_o of_o a_o design_n to_o ingratiate_v himself_o into_o their_o favour_n those_o that_o envy_v his_o glory_n watch_v a_o opportunity_n to_o accuse_v he_o of_o treason_n upon_o which_o the_o people_n be_v so_o exasperate_v that_o they_o deprive_v he_o of_o his_o command_n and_o order_v he_o to_o serve_v as_o a_o common_a soldier_n but_o have_v by_o his_o noble_a action_n wipe_v off_o those_o stain_n of_o dishonour_n cast_v upon_o he_o he_o be_v restore_v by_o the_o people_n to_o his_o former_a dignity_n not_o long_o after_o a_o sharp_a battle_n be_v fight_v between_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o the_o arcadian_n in_o which_o the_o former_a obtain_v a_o famous_a victory_n and_o be_v the_o first_o fight_n since_o that_o at_o lose_v fight_v between_o the_o arcadian_n and_o lacedaemonian_n note_n not_o one_o man_n lose_v leuctra_n wherein_o they_o have_v any_o considerable_a success_n there_o be_v above_o ten_o thousand_o of_o the_o arcadian_n slay_v and_o not_o one_o man_n lose_v of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n the_o priest_n at_o dodona_n have_v before_o foretell_v that_o this_o war_n shall_v end_v without_o any_o mourn_a on_o the_o lacedaemonian_n part_n after_o this_o battle_n the_o arcadian_n be_v in_o that_o fear_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n that_o they_o build_v the_o city_n call_v megalopolis_n in_o a_o place_n commodious_o situate_v for_o their_o security_n and_o bring_v into_o it_o the_o menalians_n and_o parrhasian_o out_o of_o twenty_o village_n in_o arcadia_n and_o this_o be_v the_o state_n of_o greece_n at_o that_o time_n in_o sicily_n dionysius_n the_o tyrant_n have_v raise_v a_o great_a army_n resolve_v to_o take_v advantage_n of_o sicily_n ant._n ch._n 366._o dionysius_n invade_v the_o carthaginian_a territory_n in_o sicily_n the_o present_a opportunity_n and_o to_o fall_v upon_o the_o carthaginian_n who_o be_v then_o but_o in_o a_o very_a ill_a condition_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o plague_n that_o rage_v among_o they_o and_o their_o be_v desert_v by_o many_o of_o the_o african_n and_o because_o 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rest_n back_o to_o
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they_o that_o have_v the_o least_o hand_n in_o the_o sacrilege_n philomelus_n the_o first_o and_o chief_a contriver_n of_o seize_v the_o temple_n by_o a_o certain_a war._n certain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o strait_n of_o war._n fate_n of_o war_n be_v bring_v into_o such_o a_o strait_a as_o that_o he_o cast_v himself_o headlong_o from_o the_o top_n a_o of_o rock_n his_o brother_n onomarchus_n have_v take_v upon_o he_o the_o command_n of_o the_o heartless_a and_o discourage_v army_n be_v afterward_o with_o his_o phocian_o and_o mercenary_n total_o rout_v in_o thessaly_n and_o he_o himself_o take_v and_o crucify_v phayllus_n the_o three_o who_o spoil_v the_o oracle_n of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o its_o sacred_a treasure_n that_o he_o may_v not_o altogether_o escape_v punishment_n consumption_n punishment_n a_o consumption_n consume_v away_o by_o a_o linger_a disease_n phalecus_n the_o last_o of_o they_o have_v rob_v the_o temple_n of_o all_o that_o be_v leave_v wander_v up_o 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the_o city_n near_o 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o lose_v for_o want_n of_o provision_n fortune_n on_o a_o sudden_a turn_v the_o scale_n to_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o macedonian_n for_o antipater_n make_v a_o sally_n upon_o they_o that_o be_v busy_v in_o open_v the_o trench_n where_o leosthenes_n come_v in_o to_o their_o relief_n receive_v a_o blow_n upon_o the_o head_n with_o a_o stone_n which_o fell_v he_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o so_o be_v carry_v off_o half_a dead_a into_o the_o camp_n and_o die_v the_o three_o day_n after_o and_o be_v honourable_o bury_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o kill_v leosthenes_n kill_v the_o noble_a service_n he_o have_v perform_v in_o the_o war._n the_o athenian_n command_v hyperides_n to_o set_v forth_o his_o praise_n in_o a_o funeral_n oration_n who_o be_v esteem_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o orator_n at_o that_o time_n both_o for_o his_o eloquence_n and_o particular_a hatred_n of_o the_o macedonian_n for_o demosthenes_n the_o
macedonian_n he_o bring_v along_o with_o he_o six_o thousand_o foot_n which_o alexander_n have_v take_v over_o with_o he_o at_o first_o into_o asia_n and_o four_o thousand_o of_o those_o that_o he_o have_v list_v in_o the_o way_n as_o he_o march_v beside_o a_o thousand_o persian_a darter_n and_o slinger_n and_o fifteen_o hundred_o horse_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o come_v into_o thessaly_n he_o join_v his_o force_n at_o the_o river_n peneius_n to_o antipater_n yield_v the_o chief_a command_n of_o the_o army_n to_o he_o the_o whole_a army_n together_o with_o those_o that_o come_v with_o leonnatus_n amount_v to_o above_o forty_o thousand_o foot_n three_o thousand_o darter_n and_o slinger_n and_o five_o thousand_o horse_n the_o grecian_n at_o that_o time_n encamp_v over-against_o they_o be_v much_o inferior_a in_o number_n to_o the_o enemy_n for_o many_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o late_a victory_n slight_v the_o macedonian_n 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o and_o be_v return_v to_o their_o several_a country_n to_o look_v after_o their_o own_o private_a affair_n for_o which_o cause_n there_o be_v many_o leave_v in_o the_o camp_n that_o observe_v no_o due_a order_n or_o discipline_n they_o be_v in_o the_o whole_a five_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o three_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o horse_n in_o who_o they_o place_v great_a confidence_n of_o victory_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o valour_n of_o the_o man_n and_o the_o plain_a champain_n country_n that_o lie_v before_o they_o at_o length_n antipater_n draw_v out_o his_o force_n every_o day_n into_o the_o field_n to_o provoke_v the_o grecian_n to_o fight_v who_o after_o they_o have_v wait_v some_o considerable_a time_n for_o the_o return_n of_o their_o soldier_n out_o of_o the_o city_n through_o the_o urgency_n of_o their_o present_a circumstance_n be_v force_v to_o venture_v all_o and_o engage_v the_o enemy_n draw_v up_o therefore_o into_o battalion_n and_o design_v to_o decide_v the_o matter_n by_o the_o horse_n they_o place_v 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be_v so_o break_v and_o disperse_v that_o the_o macedonian_n get_v the_o day_n rout_v the_o grecian_n rout_v there_o be_v slay_v of_o the_o grecian_n in_o this_o battle_n above_o five_o hundred_o of_o the_o macedonian_n a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o the_o next_o day_n memnon_n and_o antiphalus_n call_v a_o council_n of_o war_n where_o it_o be_v debate_v 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o whether_o they_o shall_v expect_v aid_n from_o the_o city_n and_o wait_v to_o see_v if_o soldier_n sufficient_a can_v be_v raise_v and_o so_o try_v it_o out_o to_o the_o last_o or_o yield_v to_o the_o time_n and_o bear_v their_o present_a disaster_n they_o shall_v send_v away_o agent_n to_o treat_v upon_o term_n of_o peace_n at_o length_n they_o conclude_v to_o send_v crier_n send_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d crier_n herald_n to_o treat_v according_o who_o execute_v their_o order_n antipater_n order_n or_o rather_o those_o about_o antipater_n antipater_n answer_v they_o that_o he_o expect_v that_o every_o 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and_o sicyon_n and_o from_o sparta_n six_o hundred_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n gylippus_n traverse_v the_o country_n about_o from_o town_n to_o town_n in_o several_a part_n of_o sicily_n bring_v in_o many_o to_o join_v with_o he_o in_o the_o war_n and_o be_v reinforce_v with_o three_o thousand_o man_n from_o the_o himereans_n and_o sicanian_o 335._o ant._n chr._n 411._o p._n 335._o he_o march_v his_o army_n through_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o country_n but_o the_o athenian_n have_v intelligence_n of_o their_o come_n cut_v off_o one_o half_a of_o they_o by_o a_o ambush_n the_o rest_n come_v safe_a to_o syracuse_n and_o now_o they_o of_o syracuse_n be_v encourage_v with_o fresh_a supply_n determine_v to_o try_v their_o fortune_n in_o a_o sea-fight_n what_o ship_n they_o have_v leave_v they_o set_v forth_o and_o build_v other_o which_o they_o make_v use_v and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d trial_n of_o in_o the_o little_a harbour_n nicias_n the_o athenian_a general_n acquaint_v the_o people_n of_o athens_n by_o letter_n that_o the_o syracusian_n be_v much_o enforce_v and_o that_o they_o be_v put_v forth_o a_o great_a fleet_n with_o a_o intent_n to_o come_v to_o a_o sea-fight_n and_o therefore_o desire_v more_o ship_n and_o money_n to_o be_v send_v he_o and_o a_o colleague_n to_o bear_v part_n of_o the_o burden_n and_o care_n of_o the_o war._n for_o alcibiades_n be_v flee_v and_o lamachus_n kill_v he_o only_o remain_v and_o that_o very_o infirm_a and_o unhealthful_a upon_o this_o the_o athenian_n send_v into_o sicily_n about_o the_o summer_n solstice_n ten_o galley_n under_o the_o command_n of_o eurymedon_n with_o a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o talent_n of_o silver_n but_o withal_o prepare_v and_o design_v to_o send_v a_o great_a fleet_n at_o the_o spring_n and_o to_o that_o end_n 410._o ant._n chr._n 410._o they_o raise_v man_n and_o money_n in_o every_o place_n from_o among_o their_o confederate_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la the_o lacedaemonian_n by_o the_o instigation_n of_o alcibiades_n break_v the_o league_n they_o have_v make_v with_o the_o athenian_n and_o the_o heat_n of_o this_o war_n continue_v for_o the_o space_n of_o twelve_o year_n chap._n ii_o the_o lacedaemonian_n invade_v attica_n the_o fight_n at_o sea_n between_o the_o syracusian_n and_o athenian_n eurymedon_n and_o demosthenes_n arrive_v in_o sicily_n a_o plague_n in_o the_o athenian_a camp_n another_o fight_n between_o the_o syracusian_n and_o athenian_n the_o latter_a rout_v at_o sea_n the_o athenian_n ruin_v in_o sicily_n nicholaus_n long_a oration_n gylippus_n his_o answer_n this_o year_n end_v cleocritus_n govern_v in_o chief_a at_o athens_n and_o at_o rome_n four_o 410._o olymp._n 91._o 4._o an._n m._n 3559._o ant._n ch._n 410._o military_a tribune_n execute_v the_o authority_n of_o consul_n that_o be_v to_o say_v aulus_n sempronius_n marcus_n papyrius_n quintus_fw-la fabius_n and_o spurius_n nautius_n at_o this_o time_n the_o 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fort_n some_o out_o of_o curiosity_n to_o see_v the_o engagement_n other_o to_o be_v assistant_n to_o their_o countryman_n in_o their_o flight_n in_o case_n they_o shall_v be_v worsted_n the_o syracusian_a officer_n foresee_v the_o athenian_n be_v likely_a to_o do_v as_o now_o they_o do_v have_v before_o give_v secret_a order_n to_o those_o that_o be_v leave_v as_o a_o guard_n for_o the_o city_n to_o assault_v the_o fort_n of_o the_o athenian_n which_o be_v full_a of_o money_n naval_a preparation_n and_o other_o provision_n the_o syracusian_n therefore_o easy_o possess_v themselves_o of_o the_o fort_n which_o be_v slight_o guard_v and_o make_v a_o great_a slaughter_n of_o they_o that_o come_v from_o the_o seashore_n in_o aid_n of_o their_o fellow_n 410._o ant._n ch._n 410._o hereupon_o a_o great_a noise_n and_o clamour_n be_v make_v about_o the_o fort_n and_o in_o the_o camp_n the_o athenian_n soldier_n now_o engage_v at_o sea_n be_v strike_v with_o great_a terror_n and_o give_v back_o 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