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CONTENTS. Xj Greece. -Speech of the Thcban envoy at Athens. Political feeling at Athens good effects of the amnesty after the expulsion of the Thirty. Unanimous vote of the Athenians to assist Thebes against Sparta. State of the Boeotian confederacy Orchomenus revolts and joins Ly- eander, who invades Bceotia with his army and attacks Haliartus. Ly- sander is repulsed and slain before Haliartus. : Pausanias arrives in Bceotia after the death of Lysander Thiasybulus and an Athenian army come to the aid of the Thebans. Pausanias evacuates Bceotia, on re- ceiving the dead bodies of Lysander and the rest for burial. Anger against Pausanias at Sparta ; he escapes into voluntary exile ; he is con- demned in his absence. Condemnation of Pausanias not deserved. Sparta not less unjust in condemning unsuccessful generals than Athens. Character of Lysander his mischievous influence, as well for Sparta as for Greece generally. His plans to make himself king at Sparta discourse of the sophist Kleon. Encouragement to the enemies of Sparta, from the death of Lysander alliance against her between Thebes, Athens, Corinth, and Argos the Eubceans and others join the alliance. Increased importance of Thebes she now rises to the rank of a primary power the Theban leader Ismenias. Successful opera- tions of Ismenias to the north of Boeotia capture of Herakleia from Sparta. Synod of anti-Spartan allies at Corinth their confident hopes the Lacedaemonians send to recall Agesilaus from Asia. Large mus- ter near Corinth of Spartans and Peloponnesians on one side, of anti- Spartan allies on the other. Boldness of the language against Sparta speech of the Corinthian Timolaus. The anti-Spartan allies take up a defensive position near Corinth advance of the Lacedaemonians to attack them. Battle of Corinth victory of the Lacedaemonians in their part of the battle ; their allies in the other parts being worsted. Lacedaemonian ascendency within Peloponnesus is secured, but no farther result gained. Agesilaus his vexation on being recalled from Asia his large plans of Asiatic conquest. Regret of the Asiatic allies when he quits Asia he leaves Euxenus in Asia with four thousand men. Agesilaus crosses the Hellespont and marches homeward through Thrace, Macedonia, and Thessaly. Agesilaus and his army on the northern frontier of Bceotia eclipse of the sun news of the naval defeat at Knidus. Boeotians and their allies mustered at Koroneia. Battle of Koroneia Agesilaus with most of his army is victorious; while the Thebans on their side are also victorious. Terrible combat between the Thebans and Spartans ; on the whole, the result is favorable to the Thebans. Victory of Agesilaus, not without severe wounds yet not very decisive his conduct after the battle. Army of Agesilaus with- draws from Bceotia he goes to the Pythian games sails homeward across the Corinthian Gulf his honorable reception at Sparta. Re suits of the battles of Corinth and Koroneia. Sparta had gained nothing by the former, and had rather lost by the latter. Reverses of Sparta after the defeat of Knidus. Loss of the insular empire of Sparta. Near ly all her maritime allies revolt to join Pharnabazus and Konon. Aby dos holds faithfully to Sparta, under Derkyllidas. Derkyllidas hold* both Abydos and the Chersonesus opposite, in spite of Pharnabazus anger of the latter. Pharnabazus and Konon sail with their fleet to Pelo- ponnesus and Corinth. Assistance and encouragement given by Pharna- bazus to the allies at Corinth Remarkable fwCt of the Persian satrap and fleet at Corinth. Pharnabazus leaves the fleet with Konon in the Saronic Gulf, and aids him, with money, to rebuild the Long Walls of Athens. Konoc rebuilds the Long Walls - -hearty cooperation of the allies. Great