The city of Epidamnus lies to the right as one enters the Ionian Gulf. The surrounding region is populated by the Taulantians, an Illyrian tribe. This city was established as a colony by Corcyra, with...

These accumulated grievances made Corinth eager to deliver the promised assistance to Epidamnus. They publicly recruited volunteer colonists and assembled a military force consisting of Ambraciots, Le...

Following the naval engagement, the Corcyraeans erected a victory monument on Leukimme, a promontory of Corcyra, and executed all their prisoners except the Corinthians, whom they held as prisoners of...

Athenians! When a state that has never before provided significant aid or support to its neighbors—service for which they might now claim repayment—comes before them as we do today seeking assistance,...

Meanwhile, the Corinthians had completed their preparations and set sail for Corcyra with one hundred and fifty ships. Elis contributed ten vessels, Megara twelve, Leucas ten, Ambracia twenty-seven, a...

After completing their preparations, the Corinthians provisioned themselves for three days and set sail from Chimerium under cover of darkness, ready for battle. As dawn broke, they caught sight of th...

Following their victory, the Corinthians neglected to secure the disabled enemy vessels by lashing them together and towing them away. Instead, they focused on slaughtering the men in the water, saili...

The Athenians first besieged and captured Eion on the Strymon River from the Persians, enslaving its inhabitants under the command of Cimon, son of Miltiades. Next, they conquered Scyros, an island in...

When the Thebans realized they had been outmaneuvered, they immediately formed a tight defensive formation to ward off attacks from all directions. They managed to drive back their attackers two or th...

Meanwhile, as this tragedy unfolded in Plataea, the main Theban force—which had planned to arrive with their full strength before dawn to support the advance party if anything went wrong—received word...

"Now that you have completed your mourning for your dead, you may leave." The Second Year of the War—The Plague at Athens—Pericles' Position and Strategy—The Fall of Potidaea This was how the funera...

During this time, the fleet from Corinth and its allies in the Crisaean Gulf, which was supposed to coordinate with Cnemus and prevent the coastal Acarnanians from joining their inland compatriots, fo...