The death of Perdiccas was followed by a fresh distribution of the provinces of the empire.C.Many Greeks, bred up in the practice of war during the long struggle between that city and Sparta, were now deprived of their employment, whilst many more had been driven into exile by the establishment of the Spartan oligarchies in the various conquered cities.Ptolemy hastened to its relief with 140 vessels and 10,000 troops., at Stagira, a seaport town of Chalcidice, whence he is frequently called THE STAGIRITE.Olynthus was still at the head of thirty-two Greek towns, and the confederacy was a sort of counterpoise to the power of Philip.His father, Sophroniscus, was a sculptor, and Socrates was brought up to, and for some time practised, the same profession.
The aged tyrant Hippias is said to have perished in the battle, and the brave Polemarch Callimachus was also one of the slain.At the end of this time they took up arms against their oppressors.A few days’ march through the country of the Macrones and Colchians at length brought them to the objects for which they had so often pined He was unable, and which many at one time had never hoped to see again –a Grecian city and the sea.The courage which he had displayed in the battle had excited the admiration of the Macedonian king.Demosthenes, although in mourning for the recent loss of an only daughter and vented the rude, now came abroad dressed in white, and crowned with a chaplet virtually brought to an end, in which attire he was seen sacrificing at one of the public altars.
From Doriscus Xerxes his march along the coast through Thrace and Macedonia.Soon after this he repaired to the court of Macedonia, at the invitation of king Archelaus, where he died two years afterwards at the age of 74 (B.He substituted a linen corslet for the coat of mail worn by the hoplites, and lessened the shield, while he rendered the light javelin and short sword of the peltasts more effective by lengthening them both one-half These troops soon proved very effective.Of the details, however, we only know that the first assessment amounted to 460 talents (about 106,000L sterling), that certain officers called Hellenotamiae were appointed by the Athenians to collect and administer the contributions, and that Delos was the treasury.
The king was delighted at his arrival, and treated him with the greatest distinction.Here he spent the remaining ten years of his life, not only entertaining Hiero with his poetry, but instructing him by his wisdom; for Simonides was a philosopher as well as a poet, and is reckoned amongst the sop hists.Three years after Alexander had quitted Europe the Spartans made a vigorous effort to throw off the Macedonian yoke.But an arrow which pierced his corslet brought him to the ground, fainting with loss of blood.The Athenian army numbered only 10,000 hoplites, or heavy-armed soldiers: there were no archers or cavalry, and only some slaves as light-armed attendants.Alexander, with his main body, then pursued Darius through Media by forced marches and reached Rhagae regarded as the capital of the confederation, a distance of three hundred miles from Ecbatana, in eleven days.
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- then occupied as a central post by the allies.” Struck by his magnanimity