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STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY J. R. AND C. CHILDS.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

BOOK VIII.

CHAP. I.

SECT. I. The very short reigns of Xerxes II. and Sogdianus.

They are succeeded by Darius Nothus. He puts a stop to the

insurrection of Egypt and that of Media. He bestows on Cyrus,

his youngest son, the supreme command of all Asia Minor

SECT. II. The Athenians make themselves masters of the island of

Cythera. Expeditions of Brasidas into Thrace. He takes Am-

phipolis. Thucydides the historian is banished. A battle is

fought near Delium, where the Athenians are defeated

SECT. III. A twelvemonth's truce is agreed upon between the two

states. Death of Cleon and Brasidas. A treaty of peace for

fifty years concluded between the Athenians and Lacedæmonians

SECT. IV. Alcibiades begins to appear in public. His character.

He opposes Nicias in every thing, and breaks the treaty he had

concluded. The banishment of Hyperbolus puts an end to the

Ostracism

SECT. V. Alcibiades engages the Athenians in the war of Sicily

SECT. VI. Account of the several people who inhabited Sicily

SECT. VII. The people of Egesta implore aid of the Athenians.

Nicias opposes, but to no purpose, the war of Sicily. Alcibiades

carries that point. They both are appointed generals with

Lamachus

SECT. VIII. The Athenians prepare to set sail. Sinister omens.

The statues of Mercury are mutilated. Alcibiades is accused,

and insists upon his being tried, but his request is not granted.

Triumphant departure of the fleet

SECT. IX. Syracuse is alarmed. The Athenian fleet arrives in Sicily 32

SECT. X. Alcibiades is recalled. He flies, and is sentenced to die

for contumacy. He retires to Sparta. Flexibility of his genius

and disposition

SECT. XI. Description of Syracuse

SECT. XII. Nicias, after some engagements, besieges Syracuse.

Lamachus is killed in a battle. The city is reduced to the great-

est extremities

SECT. XIII. The Syracusans resolve to capitulate, but Gylippus's

arrival changes the face of affairs. Nicias is forced by his col-

leagues to engage in a sea-fight, and is overcome. His land-

forces are also defeated

SECT. XIV. The consternation with which the Athenians are

seized. They again hazard a sea-fight, and are defeated. They

resolve to retire by land. Being close pursued by the Syracu-

sans, they surrender. Nicias and Demosthenes are sentenced to

die, and executed. The effect which the news of the defeat of

the army produces in Athens

CHAP. II.

SECT. I. Consequences of the defeat of the Athenians in Sicily.

Revolt of the allies. Alcibiades grows into great power with

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