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 Bœotia—eclipse of the sun—news of the naval defeat at Knidus.—Bœotians and their allies mustered at Korôneia.—Battle of Korôneia—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 withdraws from Bœotia—he goes to the Pythian games—sails homeward across the Corinthian Gulf—his honorable reception at Sparta.—Results of the battles of Corinth and Korôneia. 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. Nearly all her maritime allies revolt to join Pharnabazus and Konon.—Abydos holds faithfully to Sparta, under Derkyllidas.—Derkyllidas holds both Abydos and the Chersonesus opposite, in spite of Pharnabazus—anger of the latter.—Pharnabazus and Konon sail with their fleet to Peloponnesus and Corinth.—Assistance and encouragement given by Pharnabazus to the allies at Corinth—Remarkable fact 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.—Konon rebuilds the Long Walls—hearty coöperation of the allies.—Great importance of this restoration—how much it depended upon accident—Maintenance of the lines of Corinth against Sparta, was one essential condition to the power of rebuilding the Long Walls. The lines were not maintained longer than the ensuing year. 284-324 CHAPTER LXXV. FROM THE REBUILDING OF THE LONG WALLS OF ATHENS TO THE PEACE OF ANTALKIDAS.