GREEK LITERATURE 492 Oratory and lyric poetry, 492. Tragedy, 497. Comedy, 504. The glory of Athens, 505. CHAPTER XXX THE OUTBREAK OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (432-431 B.C.) 508 Our sources, 508. The origin of the war, 510. Preparations for the conflict, 517. The surprise of Platæa, 522. Pericles’ reconcentration policy, 526. The first year’s ravage, 527. CHAPTER XXXI THE PLAGUE; AND THE DEATH OF PERICLES (431-429 B.C.) 535 The oration of Pericles, 535. Thucydides’ account of the plague, 539. Last public speech of Pericles, 545. The end and glory of Pericles, 548. Wilhelm Oncken’s estimate of Pericles, 551. CHAPTER XXXII THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (429-428 B.C.) 554 The Spartans and Thebans attack Platæa, 556. Part of the Platæans escape; the rest capitulate, 557. Naval and other combats, 560. CHAPTER XXXIII THE FOURTH TO THE TENTH YEARS--AND PEACE (428-421 B.C.) 566 The revolt of Mytilene, 566. Thucydides’ account of the revolt of Corcyra, 570. Demosthenes and Sphacteria, 575. Further Athenian successes, 579. A check to Athens; Brasidas becomes aggressive, 580. The banishment of Thucydides, 581. A truce declared; two treaties of peace, 582. CHAPTER XXXIV THE RISE OF ALCIBIADES (450-416 B.C.) 584 CHAPTER XXXV THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION (481-413 B.C.) 591 Sicilian history, 591. The mutilation of the Hermæ, 596. The fleet sails, 599. Alcibiades takes flight, 601. Nicias tries strategy, 602. Spartan aid, 604. Alcibiades against Athens, 605. Athenian reinforcements, 606. Athenian disaster, 608. Thucydides’ famous account of the final disasters, 610. Demosthenes surrenders his detachment, 613. Nicias parleys, fights, and surrenders, 614. The fate of the captives, 615. CHAPTER XXXVI CLOSE OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (425-404 B.C.) 617 Athens after the Sicilian débâcle, 617. Alcibiades again to the fore, 620. The overthrow of the democracy; the Four Hundred, 624. The revolt from the Four Hundred, 627. The triumphs of Alcibiades, 630. Alcibiades in disfavour again, 633. Conon wins at Arginusæ, 634. The trial of the generals, 636. Battle of Ægospotami, 638. The fall of Athens, 640. A review of the war, 642. Grote’s estimate of the Athenian Empire, 644. BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS 647 PART IX THE HISTORY OF GREECE BASED CHIEFLY UPON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES