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Page 97 - Lysander, is doubtful; for it was the general belief afterwards, not merely at Athens, but seemingly in other parts of Greece also, that the Athenian fleet was sold to perdition by the treason of some of its own commanders. Of this suspicion both Konon and Philoklls stand clear.
Page 97 - ... resources, Athens was not vanquished by her external foes. She fell by her own hand. Even before the Sicilian expedition, the state was shaken to its base by the party divisions within its walls. Party intrigues led Alcibiades to point out to the Spartans the road to Ionia and to the treasury of the King ; party intrigues delivered into the hands of the foe the last fleet of the city, and, in the end, the city herself. The victory which terminated the war was a victory of treason.
Page 102 - ... full auxiliary strength of Sparta, deserves high admiration. But the feature which stands yet more eminent in his character, — a feature infinitely rare in the Grecian character, generally, — is, that the energy of a successful leader was combined with complete absence both of vindictive antipathies for the past, and of overbearing ambition for himself.