- The
Battle of
Delium (or Delion, a city in Boeotia) took
place in 424 BC,
during the
Peloponnesian War. It was
fought between the
Athenians and the Boeotians...
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Delium (Ancient Gr****: Δήλιον, Dḗlion) was a
small town in
ancient Boeotia with a
celebrated temple of Apollo. It was
located upon the sea-coast in the...
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carried by the wind into
Plataea (428 B.C.) and
later at
Delium (423 B.C.) and that at
Delium,
defenders were
driven from the city walls. In 1622, a smoke...
- engraving.
According to Plato,
Socrates parti****ted in the
Battle of Potidaea, the
retreat of
Battle of
Delium and the
battle of
Amphipolis (422 BC)....
- this,
coupled with a
defeat suffered by the
Athenians at the
Battle of
Delium in 424, had
provided the
right conditions for a truce. Thus the original...
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Hipponicus was
reported by
Andocides to have been
slain at the
Battle of
Delium in 424 BC, but this
appears to have been an error,
either on Andocides'...
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could not
afford to lose. Meanwhile,
Athens suffered humiliating defeats at
Delium in 424 BC and
Amphipolis in 422. The
Peace of
Nicias in 421
concluded the...
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contingent of the
Boeotian army
sustained heavy losses at the
Battle of
Delium. In the next year, the
Thebans dismantled the
walls of
Thespiae on the charge...
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Alcibiades later returned the
favour by
rescuing Socrates at the
Battle of
Delium in 424 BC.
Alcibiades had a
particularly close relationship with Socrates...
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Epidelium or
Epidelion (Ancient Gr****: Ἐπιδήλιον),
called Delium or
Delion (Δήλιον) by Strabo, was a
small town on the
eastern coast of
ancient Laconia...
