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ANTALCIDAS , Spartan soldier and diplomatist. In 393 (or 392 B.c.) he was sent to Tiribazus, See also:

SATRAP [Pers. Khshatrapavan, i.e." protector (superintendent) of the country (or district)," Heb. sakhshadrapan, Gr. taerpan-ris (insc. of Miletus, Sitzungsber. Berl. Ak. 1900, 112), E% u3pa7eixav (insc. of Mylasa, Dittenberger, Sylloge, 95), ital. p6. rr

satrap of See also:

SARDIS

Sardis, to undermine the friendly relations then existing between See also:

Athens and See also:

PERSIA

Persia by offering to recognize See also:

Persian claims to the whole of See also:

ASIA

Asia See also:

Minor. The Athenians sent an See also:

EMBASSY

embassy under See also:

CONON

Conon to counteract his efforts. Tiribazus, who was favourable to See also:

SPARTA (Gr. Eirapril or AaKe5atycav)

Sparta, threw Conon into See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, but See also:

ARTAXERXES

Artaxerxes II. (Mnemon) disapproved and recalled his satrap. In 388 Antalcidas, then See also:

COMMANDER

commander of the Spartan See also:

FLEET

fleet, accompanied Tiribazus to the Persian See also:

court, and secured the active assistance of Persia against Athens. The success of his See also:

NAVAL

naval operations in the neighbourhood of the See also:

HELLESPONT (i.e. " Sea of Helle "; variously named in classical literature `EXX oirov-ros, o "EXXns a6vros, Hellespontum Pelagus, and Rectum Hellesponticum)

Hellespont was such that Athens was glad to accept terms of See also:

peace (the " Peace of Antalcidas "), by which (I) the whole of Asia Minor, with the islands of See also:

CLAZOMENAE (mod. Kelisman)

Clazomenae and See also:

Cyprus, was recognized as subject to Persia, (2) all other'See also:

Greek cities—so far as they were not under Persian rule—were to be See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent, except See also:

LEMNOS (mod. Limnos)

Lemnos, See also:

IMBROS

Imbros and See also:

SCYROS

Scyros, which were to belong, as formerly, to the Athenians. The terms were announced to the Greek envoys at Sardis in the See also:

winter 387-386, and were finally accepted by Sparta in 386. Antalcidas continued in favour with Artaxerxes, until the annihilation of Spartan supremacy at See also:

LEUCTRA

Leuctra diminished his See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence. A final See also:

MISSION

mission to Persia, probably in 367, was a failure, and Antalcidas, deeply chagrined and fearful of the consequences, is said to have starved himself to See also:

DEATH

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