Andocides, On the Peace with Sparta, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 18

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[18] And she is sacrificing this supremacy, not because we forced her to do so, but in order to give the whole of Greece its independence. The Spartans have now won three battles: the first at Corinth ¹ against the full allied forces, who were left with no excuse for their defeat, save only that the Spartans, with none to aid them, fought more bravely than all the rest together; the second in Boeotia under Agesilaus,² when they once more gained a similar victory; and the third at the capture of Lechaeum,³ against the full Argive and Corinthian forces, together with the Athenians and Boeotians present.

On the Peace with Sparta. Andocides. ed. Kenneth John Maidment. London. 1941.

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On the Peace with Sparta (English) (Andocides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 1. Maidment, Kenneth John, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1941 (1960 printing).)

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[18] καὶ οὐχ ὑφʼ ἡμῶν¹ ἀναγκαζόμενοι ταῦτʼ ἀφιᾶσιν, ἀλλʼ ἐπʼ ἐλευθερίᾳ πάσης τῆς Ἑλλάδος. νενικήκασι γὰρ τρὶς ἤδη μαχόμενοι, τότε μὲν ἐν Κορίνθῳ πάντας πανδημεὶ τοὺς συμμάχους παρόντας, οὐχ ὑπολιπόντες πρόφασιν οὐδεμίαν, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ κρατιστεύειν μόνοι πάντων, αὖθις δʼ ἐν Βοιωτοῖς,² ὅτʼ αὐτῶν Ἀγησίλαος ἡγεῖτο, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ τότε³ τὴν νίκην ἐποιήσαντο, τρίτον δʼ ἡνίκα Λέχαιον ἔλαβον, Ἀργείους μὲν ἅπαντας καὶ Κορινθίους, ἡμῶν δὲ καὶ Βοιωτῶν τοὺς παρόντας.

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1. July 394. The Spartans met the allied forces of Thebes , Athens , Corinth , and Argos at Nemea , between Corinth and Sicyon , and heavily defeated them. The battle was fought before Agesilaus, who had been recalled from Asia Minor , had reached Greece .

2. The battle of Coronea , fought a fortnight or so after Nemea . The allied forces attempted to block the passage of Agesilaus as he marched southwards through Boeotia on his homeward journey from Asia Minor . The Spartans were victorious, but sustained heavy losses; and Agesilaus was content to continue his march without halting.

3. Corinth was now fortified by Long Walls on the Athenian plan. In 393 Sparta made a determined effort to break through the fortifications. She succeeded, and seized the Corinthian port of Lechaeum on the west and Sidus and Crommyon on the east in spite of strong opposition from the allied forces.

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