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afterwards Alcibiades Alexander Alexander's ambition Aristagoras Aristides arms arrived arts Asia assembly Athenians Athens attack battle began besieged body camp carried cause cavalry chariot citizens commanded conqueror conquest courage Cyrus danger Darius death declared defeat defend Demosthenes dreadful eloquence endeavoured enemy enemy's engagement Epaminondas expedition favour fleet forces fought friends galleys gave give glory Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus Hellespont honour horse hundred inhabitants killed king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lycurgus Macedon Macedonians manner Mardonius master mean monarch nians Nicias obliged occasion oppose oracle orators Parmenio passed Pausanias Pelopidas Pericles Persian phalanx Philip Phocians Pisistratus Porus possession present prince prisoners resolved rest retire river sail seemed seized sent ships side Socrates soldiers Solon soon Spartans success succour Syracusans Thebans Thebes Themistocles thence thousand tion Tissaphernes took troops utmost valour victory walls whole army wing Xenophon Xerxes