. History of Greece for High Schools and Academies . ace. Thesurgeon then drew out the javelin point and Epaminondasdied. Pelopidas had recently been slain in battle in Thes-saly. The heroes were buried where they fell; and theirgravestones in northern and southern Greece stood as monu-ments of Theban leadership, which ended with their lives. Pelopidas was bold and chivalrous; a zealous patriot andan able commander. Epaminondas was a great militarygenius. Personally he was without ambition, content tolive as a private citizen, or to serve his state in the lowestoffices. Absolutely pure in char
. History of Greece for High Schools and Academies . ace. Thesurgeon then drew out the javelin point and Epaminondasdied. Pelopidas had recently been slain in battle in Thes-saly. The heroes were buried where they fell; and theirgravestones in northern and southern Greece stood as monu-ments of Theban leadership, which ended with their lives. Pelopidas was bold and chivalrous; a zealous patriot andan able commander. Epaminondas was a great militarygenius. Personally he was without ambition, content tolive as a private citizen, or to serve his state in the lowestoffices. Absolutely pure in character, he aimed only Xopromote the welfare of his city and of Hellas. Though instatesmanship he was as able as any of his time, though hisideals were high and his methods honorable, he failed todiscover the evils of the Hellenic state system, much moreto remedy them. Fortune was kind to him and to hisworthy helper in cutting them off at the height of their re-nown, — before they could see the failure of their policy andbe made responsible for Results of the Battle 283 The result of the battle of Mantineia was the opposite of Results ofthat which the world expected. Here where well-nigh the battIe-the whole of Hellas was met together in one field, and thecombatants stood rank against rank confronted, there wasno one who doubted that, in the event of battle, the con-querors this day would rule, and those who lost would betheir subjects. But God so ordered it that both belligerents Xen. Hellalike set up trophies claiming victory, and neither interfered vii* 5*with the other in the act. Both parties alike gave back theirenemys dead under a truce, and in right of victory ; bothalike, in symbol of defeat, under a truce took back theirdead. And though both claimed to have won the day,neither could show that he had gained thereby any acces-sion of territory, or state, or empire, or was better situatedthan before the battle. Uncertainty and confusion indeed had
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