The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . hmus of Corinth,sought Athenian alliance,in order to protect itselfagainst Corinth, its power-ful neighbor. This in-volved war with Corinth,but Pericles gladly wel-comed Megara because ofits ports on the CorinthianGulf. He then built longwalls running the wholewidth of the narrow isth-mus from sea to sea, joiningMegara and these control of these walls,Athens could prevent in-vasion by land from thePeloponnesus. 200. Activity of Athens.— A rush of startlingPericles. events followed. Corinth Aportrait bust, now in the Vatican at Rom
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . hmus of Corinth,sought Athenian alliance,in order to protect itselfagainst Corinth, its power-ful neighbor. This in-volved war with Corinth,but Pericles gladly wel-comed Megara because ofits ports on the CorinthianGulf. He then built longwalls running the wholewidth of the narrow isth-mus from sea to sea, joiningMegara and these control of these walls,Athens could prevent in-vasion by land from thePeloponnesus. 200. Activity of Athens.— A rush of startlingPericles. events followed. Corinth Aportrait bust, now in the Vatican at Rome. ^^^ Aegina, bitterly angrybecause their old commerce had now been drawn to the Piraeus,declared war on Athens. Athens promptly captured Aegina,and struck Corinth blow after blow even in the CorinthianGulf. At the same time, without lessening her usual fleet in theAegean, she sent a mighty armament of 250 ships to carry onthe war against Persia, by assisting Egypt in a revolt. Sucha fleet called for from 2500 to 5000 soldiers and 50,000 sailors.*. 1 A Greek warship of this period was called a three-banker (trireme)^because she was rowed by oarsmen arranged on three benches, une above §200] ATHENIAN ACTIVITY 197 The sailors came largely from the poorer citizens, and evenfrom the non-citizen class. Pericles turned next to Boeotia, and set up friendly democ-racies in many of the cities there to lessen the control of oli-garchic and hostile Thebes. The quarrel with Sparta had ;:=aiiiiii!^^
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