. The Encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. h is to the following effect. Thebes, after the defeat byAthens about 507 , appealed to Aegina for assistance. TheAeginetans at first contented themselves with sending the imagesof the Aeacidae, the tutelary heroes of their island. Subse-quently, however, they entered into an alliance, and ravagedthe sea-board of Attica. The Athenians were preparing to makereprisals, in spite of the advice of the Delphic oracle that theyshould desist from attacking Aegina for thirty years, and con
. The Encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. h is to the following effect. Thebes, after the defeat byAthens about 507 , appealed to Aegina for assistance. TheAeginetans at first contented themselves with sending the imagesof the Aeacidae, the tutelary heroes of their island. Subse-quently, however, they entered into an alliance, and ravagedthe sea-board of Attica. The Athenians were preparing to makereprisals, in spite of the advice of the Delphic oracle that theyshould desist from attacking Aegina for thirty years, and con-tent themselves meanwhile with dedicating a precinct to Aeacus,when their projects were interrupted by the Spartan intriguesfor the restoration of Hippias. In 491 Aegina was one ofthe Slates which gave the symbols of submission ( earth andwater ) to Persia. Athens at once appealed to Sparta topunish this act of medism, and Cleomenes I. {), one of theSpartan kings, crossed over to the island, to arrest those whowere responsible for it. His attempt was at first unsuccessful; AEGINA 253.
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