SPARTA, 5U SPARTANS. Beq. ; hostility of, to partial land confederacies in Greece, ix. 361 : congress at, on the peace of An- talkidas, ix. 386; and the peace of Antalkidas, x. 2 seq., 9 seq., 28 : applications of, for Persian aid, x. 5 seq, ; and Persia after the battle of jl-jgospotami, x. 8 ; and Grecian autonomy, x. 11 seq., 28; miso- Theban proceedings of, after tlie peace of Antalkidas, x. 28 seq. ; lestores Plataja, x. 30 seq.; op- pressive conduct of, towards Man- tinea, B. c. 386, X. 35 seq. ; mischie- vous influence of, after the peace of Antalkida.", x. 40 seq. ; naval competition of Athens with, after the peace of Antalkidas, x. 42 seq. ; and the Olynthian confederacy, x. 52 seq., 57, 65 seq. ; and the sur- prise of Thebes by Phoebidas, x. 61 seq.; and Phlius, x. TO; ascen- dency and unpopularity of, B. C 379, X. 72 seq. ; Xenophon on the conduct of, between b. c. 387-379, X. 77 ; effect of the revolution at Thebes, b. c. 379, on, x. 93 ; trial of Sphodrias at, x. loO seq. ; war declared by Athens against, b. c. 378, X. 102; separate peace of Athens with, b. C. 374, x. 137, 141 ; and Polydamas, x. 137 seq. ; de- cline of the power of, between b. c. 382-374, X. 140; discourage- ment of, by her defeat at Korkyra and by earthquakes, B. C. 372, x. 157 ; disposition of Athens to peace with, b. C. 372, x. 158, 165; general peace settled at, b. c. 371, X. 165 seq., 174, 198 ; effect of the news of the defeat at Leuktra on, X. 186 : and Athens, difference be- tween in passive endurance and active energy, x. 188; reinforce- ments from, after the battle of Leuktra, x. 188; treatment of de- feated citizens on their return from Leuktra, x. 192 seq.; and Thebes, alleged arbitration of the Achjeans between, after the battle of Leuk- tra, X. 199 n. ; position of, after the battle of Leuktra, x. 201 ; and the Amphiktyonic assembly, x. 202 seq., xi. 242 ;" feeling against Agesi- laus at, B. c. 371, X. 207; hostile approaches of Epaminondas to, x. 218 seq., 330 seq. ; abstraction of Western Laconia from, x. 226 seq. ; application of, to Athens for aid against Thebes, b. c. 3C9, x. 234 seq.; and Athens, alliance l)e- tween, b. c. 369, x. 253 ; reinforce- ment from Syracuse in aid of, x. 258; peace of her allies with Thebes, x. 290 seq. ; alliance of Eli.s and Achaia with, b. c. 365, X. 313; and Dionysius, x. 457, 505, xi. 22 ; degradation of, b. c. 360-359. xi. 197 seq.; countenance of the Phokians hy, b. c. 353, xi. 262 : plans of, against Megalopolis and Messene, b. c, 353, ix. 263, 290; decline in military readiness among the Peloponnesian allies of, after the Peloponnesian war, xi. 280; ineffectual campaign of, against Megalopolis, xi. 299 seq. ; envoys from, to Philip, xi. 405, 409; envoys from, with Darius, xii. 189 ; anti-Macedonian policy of, after Alexander's death, xii. 281 seq. SpartaJi kings, ii. 11, 76, 353 seq. ; senate, assembly, and ephors, ii. 349 seq.; popular assembly, ii. 357; constitution, ii. 359 seq.; government, secrecy of, ii, 378; discipline, ii. 381 seq.; women, ii. 383 seq.; law and practice of suc- cession, erroneous suppositions about, ii. 409 seq. ; arbitration of the dispute between Athens and Megara about Salamis, iii. 92; expeditions against Hippias, iv. 122; empire, commencement of, ix. 181, 184, seq., 188 seq. ; empire, Theopompus on, ix. 195 n. ; allies at the battle of Leuktra, x. 182. Spartans, and Pheidon, ii. 318 ; and Messenians, early proceedings of, ii. 329; local distinctions among, ii. 361 ; the class of, ii. 361 seq.; and Helots, ii. 373 seq.; marriage among, ii. 385 ; their ignorance of letters, ii. 390 «. 3; musical sus- ceptibilities of, ii. 433 ; and the second Messenian war, ii. 434, 437; careful training of, when other states had none, ii. 455 ; and the battle of Marathon, iv. 342, 358 ; unwillingness of, to postpone or neglect festivals, v. 77 ; at PlaUea,
