| Second Sacred War | |||||||||
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| Athens, Phocis |
Sparta, Delphians |
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| Pericles | |||||||||
The Second Sacred War took place between 449 BC-448 BC and resulted in an indirect confrontation between Athens and Sparta during the so-called First Peloponnesian War. The History of Athens is one of the longest of any city in Europe and in the world Phocis ( Greek, Modern: Φωκίδα foˈkiða Ancient / Katharevousa: Φωκίς foˈkis is an ancient district and a modern prefecture This article covers the history of Sparta from its founding to the present concentrating primarily on the Spartan state during the height of its power from the 6th Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western Pericles (also spelled Perikles) (c 495 – 429 BC Greek:, meaning "surrounded by glory" was a prominent and influential Statesman, orator Events By place Greece The Greek city-states make peace with the Persian Empire through the Peace of Callias, named Events By place Greece Pericles leads the Athenian army against Delphi to restore the sanctuary of the Oracle The History of Athens is one of the longest of any city in Europe and in the world The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη The First Peloponnesian War ( 460 BC - circa 445 BC) was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies
The war erupted when Sparta detached Delphi from Phocis and rendered it independent, handing it back to the Delphians. Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western Phocis ( Greek, Modern: Φωκίδα foˈkiða Ancient / Katharevousa: Φωκίς foˈkis is an ancient district and a modern prefecture [1] The Athenians were however champions of the Phocians. Thereby, in 448 BC, Pericles led the Athenian army against Delphi, in order to reinstate Phocis in its former sovereign rights on the oracle of Delphi. Events By place Greece Pericles leads the Athenian army against Delphi to restore the sanctuary of the Oracle An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion an Infallible authority usually spiritual in nature [2] Immediately after the Spartans had left, they recaptured Delphi and handed it back to the Phocians.
According to M. Dillon, the military actions of both Sparta and Athens were quick and effective and there is no evidence that they affected pilgrims consulting the oracle. PYTHIA is a computer simulation program for particle collisions at very high energies (see Event (particle physics) in Particle accelerators [1]
In contrast to the Third Sacred War, this war was short and not so bitter. The Third Sacred War (356 BC- 346 BC was fought between the forces of Thebes and Phocis for control of Delphi. [1]
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