CLST 200 Lecture 17: CLST 200 Lecture 17

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 200
• Professor: George Bevan

Document Summary

Athens controlled the gulf of corinth and the saronic gulf. Athens and corinth in conflict over corcyra, a corinthian colony (434/3 bc) Corcyra revolted against corinth and fought its mother city in a sea battle in 435. Corcyra won decisively but had no real allies; it turned to athens. Battle of sybota in 433 between athens and corinth was indecisive, but showed that athens had the best naval force. Athenian alliance facing walls (not needed against the macedonians) sent them. Potidaea was a corinthian colony in the chalkidike; it was an important part of the. Athens demanded proof of potidaea"s loyalty: they had to pull down all their south- Athens also asked for hostages and that they reject the annual magistrates corinth. Potidaea refused and asked sparta for help. These two were causes" for war, inter-related, had to do with corinth.