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Excerpt from The History of Greece, Vol. 2 Sect. III. Second Invasion of Attica by t/ze Peloponnesians. Pestilence at Atlzens. Operations of tbc Atbenian Fleet on tlze Peloponnesian coast under Pericles; and on tlze Alacedonian coast under A gnon. Efects of popular discontent at Atlzens. First efiort of flie Peloponnesian Fleet. 'attempt of tbe Peloponnesians to send an Embassy into Persia. Barbarity of tbe Grecian system of War. An A tlzenian Squadron stationed in ilze Western sea. Surrender of Po/idaa to tlze Atbenians. Deatb of Pericles p. 74. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.