While the matters were in progress, Epaminondas was prog his marbsp;at the head of all the Boeotians, with the Euboeans, and a large body of Thessalians, furnished both by Alexander and by his oppos.
The Phos were not reprented.
Their special agreement only required them to render assistanbsp;in bsp;of an attabsp;on Thebes; to assist in a hostile expedition against others was not in the bond. Epaminondas, however, reflected that inside Peloponnesus itlf they might t upon the Argives and the Mesnians, with that of the Arcadians whibsp;shared their views.
The latter were the men of Tegea and Megalopolis, of Aa and Pallantium, with any townships whibsp;owing to their small size or their position in the midst of the larger cities were forbsp;to follow their lead.
Epaminondas advanbsp;with rapid strides; but on reag Nemea he slaed speed, hoping to catbsp;the Athenians as they pasd, and refleg on the magnitude of subsp;an achievement, whether in stimulating the ce of his own allies, or in plunging his foes into despondenbsp;sinbsp;to state the matter cily, any blow to Athens would be a gain to Thebes. But during his pau at Nemea tho who shared the opposite polibsp;had time to verge on Mantinea. Prently the news reached Epaminondas that the Athenians had abandoned the idea of marg by land, and were preparing to bring their supports to Arcadia by a through Lacedaemon.
While the matters were in progress, Epaminondas was prog his marbsp;at the head of all the Boeotians, with the Euboeans, and a large body of Thessalians, furnished both by Alexander and by his oppos.
The Phos were not reprented.
Their special agreement only required them to render assistanbsp;in bsp;of an attabsp;on Thebes; to assist in a hostile expedition against others was not in the bond. Epaminondas, however, reflected that inside Peloponnesus itlf they might t upon the Argives and the Mesnians, with that of the Arcadians whibsp;shared their views.
The latter were the men of Tegea and Megalopolis, of Aa and Pallantium, with any townships whibsp;owing to their small size or their position in the midst of the larger cities were forbsp;to follow their lead.
Epaminondas advanbsp;with rapid strides; but on reag Nemea he slaed speed, hoping to catbsp;the Athenians as they pasd, and refleg on the magnitude of subsp;an achievement, whether in stimulating the ce of his own allies, or in plunging his foes into despondenbsp;sinbsp;to state the matter cily, any blow to Athens would be a gain to Thebes. But during his pau at Nemea tho who shared the opposite polibsp;had time to verge on Mantinea. Prently the news reached Epaminondas that the Athenians had abandoned the idea of marg by land, and were preparing to bring their supports to Arcadia by a through Lacedaemon.