Talk:Sicilian Expedition
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This article cited as a source [1] (HuffPost) -SV|t 01:32, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fleet Size
what reference was used for the size of the fleet in the sicilian expedition? According to plutarch in his parallel lives, he states that they set sail for sicily with "140 galleys, 5,100 men at arms, and about 1300 archers, slingers, and light armed men." currently the article says pretty much the same, but the numbers are a little differentDmcheatw 02:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
- I think I added that, so if I did, I got it from Thucydides (possibly by adding up various numbers). Adam Bishop 03:06, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Alcibiades
There are two instances of the Athenians sending a ship to arrest Alcibiades. The first in the "Athenian Landing" section:
"...where an Athenian ship arrived to inform Alcibiades that he was under arrest, not only for the destruction of the hermai, but also for supposedly profaning the Eleusinian Mysteries. Alcibiades agreed to return, but on the way back his ship escaped to the Peloponnese, where he eventually sought refuge in Sparta;"
The second in the "Winter of 415/Spring of 414 BC" section:
"Around this time a ship arrived from Athens with the job of summoning Alcibiades back to Athens, where he was to stand trial for the desecration of the Hermae. Though Alcibiades boarded the ship under escort, he jumped ship at the first possible moment and slowly made his way to Sparta."
This is somewhat confusing as the reader sees the same information twice. 131.225.232.49 20:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
