lteH%  eiMpletoly  /iflMl ;  bnt  Bfttmid  DuMidw-

DM  and  the  Acananians  rooted  ibe  AnbncwBa,  who
BMrijr  alt  pcEiriwd. Id  (he  winter  (42S-5)  the  Athe-
niaiw  purified  ibe  ialand. of  Delos,  as  an  acknowledg-
ment to  ApoUo  for  the  ceaaatioD  of  the  plague. At
the  begiiuimt  of  the  •ammer  of  435,  the  PelopcHioe-
■iaiM  inrnded  Atliu  for  the  ATtb  timi^  At  Um  nne
linft,  the  Athetiiaua,  who  4iad  long  dMcted  Iheir
thougbta  tqw«rda  Sicily,  aent  a  fleet  to  aid  the  Leon*
tini  ID  a  war  wilh  Syracuse. Deaioatbeiias  #ccoaj-
panied  ihta  fleet,  in  oidei  to  act,  as  occaaioa  miofat
offer,  ou  ihe  coaat  of  PalopoDDeaua,  He  fertificd  Pjr-
los  on  the  coaat  of  Mesaetii*,  the  norlbem  headland
of  the  niodem  Bay  of  Nar^ino. In  the  course  of  the
opoatHNia  whkh  were  uodertakcD  lo  dislodge  bira,  a
body  of  IiicetoauiniiiM,  iDcluding  several  nme  SfMr-
.MDa,  gM  UodlMled  in  the  ialand  of  8|Aacteria,  at  the
awuth  of  the  bay,  tad  were  uUiinately  lajien  prisoners
by  Cteon  and  Denioaihenea. Fylus  was  garrisoned
by  a  colony  of  Mosaenians. in  otder  to  annoy  the  Spar*
tans. Ariar  tbia  event  the  Aibeniana  engaged  in  vig-
oioue  ofliBaaive  operatiom,  of  which  the  most  impor-
tant waa  tlw  captnra  of  the  ialand  of  Cythera  by  Nki-
early  in  B.C. 4M. -  Hue  anmaier,  howeTPt,  the
Athenians  su8ered  some  reverses  in  Bootia,  wbere-
tbey  lost'tbe  battle  of  Delium,  and  on  the  coasts  of
Macedonia  and  'I'farace,  where  Braaidtt,  among  other
ciploiia,  took  Amphipolis. The  Atftonian  e^wdition
lo.Stcily  waa  abatidoiiod,  afler  eome  operations  of  no
peat  iM|iorUBce,iB  conarqneiiwi  of  a  general  pecifica-
tioD  of  too  ialand,  whieb  waa  effected  tlvough  ibe  in-
flueoc^  of  Hefocnfa^  a  citiion  of  Syneoae. In  the
year  ^3, «  jeai'a  mice  wm  eonclnded  hetweoo  Soar-
u  and  Aibma,  with  a  new  lo  a  laaltng  peace. Hof-
tilitiea  were  renewed  an  4(3,  and  Cleoo  waa  aeot  to
wpti  with  Braaidaa,  who  biMl  continued  hia  4^>era-
Uoas  even  during  the  iniDe. A  battle  wu  fongU  be-
tween these  geaanb  at  AD|riiipotia,  in  whieb  tne
leat  of  the  AUteniai|s  was  mfty  compensated  by  the
double  deliverance  wtiicb  they  aiperieiiced  in  the  deaths
both  of  Cleon  and  Brasidaa. In  the  foUowing  jeei
(431)  Nicies  succeeded  in  negotiating  a  peace  with
Sparu  for  fifty  jeaist  the  tenu  of  wbicb  vwr^  ^  mu-
tsal  natitnlion  of^onqveeta  made  during -the  war,  end
the.releaao  of  the  priaoaen  taken  at  Sphactcria. 