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 80-83] THE ARGIVE DEMOCRACY REVIVES 165 the gates upon them. Soon afterwards the Athenians renewed their treaty with the Epidaurians, and themselves restored the fort to them. When the Argives deserted the alHance the Mantin- 81 eans held out for a time, but without The Mantimans the Argives they were helpless, and so "'"''' '^^«'^«"'/' '^^ ° "^ •11 Loccaacmoinans. J he they too came to terms with the Lace- Argive dcmoaacy put daemonians, and gave up their claim ^^oivn by force. to supremacy over the cities in Arcadia which had been subject to them a. Next the Lacedaemonians and the Argives, each providing a thousand men, made a joint expedition : first the Lacedaemonians went alone and set up a more oligarchical government at Sicyon ; then they and the Argives uniting their forces put down the democracy at Argos, and established an oligarchy which was in the interest of the Lacedaemonians. These changes were effected at the close of winter towards the approach of spring, and so ended the fourteenth year of the war. In the ensuing summer the Dictidians in Mount Athos 82 revolted from the Athenians to the S;^' ^^'^' „,,.,. JIT 1 • The popular party at ^^-90, ^^ Chalcidians ; and the Lacedaemonians ^^rgos, availing them- resettled the affairs of Achaia upon selves of a Latcdae- a footing more favourable to their ">o»tan festival, attack, ... _,, , and defeat the oligarchy. interests than hitherto. The popular j-,,^^ ,.„,,,^ ^he Athen- party at Argos, reconstituting them- ian alliance and begin selves by degrees, plucked up courage, fo budd Long n alls to and, taking advantage of the festival of the Gymnopaediae at Lacedaemon, attacked the olig- archy. A battle took place in the city : the popular party won, and either killed or expelled their enemies. The oligarchy had sought help from their friends the Lace- daemonians, but they did not come for some time ; at last they put off the festival and went to iheir aid. When they arrived at Tegea they heard that the oligarchs had been " Cp. V. 29 init.