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 496 INDEX Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, had a large navy, i. 13 fin., iii. io4init. ; dedicates Rhenea to Apollo, i. 13 fin., iii. 104 init. Polydamidas, a Lacedaemonian, iv. 123 fin. ; defeats the Athenians at Mende, tb. 129 med. ; at- tacked by the Mendaeans, ib. 130 med. Polymedes, of Larissa, ii. 22 fin. Pontiis, the Lesbians send to the Pontus for troops and supplies, iii. 2 init. ; Lamachus sails into the Pontus, iv. 75 ; Chalcedon situated at its mouth, ib. fin. Poseidon, Temple of, at Colonus, viii. 67 med. ; at Nisaea, iv. 118, §iii; on coast of Pallene, ib. 129 med. ; at Taenarus, i. 128 init., 133 init. ; ships dedicated to him after a victory, ii. 84 fin., 92 fin. Potamis, a Syracusan general, suc- ceeds Hermocrates at Miletus, viii. 85 med. Potidaea, a Corinthian colony, i. 56 init. ; a tributary of Athens, ib. ; importance of its situation, iv. 120 fin. ; the Potidaeans ordered by tlie Athenians to pull down their walls, i. 56 med., 57 fin. ; send embassies to Athens and Sparta ; they are encouraged by the Lace- daemonians and revolt, ib. 58, iiS init. ; receive aid from Corinth, ib. 60 ; the Athenians send an expedition against Poti- daea, ib. 57 fin., 61 ; battle of Potidaea, ib. 62, 63 ; Aristeus retreats into Potidaea, ib. 63 init.; Potidaea invested, ib. 64 ; Aris- teus leaves Potidaea, ib. 65 ; the affair causes great ill-feeling be- tween Corinth and Athens, ib. 66 ; the Corinthians complain at Sparta, ib. 67 ; beg assistance, lb. 71 med.; Archidamus urges moderation, ib. 85 ; the Corin- thians, anxious to save Potidaea, press on the war, ib. 119, 124 init. ; the Lacedaemonians bid the Athenians quit Potidaea, ib. 139 init., 140 med. ; Hagnon brings fresh troops to Potidaea ; the plague conveyed by them to the forces there, ii. 58; Aristeus endeavours to gain Sitalces' assis- tance for Potidaea, ;6. 67; Potidaea surrenders, ib.-jo ; is colonised by the Athenians, ib. fin. ; expense of the siege, ii. 13 med., 70 med., iii. 17 med., vi. 31 init.; three thousand Athenian troops engaged in the siege, ii. 31 med.; Athenians escape to Potidaea after the battle of Spartolus, ii. 79 fin. ; Brasidas plans an attack on Potidaea, iv. 121 fin. ; Nicias starts from Potidaea against Mend^, ib. 129 med. ; Brasidas unsuccessfully attempts Poti- daea, ib. 135. Potidania, in Aetolia, ffi. 96 med. Poverty, no bar to success and no disgrace at Athens, ii. 37 med., 40 init. ; the hope natural to poverty of one day becoming rich, ib. 42 med. ;— poverty of antiquity, i. ir. Prasiae, in Attica, viii. 95 init. Prasiae, in Laconia, destroyed by the Athenians, ii. 56 fin. ; they ravage its territory, vi. 105 fin., vii. 18 med. Priapus, on the Propontis, viii. 107 init. Priene, in Ionia, i. 115 init. Prisoners of War, provision re- specting, in the Treaty of Peace, V. 18, § ix (cp. ib. 3 fin.). Proclcs, (^i) an Athenian com- mander, iii. 91 init.; falls in the Aetolian expedition, ib. 98 fin. ; (ii) another, swears to the Treaty of Peace and the Alliance, v. 19 fin., ib. 24 med. Procnc,wife of Tereus, theThracian king, ii. 29 init.