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 INDEX 497 Pronnaeans, in Cephallenia, ii. 30 fin. Prophecies, current before the War, ii. 8 init. Prophets, present with armies, vi. 69 med. ; the Athenians indig- nant with the prophets who had encouraged the Sicilian expedition, viii. i init. _See Oracles.] Propj'laea of the Acropolis at Athens, ii. 13 med. Proschium, in Aetolia, iii. 102 fin,, 106 init. Prosopitis, an island in the Nile, i. 109 fin. Prote, an inland near Pylus, iv. 13 med. Proteas, an Athenian commander, sent to Corcyra, i. 45 ; and to cruise round Peloponnesus, ii. 23 med. Protesilaus, temple of, near Elaeus, viii. 102 fin. Proxenus, a Locrian commander, iii. 103 fin. Prytancs, at Athens, iv. ii8 fin., V. 47 fin., vi. 14 init., viii. 70 init. Psammetichus, father of Inarus, i. 104 init. Pteleum [of uncertain locality], or- dered to be restored under the Peace, v. 18, viii. Pteleum, a fort in Erythraean ter- ritory, viii. 24 init., 31 med. Ptoeodorus, a Theban exile, iv. 76 init. Ptychia, a small island near Cor- cyra, iv. 46 med. Punishment of death does not pre- vent crime, iii. 45 ; too severe punishmentofrebels inexpedient, lb. 46. Pydna, in Macedonia, i. 137 init. ; besieged by the Athenians, i. 61 med. Pylos, in Messenia, called Cory- phasium by the Lacedaemonians, iv. 3 med., v. 18, viii ; forty-six miles from Sparta, iv. 3 med. ; fortified by the Athenians, ib. 3-5 ; the news recalls the Lace- daemonians from Attica, ib. 6 ; unsuccessfully assaulted by the Lacedaemonians, ib. 11, 12 ; the Athenian fleet defeats the Lace- daemonian, and cuts oft" the troops in Sphacteria, ib. 13, 14 ; the Lacedaemonians make a truce with the Athenians at Pylos, and send ambassadors to Athens, ib. 15, 16 ; the truce ends, the Athenians retain the Peloponnesian ships, ib. 23 ; sufTerings of the Athenians at Pylos while blockading Sphac- teria, ib. 26 ; garrisoned by the Messenians, ib. 41 init. ; the Lacedaemonians in dread of a Helot revolt, while the Athen- ians were at Pylos, ib. 80 init. ; Cleon's success at Pylos increases his confidence at Amphipolis, v. 7 med. ; the Athenians repent that they did not make peace after Pylos ; the Lacedaemonians dis- heartened by its capture, ib. 14 ; the Athenians replace the Mes- senians at Pylos bj' a garrison of their own, ib. 35 fin. ; the Lace- daemonians negotiate at Athens with a view to the exchange of Pylos for Panactum, ib. 36 fin., 39 med., 44-46; the Athenian.s put the Helots back in Pylos, ib. 56 med. ; marauding expeditions of the Athenians from Pylos, ib. 1 15 init., vi. 105, vii. i8mcd., 26mcd.; Alcibiades pretends to have done the Lacedaemonians service after loss of Pylos, vi. 89 init. ; the Lacedaemonians consider their misfortune at Pylos deserved, because they began the war, vii. 18 ; the Messenians from Pj'los serve with the Athenians before Syracuse, ib. 57 mod. ; compa-