12-05-2009, 07:58 AM
I wasn't actually challenging the point - adding to it.
I'd hesitate to unequivocally equate Diodorus with Ephorus. That is a common practice with books 18-20 where, for Greek affairs, Diodorus is painted as almost a mirror of Hieronymus. I very much doubt that is the case.
In any case, Tegyra was a defeat for the Spartan force involved and there is no reason to doubt that the Thebas "erected a trophy" on the field as the Spartans fled. The fact that Xenophon chooses to completely ignore that it ever ocurred would frank the account of Plutarch.
I'd hesitate to unequivocally equate Diodorus with Ephorus. That is a common practice with books 18-20 where, for Greek affairs, Diodorus is painted as almost a mirror of Hieronymus. I very much doubt that is the case.
In any case, Tegyra was a defeat for the Spartan force involved and there is no reason to doubt that the Thebas "erected a trophy" on the field as the Spartans fled. The fact that Xenophon chooses to completely ignore that it ever ocurred would frank the account of Plutarch.
Paralus|Michael Park
Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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