%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:4545187 %A Wallace, William %D 1936 %I The Johns Hopkins University Press %J Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association %K chronology, egypt, en %P 252--260 %R 10.2307/283240 %T The Egyptian Expedition and the Chronology of the Decade 460-450 B.C. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/283240 %V 67 %X Thucydides' account of the Egyptian Expedition has usually been taken to mean that Athens and her allies lost 200 + 50 ships and something like 40,000 men about the middle of the decade 460-450. In this paper it is argued that most of the 200 ships returned via Phoenicia, enabling Athens to fight Tanagra with adequate forces; that only 40 (Ktesias' figure) were left to be destroyed in Egypt; and that late in 453 is a better date for the final disaster than the usually adopted 454, and also provides a better explanation for the removal of the treasury from Delos.

@article{citeulike:4545187, abstract = {Thucydides' account of the Egyptian Expedition has usually been taken to mean that Athens and her allies lost 200 + 50 ships and something like 40,000 men about the middle of the decade 460-450. In this paper it is argued that most of the 200 ships returned via Phoenicia, enabling Athens to fight Tanagra with adequate forces; that only 40 (Ktesias' figure) were left to be destroyed in Egypt; and that late in 453 is a better date for the final disaster than the usually adopted 454, and also provides a better explanation for the removal of the treasury from Delos.}, added-at = {2009-05-19T18:00:18.000+0200}, author = {Wallace, William}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21867b5fdc769ca5521c6cbfa23493762/earthfare}, citeulike-article-id = {4545187}, description = {CiteULike: Everyone's library}, doi = {10.2307/283240}, interhash = {23ce3844fe8d5644ce22280a05856d4f}, intrahash = {1867b5fdc769ca5521c6cbfa23493762}, issn = {00659711}, journal = {Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association}, keywords = {chronology, egypt, en}, pages = {252--260}, posted-at = {2009-05-19 15:39:57}, priority = {2}, publisher = {The Johns Hopkins University Press}, timestamp = {2009-05-19T18:03:27.000+0200}, title = {The Egyptian Expedition and the Chronology of the Decade 460-450 B.C.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/283240}, volume = 67, year = 1936 }