Elis by Bourke Graeme;

Author:Bourke, Graeme;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

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One of the most significant buildings in the agora of the city of Elis was the Kerkyraian stoa. According to the Eleians of Pausanias’ time, this stoa was constructed from the spoils of a retaliatory raid against the Kerkyraians.113 Pausanias gives no context for this raid, but it was most likely a response to the naval attack on the Eleian port of Kyllene which the Kerkyraians had carried out because of the money and empty ships which the Eleians had provided for the Korinthian and allied campaign of 435 BC.114 If so, the Eleians would seem to have been drawn into the campaigns against the Kerkyraians by stages. At first, they simply lent material aid in the form of money and ships in order to support the efforts of the Korinthians to maintain or expand their sphere of influence in the north-west. Because of this, the Kerkyraians attacked Kyllene, and the Eleians could feel justified in responding by making the raid on Kerkyra which provided the spoils used to construct the stoa. Once this step had been taken, the transition to providing manned ships to join the Korinthian fleet which found itself engaged with the Athenians at Sybota in 433 BC must barely have been noticeable.

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