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Philocharidas

Spartan signatory to the Peace of Nicias.

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First appearance: book i

Philocharidas shows up with force in XVI. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Sent as an envoy from Lacedaemon to Athens to prevent an Argive alliance and to negotiate the return of Pylos and other issues.
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Philocharidas first appears in 0002 book i.

In XVI: Sent as an envoy from Lacedaemon to Athens to prevent an Argive alliance and to negotiate the return of Pylos and other issues.

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This excerpt marks the dramatic climax because it captures the Athenians' fateful psychological peak of hubris…

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