Philip II and the Sacred War (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum Centesimum Nonum, Vol 109)

By John Buckler. Includes Bibliographical References. PHILIP II AND THE SACRED WAR 4 CONTENTS 8 List of maps 10 Abbreviations 12 Preface 14 I. The peace of 362 BC 18 II. The road to war (363 – 357 BC) 26 III. First blood (355 – 354 BC) 47 A) The theater of war 47 B) Philomelos and the Battle of Neon (355 BC) 54 C) Onomarchos takes command (355 BC) 62 D) Onomarchos takes the offensive (354 BC) 70 IV. Onomarchos, Philip, and Thessaly (354 – 353 BC) 75 A) Crisis in Thessaly (354 BC) 75 B) Decision in Thessaly (354/3 BC) 86 C) Boiotian postscript (353 BC) 98 V. The war widens (353 – 347 BC) 102 A) Conflict in Central Greece and the Peloponnesos (353 – 351 BC) 102 B) Attrition and stalemate (351 – 317 BC) 116 VI. Peace in 346 BC 131 VII. Epilogue 160 Appendix I: Chronology 165 Appendix II: Internal politics at Delphoi 213 Selected bibliography 222 Index 225 List of plates 228