The Sicilian Expedition

Question 1

Egesta

Answer 1

(416 BCE) Egesta asks Athens to help them in their war against Syracuse.

Question 2

Desecration of the Herms

Answer 2

The night before the Sicilian Expedition, someone (possibly Alcibiades), destroyed the herms

Question 3

Helorus Road

Answer 3

Nicias tricks the Syracusan forces and then Athens sneaks into the friendly city of Cantana.

Question 4

Camarina Debate

Answer 4

Nicias, Alcibiades, and Lamachus argue over how best to conquer Syracuse. They end up going with Alcibiades’s plan which is the worst one.

Question 5

Demosthenes

Answer 5

The Athenian general sent in as reinforcements for the expedition force.

Question 6

Eurymedon

Answer 6

The Spartan general sent in to train the Syracusan soldiers.

Question 7

Epipolae

Answer 7

Athens holes up in the town of Epipolae and is able to defend the town from Syracuse, blockading them by land.

Question 8

Battle of the Great Harbor

Answer 8

The Athenian fleet is pinned in at the harbor and destroyed. Athens tries to flee by land, but they are caught, executed, and enslaved.