Plato, De Rep., VIII. (Bossuet's note

60. The Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta (43 1- 404 u.c.) — in other words, between democracy and aristocracy — ended in the downfall of the Athenians. Bossuet hère refers the Dauphin to the first part of the Discours.

61. Plato, De Leg., III., Isocrates, Panegyricum (Bossuet's note). Bossuet was misled by the Greek translation of the title that the Persian monarch gave to himself.

62. Agesilaus, King of Sparta (398- 361 B.c.), was defeated at Mantineia by Epaminondas, who perished in this fight. The expédition referred to by Bossuet took place in 396 b.c.

63. M. F. Seules les divisions cries divisions seules. Athens, Argos, Thebes, and Corinth, reduced by Persian money, fought together against Sparta.

64. Artaxerxes IL, Mnemon (404-362). Ile defeated Cyrus at Cunaxa (401).