416 Melos reduced and captured by Athenians after siege. Adult males massacred and non-combatants enslaved, Phaedo probably among them. 415 First performance of Euripides' Trojan Women . Preparations for Sicilian Expedition. Breaking of the Hermes and accusation of Alkibiades.
Expedition sets out in early summer.
Alkibiades recalled for trial but escapes to Sparta. Aristophanes' Birds performed. 413 Dekeleia seized and fortified by the Spartans on advice of Alkibiades. Mykalessos in Boeotia seized by Thracians under Athenian command, with barbarous massacre of non-combatants, including children in school. Timaea, wife of King Agis, seduced by Alkibiades.