Talk:Sicilian Expedition

message: This article cited as a source  (HuffPost) -SV|t 01:32, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: what reference was used for the size of the fleet in the sicilian expedition?  According to plutarch in his parallel lives, he states that they set sail for sicily with "140 galleys, 5,100 men at arms, and about 1300 archers, slingers, and light armed men."  currently the article says pretty much the same, but the numbers are a little differentDmcheatw 02:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I added that, so if I did, I got it from Thucydides (possibly by adding up various numbers). Adam Bishop 03:06, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fleet Size 

message: There are two instances of the Athenians sending a ship to arrest Alcibiades.  The first in the "Athenian Landing" section:
"...where an Athenian ship arrived to inform Alcibiades that he was under arrest, not only for the destruction of the hermai, but also for supposedly profaning the Eleusinian Mysteries. Alcibiades agreed to return, but on the way back his ship escaped to the Peloponnese, where he eventually sought refuge in Sparta;"
The second in the "Winter of 415/Spring of 414 BC" section:
"Around this time a ship arrived from Athens with the job of summoning Alcibiades back to Athens, where he was to stand trial for the desecration of the Hermae. Though Alcibiades boarded the ship under escort, he jumped ship at the first possible moment and slowly made his way to Sparta."
This is somewhat confusing as the reader sees the same information twice. 131.225.232.49 20:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alcibiades 

message: I think this needs one at the top just for reference, it would include the involved states, commanders, troop numbers and casualties. The troop numbers would be listed as from what they started as from the beginning of the expedition (inline with Thucydides), and will also list that they were reinforced here and there on both sides, and for casualties I will list those given by Thucydides and add them up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.179.240.177 (talk) 09:42, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Campaign/Battle template 

message: I'm doing some section-by-section rewriting of this over in my sandbox.  I'm aiming towards a total rewrite of the article, but I'll be working one section at a time and incorporating new sections into this version as soon as they're ready. --RobthTalk 17:11, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Work underway 

message: The article names the commander of the Corinthian naval contingent as Erasinides, providing no source for this. However, in A War Like No Other, Victor Davis Hanson states the Corinthian commander was Gongylus. ("The Athenians let a Corinthian naval squadron under the Corinthian admiral Gongylus sail into the harbor at Syracuse." pg 213) Is there any source for the Erasinides claim? If not, it seems to me that Gongylus should be credited with leading the Corinthian fleet. SpudHawg948 (talk) 21:53, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corinthian commander? 

message: Shouldn't it be noted, that they were executed and not just captured?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melaneas (talk • contribs) 09:49, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added that.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Uncle of History (talk • contribs) 22:51, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicias and Demosthenes 

message: I haven't done an extensive survey, but my impression is that Nikias is the standard spelling in most modern texts.  The Latin form Nicias seems rather old fashioned now.  Was there some reason it was chosen for use here? The Uncle of History (talk) 22:54, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicias/Nikias