Potidaea
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Potidaea was an ancient Greek city located in the Chalcidice peninsula of Greece. It held a unique position as a colony of Corinth but was also a tributary to Athens. This dual status made it a sensitive point in the complex relations between these powerful city-states.
The city played a role in the events leading up to the Peloponnesian War. Tensions rose when Athens began to exert pressure on Potidaea, demanding the removal of Corinthian magistrates. This led to Potidaea's revolt and a subsequent siege by Athens, escalating the conflict between Athens and Corinth, and by extension, Sparta. The city was later attacked and razed by the Spartans in 427 BCE.12
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AlcibiadesThey served together at Potidaea (432) in the Chalcidice region, where Alcibiades was defended by Socrates when he was wounded, a debt that he repaid when he stayed to protect Socrates in the flight from the Battle of Delium (424), north of Athens. Yet before he was 30 he…
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…of the Corinthian colony of Potidaea, a port founded about 600 bce; its site is the village of Néa Potídhaia just south of the ship canal that was cut through the isthmus in 1937.
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