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Corinthian Tom
The sporting rake in Pierce Egan's Life in London. A
“Corinthian” was the “fast man” of Shakespeare's period.
“I am no proud Jack, like Falstaff; but a Corinthian, a lad of
mettle, a good boy.” —Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., ii. 4.
Corinthian War (The), B.C. 395-387. A suicidal contention
between the Corinthians and the Lacedemonians. The allies of Corinth
were Athens, Thebes, and Argos. The only battle of note was that of
Coronea won by the Lacedemonians. Both the contending parties, utterly
exhausted, agreed to the arbitration of Artaxerxes, and signed what is
called The Peace of Antalkidas.
Not long after this destructive contest Epaminondas and Pelopidas
(Theban generals) won the battle of Leuctra ( B.C. 371), from which
defeat the Lacedemonians never recovered.
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