By place Greece • Convicted in
Sparta on the charge of accepting a bribe from the Aleudae family whilst leading an expedition to Thessaly against the family for their collaboration with the Persians, the Spartan King
Leotychidas flees to the temple of
Athena Alea in
Tegea,
Arcadia. A sentence of exile is passed upon him; his house is razed, and his grandson,
Archidamus II, ascends the Spartan throne in his place. •
Cimon of
Athens increases his power at the expense of
Themistocles. He ousts
Pausanias and the Spartans from the area around the
Bosporus. The Spartans, hearing that Pausanias is intriguing with the
Persians, recall him and he is "disciplined". • Under the leadership of Kimon, the
Delian League continues to fight Persia and to remove the
Ionian cities from Persian administration. The conquest of
Eion on the
Strymon from Persia is led by Cimon.
By topic Literature • The Greek poet
Pindar visits
Sicily and is made welcome at the courts of
Theron of Acragas and
Hieron I of
Syracuse. They commission some of his greatest poetry. It is through these connections that Pindar's reputation spreads all over the Greek world. == Births ==