Thebes (382 BC) — the same event in Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Plutarch's Parallel Lives and Xenophon

Diodorus Siculus, Library of History: Thebes lost its autonomy and was subjected to Sparta.; Plutarch's Parallel Lives: Sparta seizes the Cadmea of…

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Diodorus Siculus, Library of History · 382 BC · Thebes

Thebes lost its autonomy and was subjected to Sparta.

οἱ μὲν οὖν Θηβαῖοι τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον τὴν αὐτονομίαν ἀποβαλόντες ἠναγκάσθησαν ὑποταγῆναι τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις·
Location: 15.20.3

Plutarch's Parallel Lives · 382 BC · Thebes

Sparta seizes the Cadmea of Thebes

… ν εἶναι δοκοῦσαν, Ἀρχίας καὶ Λεοντίδας καὶ Φίλιππος, ἄνδρες ὀλιγαρχικοὶ καὶ πλούσιοι καὶ μέτριον οὐδὲν φρονοῦντες, ἀναπείθουσι Φοιβίδαν τὸν Λάκωνα μετὰ…
Location: Plut. Pelopidas 5

Plutarch's Parallel Lives · 382 BC · Thebes

Agesilaus is suspected of complicity in Phoebidas's seizure of the Cadmea

ἦν μὲν οὖν εὐθὺς ἐκ τούτων ὑπόνοια Φοιβίδου μὲν ἔργον εἶναι, βούλευμα δὲ Ἀγησιλάου τὸ πεπραγμένον·
Location: Plut. Agesilaus 24

Xenophon, Hellenica · 382 BC · Thebes

At the Theban gymnasium outside the city walls, Phoebidas, at the urging of Leontiades, occupies the Cadmea at midday during the Thesmophoria.

ὡς δʼ ἐγένοντο ἐν Θήβαις, ἐστρατοπεδεύσαντο μὲν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως περὶ τὸ γυμνάσιον·
Location: 5.2.25–5.2.29

Place: Thebai

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