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The Lelantine War is the modern name for a military conflict between the two ancient Greek city states Chalcis and Eretria in Euboea which took place in the early Archaic period, between c. 710 and 650 BC.〔19th-century historians preferred an early dating, in the late 8th century; more recent scholars have gravitated towards later dates: older datings are noted in Donald W. Bradeen, "The Lelantine War and Pheidon of Argo", ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association'' ''78'' (1947:223-241) p. 223 note 1.: Bradeen links the extension of the war to the rise of Pheidon at Argos.〕 The reason for war was, according to tradition, the struggle for the fertile Lelantine Plain on the island of Euboea. Due to the economic importance of the two participating ''poleis'', the conflict spread considerably, with many further city states joining either side, resulting in much of Greece being at war. The historian Thucydides describes the Lelantine War as exceptional, the only war in Greece between the mythical Trojan War and the Persian Wars of the early 5th century BC in which allied cities rather than single ones were involved.〔Thucydides I. 15.〕 Ancient authors normally refer to the ''War between Chalcidians and Eretrians'' (ancient Greek: '' '').〔 ::''"The war between Chalcis and Eretria was the one in which most cities belonging to the rest of Greece were divided up into alliances with one side or the other."'' —Thucydides (I. 15, 3) ==Date of the War== We have no direct information in ancient sources to date this war. Indirect evidence in Thucydides points towards a date ''ca'' 705 BC, that situates it halfway between history and legend. At the very same time, the site of Lefkandi was being incrementally deserted, perhaps as a consequence of the turmoil. The foundation stories of the joint Euboean colony at Ischia suggest that at the mid-8th century Chalcis and Eretria were cooperating. Furthermore, Theognis can be read to imply〔Not all agree: "Theognis 891-4 certainly does not refer to the war: the verses imply social ''stasis''," observes Robin Lane Fox (''Travelling Heroes in the Epic Age of Homer'', 2008:158 note 16).〕 there was a conflict between Eretria and Chalcis in the middle of the 6th century BC. While a few historians have suggested this as the date of the Lelantine War, it is more probable that Theognis refers to a second, smaller and even less known Lelantine War: "we are certainly not dealing with a 'Hundred Years Lelantine War'", remarks Robin Lane Fox.〔Fox 2008, ''eo. loc.''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lelantine War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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