2.17
Some time afterwards, finding that the Argives were enjoying the fruits of their land, that they had appropriated Corinth and were finding the war a pleasant occupation, he made an expedition against them. He first laid waste all their territory, then crossed to Corinth by the passThe MSS. of Xen. Hell. 4.4.19 give κατὰ Τεγέαν in the corresponding passage; this is corrected to κατὰ Τενέαν by way of Tenea, which is probably the right reading here. and captured the walls leading to Lechaeum. Having thus unbarred the gates of Peloponnese, he returned home for the festival of HyacinthusCelebrated annually at Amyclae, early in the summer. and joined in singing the paean in honour of the god,Apollo, who had accidentally killed Hyacinthus. taking the place assigned to him by the choirmaster.
2.18
After a time, discovering that the Corinthians were keeping all their cattle safe in Peiraeum, and sowing and reaping the crops throughout that district, and — what he thought most serious — that the Boeotians were finding this route convenient for sending support to the Corinthians, with Creusis as their base, he marched against Peiraeum. Seeing that it was strongly guarded, he moved his camp after the morning meal to a position before the capital, as though the city was about to surrender.
2.19
But becoming aware that supports had been hurriedly poured into the city during the night from Peiraeum, he turned about at daybreak and captured Peiraeum, finding it undefended, and everything in it, along with the fortresses that stood there, fell into his hands. Having done this, he returned home.
