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Cretan. hey were no doubt related to the early Athenians tut later when the lorian invusinr swept over th I sthmus, this early population was subjected to the newcomers vho thereupon established a I brian state. hit rrany of the characteristics of the original stock lingered on, and often the hostility between conqueror and conquered broke out in the form of stubborn revolt. It is the I egariar.s who became the ear yrivula of A thens for of the sen. They first conquered Salair.i3 and for a long period held it in spite of Athenian efforts to oapture it. They were the first Greeks he mainland to send oolonies to the region of the Flack 3ea, where they founded Tyzantium, a oity destined by its location to become one of the most famous of all times; and in spite of the rivalry and designs of Corinth they were able to preserve their boundaries intact on the west and even to plant colonies in ~icily. EU ring the Persian V. ar they served the Greek cause faithfully. hthe loss of Salamis, however, Vegara spower began to wane. Finally, after the outbreak of the Peloponneeian War the surrounding country was harassed and invaded many times. Thus Vegara sgeographical position in the end meant her downfall and ruin. From now on she gradually declined until in Roman times she preserved only the memory of her former glory and was chiefly famous as a resort for tourists, as we learn from Cicero, Vergil and Pausanias. The Poman poets, particularly those of the Augustan age, make frequent ion of her early history and her famous mythioal kings. ompared with many of the other Peloronnesian states, egara was mild in the degree of herL orism. Stimulated no doubt by her proximity to A thens, she cultivated art, literature, and philosophy as the names ofT heocosirus, Theognis, and ucleide amply testify. She made a strong bid for the birth plao Id Comedy.
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