Editing League of Corinth (section)

==Alexandrian campaigns==
The decision for the [[Siege of Thebes|destruction of Thebes]] as transgressor of the above oath was taken by the council of the League of Corinth by a large majority.<ref>Arrian 1.9.9-10, Diodorus Siculus 17.14.1, Justin 11.3.6</ref> Beyond the violation of the oath, the council judged that the Thebans were thus finally punished for their betrayal of the Greeks during the Persian Wars.<ref>Arrian [1.9.7] «ὡς τῆς τε '''ἐν τῷ Μηδικῷ πολέμῳ προδοσίας τῶν Ἑλλήνων''' διὰ μακροῦ ταύτην δίκην ἐκτίσαντας Θηβαίους»</ref><ref>Diodorus Siculus, Book 17, 14.[2][3][4]: «τοὺς δὲ '''συνέδρους τῶν Ἑλλήνων''' συναγαγὼν ἐπέτρεψε τῷ '''κοινῷ συνεδρίῳ πῶς χρηστέον τῇ πόλει τῶν Θηβαίων'''. [2] προτεθείσης οὖν βουλῆς τῶν ἀλλοτρίως διακειμένων τοῖς Θηβαίοις τινὲς ἐπεχείρουν συμβουλεύειν ἀπαραιτήτοις τιμωρίαις δεῖν περιβαλεῖν αὐτούς, '''ἀπεδείκνυον δ᾽ αὐτοὺς τὰ τῶν βαρβάρων πεφρονηκότας κατὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων: καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ Ξέρξου συμμαχοῦντας τοῖς Πέρσαις ἐστρατευκέναι κατὰ τῆς Ἑλλάδος''' καὶ μόνους τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὡς εὐεργέτας τιμᾶσθαι παρὰ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τῶν Περσῶν καὶ πρὸ τῶν βασιλέων τοῖς πρεσβεύουσι τῶν Θηβαίων τίθεσθαι θρόνους. [3] '''πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα τοιαῦτα διελθόντες παρώξυναν τὰς τῶν συνέδρων ψυχὰς κατὰ τῶν Θηβαίων καὶ πέρας ἐψηφίσαντο τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατασκάψαι''', τοὺς δ᾽ αἰχμαλώτους ἀποδόσθαι, τοὺς δὲ φυγάδας τῶν Θηβαίων ἀγωγίμους ὑπάρχειν ἐξ ἁπάσης τῆς Ἑλλάδος καὶ μηδένα τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὑποδέχεσθαι Θηβαῖον. [4] '''ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἀκολούθως τῇ τοῦ συνεδρίου γνώμῃ τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατασκάψας'''»</ref> The League is mentioned by [[Arrian]] (I, 16, 7), after the [[Battle of Granicus]] (334 BC). Alexander sent 300 [[panoplies]] to the temple of [[Pallas Athena]] in Athens, with the following inscription. {{cquote|Alexander, son of Philip, and the Hellenes, except the [[Lacedaemonians]], from the barbarians inhabiting Asia<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0530%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D16%3Asection%3D7|Anabasis I.16.7]</ref>}}

Also, Diodorus Siculus (Βίβλος ΙΖ’ 48.[6]) mentions the council's decision in 333 BC, after the [[Battle of Issus]], to send ambassadors to Alexander that will bring the ''Excellence of Greece'' (Golden Wreath).<ref>Diodorus Siculus, Book ΙΖ' 48.[6] «οἱ δὲ σύνεδροι τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐψηφίσαντο πέμψαι πρέσβεις πεντεκαίδεκα '''στέφανον φέροντας χρυσοῦν παρὰ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἀριστεῖον Ἀλεξάνδρῳ''' καὶ συνησθησομένους τῇ κατὰ Κιλικίαν νίκῃ»</ref> During 331 BC after the [[Battle of Megalopolis]], Sparta appealed to Alexander for terms, to which he agreed on condition that the Lacedaemonians now joined the League of Corinth.<ref>Savill, Agnes. ''Alexander the Great and his Time'', p. 44 {{ISBN|0-88029-591-0}}</ref> During the Asiatic campaign, [[Antipater]] was appointed deputy hegemon of the League<ref>Alexander the Great: a reader By Ian Worthington Page 305  {{ISBN|0-415-29187-9}}</ref> while Alexander personally recommended that the Athenians turn their attention to things; in case something happened to him, Athens would take over the power in Greece.<ref>Plutarch, ''Alexander'' [13.1] & [13.2]: «'''Ἀθηναίοις''' δὲ διηλλάγη...ἀλλὰ καὶ προσέχειν ἐκέλευσε τοῖς πράγμασι τὸν νοῦν τὴν πόλιν, ὡς εἴ τι συμβαίη περὶ αὐτὸν, ἄρξουσαν τῆς '''Ἑλλάδος'''»</ref>