Third Sacred War

(43 words)
  • Elsa Bouchard (University of Montreal)

Short Note This is a short note

Phocis seized the sanctuary of Delphi with the help of Athens and Sparta. The war over the liberation of Delphi gave Philip II of Macedonia one of his first opportunities to gain political influence in Greece with the destruction of Phocis in 346 BC.

Short notes under 150 words are freely available to all users, but to consult all other articles in the Literary Encyclopedia, you must be logged in as a subscriber. To read about subscribing click here.


Citation:
Bouchard, Elsa. "Third Sacred War". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=11266, accessed 19 May 2013.]