The technique of black-figure vase painting originated in this polis, and an account of Polybius tells of how Lucius Mummius sacked this city in 146 BCE.
The technique of black-figure vase painting originated in this polis, and an account of Polybius tells of how Lucius Mummius sacked this city in 146 BCE. The early history of this polis saw the rise to power of a tyrant named Cypselus, who expelled its ruling aristocratic clan, the Bacchiadae. During the early 4th century BCE, this city led a coalition in a namesake war against Sparta which saw a victory at Cnidus and a loss at Coronea, and this city feuded with Athens after the city of Megara became an Athenian ally. According to Herodotus, this city provided 40 ships at the Battle of Salamis, the second most after Athens. After Philip II of Macedon's victory at Chaeronea, he organized the Hellenic League, which met at this city and was sometimes known by its name, and colonists from this city settled the island of Ortygia, founding Syracuse. For ten points, identify this Greek city located on a namesake Peloponnesian isthmus, which gives its name to an ornate order of columns.
The technique of black-figure vase painting originated in this polis, and an account of Polybius tells of how Lucius Mummius sacked this city in 146 BCE.
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