Ἱερὸς πόλεμος
sacred war, holy war
Translated by David Whitehead14 Oct 2004Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
There were two sacred wars: [one was fought] by the Athenians against the Boeotians, who wanted to take the oracular shrine [sc. at Delphi] away from the Phokians, and when the Athenians had won they gave it back to the Phokians; the other [had been fought] by the Athenians against the Spartans on behalf of the Phokians, because of the oracular shrine at Delphi.