CHABRIAS, a celebrated Athenian general, who first assumed the command about the year B.C. 392. He defeated the Spartans at Egina (B.C. 388), and again at Naxos (B.C. 376). With Iphicrates and Callistratus he commanded at Coreyra, and repulsed Epaminondas before the walls of Corinth. In 366 B.C. he was charged with treachery in advising the surrender of Oropus to the Thebans, and is said to have been defended by Plato. His unpopularity on this account led him to prefer a foreign command under Tachos, king of Egypt, who had revolted from the Persians. On the breaking out of the Social War (B.C. 357), Chabrias assumed the command of the Athenian fleet, and fell fighting in his ship, which had rashly penetrated the harbour of Chios. He was famous for the invention of a manoeuvre, which consisted in receiving a charge on the left knee, with the spears of the front ranks pointed against the enemy, and the shields resting on the ground. For this invention a statue was erected to his honour at Athens, in which he is represented in the position described.