Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
history of her acquisition of Nisaea. This arranged, the Lacedaemonians
summoned their allies, and all voting for peace except the Boeotians,
Corinthians, Eleans, and Megarians, who did not approve of these
proceedings, they concluded the treaty and made peace, each of the
contracting parties swearing to the following articles:
The Athenians and Lacedaemonians and their allies made a treaty, and
swore to it, city by city, as follows;
1. Touching the national temples, there shall be a free passage by land
and by sea to all who wish it, to sacrifice, travel, consult, and
attend the oracle or games, according to the customs of their
countries.
2. The temple and shrine of Apollo at Delphi and the Delphians shall be
governed by their own laws, taxed by their own state, and judged by
their own judges, the land and the people, according to the custom of
their country.
3. The treaty shall be binding for fifty years upon the Athenians and
the allies of the Athenians, and upon the Lacedaemonians and the allies
of the Lacedaemonians, without fraud or hurt by land or by sea.
4. It shall not be lawful to take up arms, with intent to do hurt,
either for the Lacedaemonians and their allies against the Athenians
and their allies, or for the Athenians and their allies against the
Lacedaemonians and their allies, in any way or means whatsoever. But
should any difference arise between them they are to have recourse to
law and oaths, according as may be agreed between the parties.
5. The Lacedaemonians and their allies shall give back Amphipolis to
the Athenians. Nevertheless, in the case of cities given up by the
Lacedaemonians to the Athenians, the inhabitants shall be allowed to go
where they please and to take their property with them: and the cities
shall be independent, paying only the tribute of Aristides. And it
shall not be lawful for the Athenians or their allies to carry on war
against them after the treaty has been concluded, so long as the
tribute is paid. The cities referred to are Argilus, Stagirus,
Acanthus, Scolus, Olynthus, and Spartolus. These cities shall be
neutral, allies neither of the Lacedaemonians nor of the Athenians: but
if the cities consent, it shall be lawful for the Athenians to make
them their allies, provided always that the cities wish it. The
Mecybernaeans, Sanaeans, and Singaeans shall inhabit their own cities,
as also the Olynthians and Acanthians: but the Lacedaemonians and their
allies shall give back Panactum to the Athenians.
6. The Athenians shall give back Coryphasium, Cythera, Methana,
Lacedaemonians that are in the prison at Athens or elsewhere in the
Athenian dominions, and shall let go the Peloponnesians besieged in
Scione, and all others in Scione that are allies of the Lacedaemonians,
and all whom Brasidas sent in there, and any others of the allies of
the Lacedaemonians that may be in the prison at Athens or elsewhere in
the Athenian dominions.
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