History of the Peloponnesian War

During the following summer, when the grain[*](428 B.C.) was ripening, the Peloponnesians and their allies made an expedition into Attica under the leadership of Archidamus son of Zeuxidamus, king of the Lacedaemonians, and settling in camp proceeded to ravage

the land. And sallies were made as usual by the Athenian cavalry wherever opportunity offered, thus preventing the great mass of the enemy's light-armed troops from going beyond their watch-posts and laying waste the districts near

the city. The invaders remained as long as their provisions lasted, then withdrew and dispersed to their several cities.