History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

Thucydides, Vol. 1-4. Smith, Charles Foster, translator. London and Cambridge, MA: Heinemann and Harvard University Press, 1919-1923.

"It seems good to the assembly of the Lacedaemonians to make an agreement with the Argives on the following terms: 1. "The Argives shall restore to the Orchomenians[*](cf. 5.61.5.) their children and to the Maenalians[*](cf. 5.61.4, though the Maenalians are not expressly mentioned there.) their men, and to the Lacedaemonians[*](cf. 5.61.5.) the men they deposited at Mantinea. 2.

"They shall evacuate Epidaurus and demolish the fortification there. And if the Athenians do not withdraw from Epidaurus, they shall be enemies to the Argives and Lacedaemonians, and to the allies of the Lacedaemonians and to the allies of the Argives. 3.

"If the Lacedaemonians have in custody any children, they shall restore these in all cases to their cities. 4.