Histories

During the drawing up of battle formation there arose much dispute between the Tegeans and the Athenians, for each of them claimed that they should hold the second[*](That is, the wing which was not held by the Lacedaemonians themselves.) wing of the army, justifying themselves by tales of deeds new and old.

First the Tegeans spoke: “We, among all the allies, have always had the right to hold this position in all campaigns, of the united Peloponnesian armies, both ancient and recent, ever since that time when the Heraclidae after Eurystheus' death attempted to return to the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese.