History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

Thucydides. The history of the Peloponnesian War, Volume 1-2. Dale, Henry, translator. London: Heinemann and Henry G. Bohn, 1851-1852.

That with respect to the offering to the god, [*](εἷμεν λῇν.] For the various conjectures as to the true reading in this passage, see Poppo.) the Epidaurians shall be at liberty to take an oath on the subject, and that the Argives shall allow them to do so.—

That the states in the Peloponnese, both small and great, shall be all independent, according to the institutions of their fathers.—

That if any of those beyond the Peloponnese come against the Peloponnesian territory with evil intent, they shall repel the invader [*](ἀμόθι.] Or, as Arnold takes it, after Bredow, any where. ) by common counsel, on such terms as shall seem most just for the Peloponnesians.—