History of the Peloponnesian War

to whatever they may gain each other's assent, that shall be right for them to do.——Both parties shall carry on in common the war against the Athenians and their allies;

and should they come to terms of peace, they shall both do so in common.

——Whatever troops shall be in the king's country in consequence of the king's having sent for them, the king shall pay their expenses.——Should any of the states which have concluded this convention with the king proceed against the king's country, the rest shall prevent it, and assist the king to the utmost of their power. And should any of those in the king's country, or in all his dominions, proceed against the country of the Lacedaemonians, or of their allies, the king shall prevent it, and assist them to the utmost of his power.

After this convention Theramenes gave up the fleet to Astyochus, and sailing away in a small boat was [*](ἀφανίζεται.] Or, as others render it, disappeared from the scene of action: but Bishop Thirlwall's interpretation of the word seems undoubtedly the correct one.) lost at sea.