History of the Peloponnesian War

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.

The Athenians, having now crossed over from Lesbos to Chios with their army, and commanding both land and sea, proceeded to fortify Delphinium, a place that was both naturally strong on the land side, contained several harbours, and was not far from the city of Chios.

Now the Chians having been beaten in several previous engagements, and not being on very good terms amongst themselves, but regarding each other with suspicion, because Tydeus, son of Ion, and his party had already been executed by Pedaritus on the charge of Atticism, and the rest of the city was by compulsion reduced to an oligarchy; in consequence of these things they kept quiet, and thought neither themselves nor the mercenaries under Pedaritus to be a match for the enemy.