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- Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-31
The detailed terms of the one-year armistice between Sparta and Athens are presented, regulating the Delphic treasures, territorial status quo, maritime limits, and peaceful dispute resolution. The Athenian assembly accepts these terms and decrees the activation of the truce and the start of negotiations.
‘περὶ μὲν τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ τοῦ μαντείου τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ Πυθίου δοκεῖ ἡμῖν χρῆσθαι1 τὸν βουλόμενον ἀδόλως καὶ ἀδεῶς κατὰ τοὺς πατρίους νόμους.
‘As to the temple and oracle of Apollo the Pythian, it seems good to us that anyone who wishes may use them without guile and without fear, according to the ancestral laws.
τοῖς μὲν Λακεδαιμονίοις ταῦτα δοκεῖ καὶ τοῖς ξυμμάχοις τοῖς παροῦσιν· Βοιωτοὺς δὲ καὶ Φωκέας πείσειν φασὶν ἐς δύναμιν προσκηρυκευόμενοι.
To the Lacedaemonians and the allies present, this seems good; and they say that they will persuade the Boeotians and Phocians to the best of their power, sending heralds to them.
περὶ δὲ τῶν χρημάτων τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιμέλεσθαι ὅπως τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας ἐξευρήσομεν, ὀρθῶς καὶ δικαίως τοῖς πατρίοις νόμοις χρώμενοι2 καὶ ὑμεῖς καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων οἱ βουλόμενοι, τοῖς πατρίοις νόμοις χρώμενοι πάντες.
Concerning the treasures of the god, we shall take care to discover those who commit offenses, rightly and justly using the ancestral laws, both you and we, and any others who wish, all using the ancestral laws.
περὶ μὲν οὖν τούτων ἔδοξε Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ξυμμάχοις κατὰ ταῦτα· τάδε δὲ ἔδοξε Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ξυμμάχοις ἐὰν σπονδὰς ποιῶνται οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῶν μένειν ἑκατέρους3 ἔχοντας ἅπερ νῦν ἔχομεν, τοὺς μὲν ἐν τῷ Κορυφασίῳ ἐντὸς τῆς Βουφράδος καὶ τοῦ Τομέως μένοντας, τοὺς δὲ ἐν Κυθήροις μὴ ἐπιμισγομένους ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, μήτε ἡμᾶς πρὸς αὐτοὺς μήτε αὐτοὺς πρὸς ἡμᾶς, τοὺς δ’ ἐν Νισαίᾳ καὶ Μινῴᾳ μὴ ὑπερβαίνοντας τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν πυλῶν τῶν παρὰ τοῦ Νίσου ἐπὶ τὸ Ποσειδώνιον, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Ποσειδωνίου εὐθὺς ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυραν τὴν ἐς Μινῴαν (μηδὲ Μεγαρέας καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους ὑπερβαίνειν τὴν ὁδὸν ταύτην) καὶ τὴν νῆσον, ἥνπερ ἔλαβον οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἔχοντας, μηδὲ ἐπιμισγομένους μηδετέρους μηδετέρωσε, καὶ τὰ ἐν Τροιζῆνι, ὅσαπερ νῦν ἔχουσι, καθ’ ἃ ξυνέθεντο πρὸς Ἀθηναίους·
Concerning these matters, then, it seemed good to the Lacedaemonians and the other allies accordingly. But the following seemed good to the Lacedaemonians and the other allies if the Athenians make a treaty: that each side should remain in their own territory, holding what we now hold; those in Coryphasium remaining within Buphras and Tomeus; those in Cythera not mixing with the alliance, neither we going to them nor they coming to us; those in Nisaea and Minoa not crossing the road that runs from the gates near the monument of Nisus to the Poseidonium, and from the Poseidonium straight to the bridge leading to Minoa (nor shall the Megarians and their allies cross this road), and holding the island which the Athenians took, neither side crossing to the other; and as for the places in Troezen, holding whatever they now hold, according to the agreements they made with the Athenians.
καὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ χρωμένους, ὅσα ἂν κατὰ τὴν ἑαυτῶν καὶ κατὰ τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, Λακεδαιμονίους καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους πλεῖν μὴ μακρᾷ νηί, ἄλλῳ δὲ κωπήρει πλοίῳ, ἐς πεντακόσια τάλαντα ἄγοντι μέτρα.
And in using the sea, so far as it borders on their own territory and that of their alliance, the Lacedaemonians and their allies may sail, not in a ship of war, but in any other rowed vessel of up to five hundred talents burden.
κήρυκι δὲ καὶ πρεσβείᾳ καὶ ἀκολούθοις, ὁπόσοις ἂν δοκῇ, περὶ καταλύσεως τοῦ πολέμου καὶ δικῶν ἐς Πελοπόννησον καὶ Ἀθήναζε σπονδὰς εἶναι ἰοῦσι καὶ ἀπιοῦσι καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλασσαν.
For a herald and an embassy and their followers, as many as they think fit, going and returning, both by land and by sea, to the Peloponnese and to Athens for the termination of the war and for judicial settlements, there shall be a truce.
τοὺς δὲ αὐτομόλους μὴ δέχεσθαι ἐν τούτῳ τῷ χρόνῳ, μήτε ἐλεύθερον μήτε δοῦλον, μήτε ὑμᾶς μήτε ἡμᾶς.
And that we shall not receive deserters during this time, whether free or slave, neither you nor we.
δίκας τε διδόναι ὑμᾶς τε ἡμῖν καὶ ἡμᾶς ὑμῖν κατὰ τὰ πάτρια, τὰ ἀμφίλογα δίκῃ διαλύοντας ἄνευ πολέμου.
And that you shall offer justice to us, and we to you, according to ancestral customs, settling disputes by law without war.
τοῖς μὲν Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ τοῖς ξυμμάχοις ταῦτα δοκεῖ· εἰ δέ τι ὑμῖν εἴτε κάλλιον εἴτε δικαιότερον τούτων δοκεῖ εἶναι, ἰόντες ἐς Λακεδαίμονα διδάσκετε· οὐδενὸς γὰρ ἀποστήσονται, ὅσα ἂν δίκαια λέγητε, οὔτε οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι οὔτε οἱ ξύμμαχοι.
To the Lacedaemonians and the allies these things seem good; but if anything seems to you better or more just than these, go to Lacedaemon and explain it; for neither the Lacedaemonians nor the allies will reject any just proposals you may make.
οἱ δὲ ἰόντες τέλος ἔχοντες ἰόντων,4 ᾗπερ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἡμᾶς κελεύετε. αἱ δὲ σπονδαὶ ἐνιαυτὸν ἔσονται.
And let those who go go with full power, even as you bid us. The truce shall be for one year.’
‘ἔδοξεν τῷ δήμῳ. Ἀκαμαντὶς ἐπρυτάνευε, Φαίνιππος ἐγραμμάτευε, Νικιάδης ἐπεστάτει. Λάχης εἶπε, τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ τῇ Ἀθηναίων, ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν καθ’ ἃ ξυγχωροῦσι Λακεδαιμόνιοι καὶ οἱ ξύμμαχοι αὐτῶν καὶ ὡμολόγησαν ἐν τῷ δήμῳ·
‘Resolved by the People. The tribe Acamantis held the prytany, Phaenippus was secretary, Niciades presided. Laches moved that, with the good fortune of the Athenians, the armistice be made on the terms agreed to by the Lacedaemonians and their allies, as they have consented before the People;
τὴν 〈δ᾽〉 ἐκεχειρίαν εἶναι ἐνιαυτόν, ἄρχειν δὲ τήνδε τὴν ἡμέραν, τετράδα ἐπὶ δέκα τοῦ Ἐλαφηβολιῶνος μηνός.
and that the armistice shall be for one year, beginning on this very day, the fourteenth of the month Elaphebolion.
ἐν τούτῳ τῷ χρόνῳ ἰόντας ὡς ἀλλήλους πρέσβεις καὶ κήρυκας ποιεῖσθαι τοὺς λόγους, καθ᾽ ὅτι ἔσται ἡ κατάλυσις τοῦ πολέμου.
During this time, embassies and heralds going to one another shall conduct negotiations as to how the war may be terminated.
ἐκκλησίαν δὲ ποιήσαντας τοὺς στρατηγοὺς καὶ τοὺς πρυτάνεις πρῶτον περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης... βουλεύσασθαι Ἀθηναίους καθ’ ὅτι ἂν ἐσίῃ ἡ πρεσβεία περὶ τῆς καταλύσεως τοῦ πολέμου. σπείσασθαι δὲ αὐτίκα μάλα τὰς πρεσβείας ἐν τῷ δήμῳ τὰς παρούσας ἦ μὴν ἐμμενεῖν5 ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς τὸν ἐνιαυτόν.
And that the generals and the prytanes, after holding an assembly, shall first deliberate on the peace... and the Athenians shall consult as to how the embassy concerning the termination of the war shall enter. And the embassies now present shall immediately make oath in the assembly that they will indeed abide by the truce for the year.’
- 4.118.1χρῆσθαι
An infinitive dependent on the verb δοκεῖ (it seems good / is resolved). Its subject accusative is τὸν βουλόμενον (whoever wishes), forming a typical accusative with infinitive construction used to express official decrees in treaty documents.
- 4.118.3χρώμενοι
A nominative participle. In the context of the imperative infinitive ἐπιμέλεσθαι, since the logical subjects ὑμεῖς καὶ ἡμεῖς (you and we) are directly presented in the nominative, the participle also agrees with them in the nominative instead of the accusative (attraction), rather than forming a standard accusative with infinitive construction.
- 4.118.4ἑκατέρους
The subject accusative of the infinitive μένειν (to remain). The subsequent clauses τοὺς μὲν... τοὺς δὲ... function as an apposition in part, specifying the details of ἑκατέρους (each of the two sides).
- 4.118.10ἰόντων
The third-person plural present imperative of the verb εἶμι (to go). It is used in official decrees or legislative texts to express a strong command.
- 4.118.14ἦ μὴν ἐμμενεῖν
An oath-taking infinitive (infinitivus iurisiurandi). The combination of the solemn oath particle ἦ μήν with the future infinitive ἐμμενεῖν expresses a strong obligation of swearing to abide by the truce.