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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 · 2026-11-09
The text of the third treaty concluded between the Lacedaemonians and the Persians, stipulating mutual respect for territory, non-aggression, provisions for the fleet, joint military operations, and conditions for peace.
‘τρίτῳ καὶ δεκάτῳ ἔτει Δαρείου βασιλεύοντος, ἐφορεύοντος δὲ Ἀλεξιππίδα ἐν Λακεδαίμονι, ξυνθῆκαι ἐγένοντο ἐν Μαιάνδρου πεδίῳ Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ τῶν ξυμμάχων πρὸς Τισσαφέρνην καὶ Ἱεραμένη καὶ τοὺς Φαρνάκου παῖδας περὶ τῶν βασιλέως πραγμάτων καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ τῶν ξυμμάχων.
’In the thirteenth year of the reign of Darius, while Alexippidas was ephor at Lacedaemon, a treaty was concluded in the plain of the Maeander between the Lacedaemonians and their allies on the one part, and Tissaphernes, Hieramenes, and the sons of Pharnaces on the other, concerning the affairs of the King and those of the Lacedaemonians and their allies.
χώραν τὴν βασιλέως, ὅση τῆς Ἀσίας ἐστί, βασιλέως εἶναι·1 καὶ περὶ τῆς χώρας τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βουλευέτω βασιλεὺς ὅπως βούλεται.
The country of the King, so much of it as is in Asia, shall belong to the King; and concerning his own country, the King shall decide as he pleases.
Λακεδαιμονίους δὲ καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους μὴ ἰέναι ἐπὶ χώραν τὴν βασιλέως ἐπὶ κακῷ μηδενί, μηδὲ βασιλέα ἐπὶ τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων χώραν μηδὲ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐπὶ κακῷ μηδενί.
The Lacedaemonians and their allies shall not invade the country of the King for any harm, nor shall the King invade the country of the Lacedaemonians or their allies for any harm.
ἢν δέ τις Λακεδαιμονίων ἢ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐπὶ κακῷ ἴῃ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλέως χώραν, Λακεδαιμονίους καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους κωλύειν· καὶ ἤν τις ἐκ τῆς βασιλέως ἴῃ ἐπὶ κακῷ ἐπὶ Λακεδαιμονίους ἢ τοὺς ξυμμάχους, βασιλεὺς κωλυέτω.
If any of the Lacedaemonians or their allies should invade the country of the King for any harm, the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall prevent it; and if anyone from the King’s country should invade the Lacedaemonians or their allies for any harm, the King shall prevent it.
τροφὴν δὲ ταῖς ναυσὶ ταῖς νῦν παρούσαις Τισσαφέρνην παρέχειν κατὰ τὰ ξυγκείμενα μέχρι ἂν αἱ νῆες αἱ βασιλέως ἔλθωσιν·
Tissaphernes shall supply provisions for the ships now present according to the agreement, until the ships of the King arrive;
Λακεδαιμονίους δὲ καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους, ἐπὴν αἱ βασιλέως νῆες ἀφίκωνται, τὰς ἑαυτῶν ναῦς, ἢν βούλωνται, τρέφειν ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς εἶναι.2 ἢν δὲ παρὰ Τισσαφέρνους λαμβάνειν ἐθέλωσι τὴν τροφήν, Τισσαφέρνην παρέχειν, Λακεδαιμονίους δὲ καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους τελευτῶντος τοῦ πολέμου τὰ χρήματα Τισσαφέρνει ἀποδοῦναι ὁπόσα ἂν λάβωσιν.
and when the ships of the King have arrived, it shall be at the option of the Lacedaemonians and their allies to maintain their own ships, if they so wish, at their own expense. But if they wish to receive provisions from Tissaphernes, Tissaphernes shall supply them; and the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall, at the end of the war, repay to Tissaphernes whatever money they have received.
ἐπὴν δὲ αἱ βασιλέως νῆες ἀφίκωνται, αἵ τε Λακεδαιμονίων νῆες καὶ αἱ τῶν ξυμμάχων καὶ αἱ βασιλέως κοινῇ τὸν πόλεμον πολεμούντων3 καθ’ ὅτι ἂν Τισσαφέρνει δοκῇ καὶ Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ τοῖς ξυμμάχοις. ἢν δὲ καταλύειν βούλωνται πρὸς Ἀθηναίους, ἐν ὁμοίῳ καταλύεσθαι.’
When the ships of the King have arrived, the ships of the Lacedaemonians and their allies and those of the King shall wage the war in common, in such manner as shall seem good to Tissaphernes and the Lacedaemonians and their allies. And if they wish to make peace with the Athenians, they shall make peace on equal terms.’
- 8.58.2εἶναι
An infinitive of command (or provision), typical of treaty and legal documents, expressing a stipulation or obligation.
- 8.58.6ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς εἶναι
The preposition ἐπί with the dative means 'to be in the power of' or 'to be at the disposal of'. Here it indicates that maintaining their own ships is left to their own discretion.
- 8.58.7πολεμούντων
The third-person plural present active imperative of πολεμέω. In the formal style of treaties, it expresses a binding stipulation that they shall wage war in common.