§5.76.1τοῦ δ’ ἐπιγιγνομένου χειμῶνος ἀρχομένου εὐθὺς οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, ἐπειδὴ τὰ Κάρνεια ἤγαγον, ἐξεστράτευσαν, καὶ ἀφικόμενοι ἐς Τεγέαν λόγους προύπεμπον ἐς τὸ Ἄργος ξυμβατηρίους.
At the very beginning of the following winter, the Lacedaemonians, as soon as they had kept the Carnea, took the field; and reaching Tegea, they sent proposals for an accommodation to Argos.
§5.76.2ἦσαν δὲ αὐτοῖς πρότερόν τε ἄνδρες ἐπιτήδειοι καὶ βουλόμενοι τὸν δῆμον τὸν ἐν Ἄργει καταλῦσαι· καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἡ μάχη ἐγεγένητο, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐδύναντο πείθειν τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐς τὴν ὁμολογίαν.
They had previously had friends there who wished to overthrow the democracy in Argos; and now that the battle had taken place, these were much better able to persuade the multitude to come to terms.
ἐβούλοντο δὲ πρῶτον σπονδὰς ποιήσαντες πρὸς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους αὖθις ὕστερον καὶ ξυμμαχίαν, καὶ οὕτως ἤδη τῷ δήμῳ ἐπιτίθεσθαι.
Their plan was first to make a treaty with the Lacedaemonians, and subsequently an alliance, and only then to attack the democracy.
§5.76.3καὶ ἀφικνεῖται πρόξενος ὢν Ἀργείων Λίχας ὁ Ἀρκεσιλάου παρὰ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων δύο λόγω φέρων ἐς τὸ Ἄργος, τὸν μὲν καθ’ ὅτι εἰ βούλονται πολεμεῖν, τὸν δ’ ὡς εἰ εἰρήνην ἄγειν.
And Lichas, the son of Arcesilaus, who was the proxenus of the Argives, arrived from the Lacedaemonians bringing two proposals to Argos, the one stating on what terms they might have war, if they wished it, the other on what terms they might have peace.
καὶ γενομένης πολλῆς ἀντιλογίας (ἔτυχε γὰρ καὶ ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης παρών) οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις πράσσοντες, ἤδη καὶ ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ τολμῶντες, ἔπεισαν τοὺς Ἀργείους προσδέξασθαι τὸν ξυμβατήριον λόγον.
And after much opposition (for Alcibiades also happened to be present), the party who were working in the interest of the Lacedaemonians, now venturing to act openly, persuaded the Argives to accept the proposal for an accommodation.
ἔστι δὲ ὅδε.
It was as follows: