§11.1ἐπεὶ δʼ οἱ σύμμαχοι τοὺς φόρους μὲν ἐτέλουν, ἄνδρας δὲ καὶ ναῦς ὡς ἐτάχθησαν οὐ παρεῖχον, ἀλλʼ ἀπαγορεύοντες ἤδη πρὸς τὰς στρατείας, καὶ πολέμου μὲν οὐδὲν δεόμενοι, γεωργεῖν δὲ καὶ ζῆν καθʼ ἡσυχίαν ἐπιθυμοῦντες, ἀπηλλαγμένων τῶν βαρβάρων καὶ μὴ διοχλούντων, οὔτε τὰς ναῦς ἐπλήρουν οὔτʼ ἄνδρας ἀπέστελλον, οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι στρατηγοὶ τῶν Ἀθηναίων προσηνάγκαζον αὐτοὺς ταῦτα ποιεῖν καὶ τοὺς ἐλλείποντας ὑπάγοντες δίκαις καὶ κολάζοντες ἐπαχθῆ τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ λυπηρὰν ἐποίουν,
But when the allies, though they paid their tributes, did not provide men and ships as had been ordained, but were already reluctant to go on campaigns, and having no need of war, but desiring to till the land and live in quietness, since the barbarians had departed and were no longer troublesome, they neither manned their ships nor sent men; the other generals of the Athenians tried to compel them to do these things, and by bringing those who were deficient to trial and punishing them, made their rule offensive and painful.
§11.2Κίμων δὲ τὴν ἐναντίαν ὁδὸν ἐν τῇ στρατηγίᾳ πορευόμενος βίαν μὲν οὐδενὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων προσῆγε, χρήματα δὲ λαμβάνων παρὰ τῶν οὐ βουλομένων στρατεύεσθαι καὶ ναῦς κενάς, ἐκείνους εἴα δελεαζομένους τῇ σχολῇ περὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα διατρίβειν, γεωργοὺς καὶ χρηματιστὰς ἀπολέμους ἐκ πολεμικῶν ὑπὸ τρυφῆς καὶ ἀνοίας γινομένους, τῶν δʼ Ἀθηναίων ἀνὰ μέρος πολλοὺς ἐμβιβάζων καὶ διαπονῶν ταῖς στρατείαις ἐν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ τοῖς παρὰ τῶν συμμάχων μισθοῖς καὶ χρήμασι δεσπότας αὐτῶν τῶν διδόντων ἐποίησε.
But Cimon, taking the opposite course in his command, applied no violence to any of the Greeks, but accepting money and empty ships from those who did not wish to serve, allowed them, lured by leisure, to busy themselves with their own private affairs, becoming under the influence of luxury and folly peaceable husbandmen and merchants instead of warlike men; on the other hand, by putting many of the Athenians on board by turns and training them thoroughly through campaigns, in a short time, by means of the pay and money from the allies, he made them masters of those very people who paid them.
§11.3πλέοντας γὰρ αὐτοὺς συνεχῶς καὶ διὰ χειρὸς ἔχοντας ἀεὶ τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τρεφομένους καὶ ἀσκοῦντας ἐκ τῆς αὐτῶν ἀστρατείαςἐθισθέντες φοβεῖσθαι καὶ κολακεύειν, ἔλαθον ἀντὶ συμμάχων ὑποτελεῖς καὶ δοῦλοι γεγονότες.
For as the Athenians sailed continually, always holding their weapons in hand, and being maintained and trained through the others' avoidance of service, the allies became accustomed to fear and flatter them, and so, before they knew it, instead of allies, they had become tributaries and slaves.