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2 2 HISTORY OF GREECE. ularly to Athens the tribute originally assessed by Aristeides, as a sort of recompense for the protection of the -ZEgean sea against private war or piracy. Any inhabitant of Amphipolis or the other cities, who chose to leave them, was at liberty to do so, and to carry away his property. Farther, the Lacedaemonians cov- enanted to restore Panaktum to Athens, together with all the Athenian prisoners in their possession. As to Skione, Torone, and Sennylus, the Athenians were declared free to take their own measures. On their part, they engaged to release all cap- tives in their hands, either of Sparta or her allies ; to restore Pylus, Kythera, Methone, Pteleon, and Atalante ; and to liberate all the Peloponnesian or Brasidean soldiers now under blockade in Skione. Provision was also made, by special articles, that all Greeks should have free access to the sacred Pan-Hellenic festivals, either by land or sea ; and that the autonomy of the Delphian temple should be guaranteed. The contracting parties swore to abstain in future from all injury to each other, and to settle by amicable decision any dis- pute which might arise. 1 Lastly, it was provided that if any matter should afterwards occur as having been forgotten, the Athenians and Lacedaemo- nians might by mutual consent amend the treaty as they thought fit. So prepared, the oaths were interchanged between seventeen principal Athenians and as many principal Lacedaemonians. Earnestly bent as Sparta herself was upon the peace, and ratified as it had been by the vote of a majority among her con- federates, still, there was a powerful minority who not only re- fused their assent but strenuously protested against its conditions. The Corinthians were discontented because they did not receive back Sollium and Anaktorium ; the Megarians, because they did hot regain Nisaea ; the Boeotians, because Panaktum was to be restored to Athens : the Eleians also on some other ground which we do not distinctly know. All of them, moreover, took common offence at tke article which provided that Athens and Sparta might, by mutual consent, and without consulting the allies, amend the treaty in any way that they thought proper.^ 1 Tiiucvd. v, 1 7-29. ' Thucyd. v, 18.