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 17, 1 8] CLAIMS URGED ON BOTH SIDES I15 he would himself be less open to attack, whereas in war leading men must always have the The negotiations pro- misfortunes of the state laid at their cced. Both parties agree door, he was very anxious to come to ^^ •§'"'*' "/' ^'^"^ '^^->' -. . ., had gained by arms. terms. Negotiations were commenced o„iy u„ Thchans retain during the winter. Towards spring the Plaiaea and the Athcn- Lacedaemonians sounded a note of '«"^ AWm, which had , . 1 11' been surrendered. preparation by announcing to the aiues that their services would be required in the erection of a fort ; they thought that the Athenians would thereby be induced to listen to them. At the same time, after many conferences and many demands urged on both sides, an understanding was at last arrived at that both parties should give up what they had gained by arms. The Athenians, however, were to retain Nisaea, for when they demanded the restoration of Plataeathe Thebans protested that they had obtained possession of the place not by force or treachery, but by agreement " ; to which the Athenians rejoined that they had obtained Nisaea in the same manner^ The Lacedaemonians then summoned their allies ; and although the Boeotians, Corinthians, Eleans, and Megar- ians were dissatisfied, the majority voted for peace. And so the peace was finally concluded and ratified by oaths and libations, the Lacedaemonians binding themselves to the Athenians and the Athenians to the Lacedaemonians in the following terms : — ■ 'The Athenians and Lacedaemonians and their respective 18 allies make peace upon the following _ r.,, , ^ ^ . Terms of the treaty. terms, to which they swear, each city separately : — ' L Touching the common temples, any one who pleases may go and sacrifice in them and enquire at them, on behalf either of himself or of the state, according to the custom of his country, both by land and sea, without fear. ' IL The precinct and the temple of Apollo at Delphi and " Cp. iii. 52 iiiit. '' Cp. iv. 69 fin.