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 36-38] MISERABLE STATE OF CHIOS 361 and their allies in common, and if the}' make peace, shall make peace in common. "IV. The King shall defray the expense of any number of troops for which the King has sent, so long as they remain in the King's country. " V. If any of the cities who are parties to this treaty go against the King's country, the rest shall interfere and aid the King to the utmost of their power. And if any of the inhabitants of the King's country or any country under the dominion of the King shall go against the country of the Lacedaemonians or their allies, the King shall interfere and aid them to the utmost of his power ".' After the conclusion of the treaty, Theramenes, having 38 delivered over the fleet to Astyochus, 7-;,^ <^/,.^„^ ^,.^ ^^. sailed away in a small boat and was no duced to madion. The more heard of. The Athenians, who conspirators are exe-, .... aitcd, and the govern- had now crossed over with their troops ,„^,,^ ^^^^^^^ „ ^j^^^ from Lesbos to Chios, and had the oligarchy. Pedaritus upper hand both by land and sea, began complains to Sparta of r -r T^ 1 1 • • 1 / r Astyochus. to fortify Delphinium, a place not lar distant from the town of Chios, which had the double advantage of being strong by land and of possessing harbours. The Chians meanwhile remained inactive ; they had been already badly beaten in several battles, and their internal condition was far from satisfactory; for Tydeus the son of Ion and his accomplices had been executed by Pedaritus on a charge of complicity with Athens, and the city was reduced by the strong hand to a mere oligarchy. Hence they were in a stale of mutual distrust, and could not be persuaded that either they or the mercenaries » brought by Pedaritus were a match for the enemy. They sent however to Miletus and requested the aid of Astyochus, but he refused. Whereupon Peda- ritus sent a despatch to Lacedaemon, complaining of his misconduct. So favourable to the Athenians was the " Cp. viii. :28 fin. n b 2