18.
The Athenians and Lacedaemonians and their
allies made a treaty, and swear to it, city by city, as follows:
[2]
1.
Touching the national temples, there shall be a free passage by land and by
sea to all who wish it, to sacrifice, travel, consult, and attend the oracle
or games, according to the customs of their countries.2.
The temple and shrine of Apollo at Delphi and the Delphians shall be
governed by their own laws, taxed by their own state, and judged by their
own judges, the land and the people, according to the custom of their
country.
[3]
3.
The treaty shall be binding for fifty years upon the Athenians and the
allies of the Athenians, and upon the Lacedaemonians and the allies of the
Lacedaemonians, without fraud or hurt by land or by sea.
[4]
4.
It shall not be lawful to take up arms, with intent to do hurt, either for
the Lacedaemonians and their allies against the Athenians and their allies,
or for the Athenians and their allies against the Lacedaemonians and their
allies, in any way or means whatsoever.
But should any difference arise between them they are to have recourse to
law and oaths, according as may be agreed between the parties.
[5]
5.
The Lacedaemonians and their allies shall give back Amphipolis to the
Athenians.
Nevertheless, in the case of cities given up by the Lacedaemonians to the
Athenians, the inhabitants shall be allowed to go where they please and to
take their property with them; and the cities shall be independent, paying only the tribute of Aristides.
And it shall not be lawful for the Athenians or their allies to carry on
war against them after the treaty has been concluded, so long as the tribute
is paid.
The cities referred to are Argilus, Stagirus, Acanthus, Scolus, Olynthus,
and Spartolus.
These cities shall be neutral, allies neither of the Lacedaemonians nor of
the Athenians; but if the cities consent, it shall be lawful for the Athenians to make
them their allies, provided always that the cities wish it.
[6]
The Mecybernaeans, Sanaeans and Singaeans shall inhabit their own cities,
as also the Olynthians and Acanthians;
[7]
but the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall give back Panactum to the
Athenians.6.
The Athenians shall give back Coryphasium, Cythera, Methana, Pteleum, and
Atalanta to the Lacedaemonians, and also all Lacedaemonians that are in the
prison at Athens or elsewhere in the Athenian dominions, and shall let go
the Peloponnesians besieged in Scione, and all others in Scione that are
allies of the Lacedaemonians, and all whom Brasidas sent in there, and any
others of the allies of the Lacedaemonians that may be in the prison at
Athens or elsewhere in the Athenian dominions.7.
The Lacedaemonians and their allies shall in like manner give back any of
the Athenians or their allies that they may have in their hands.
[8]
8.
In the case of Scione, Torone, and Sermylium, and any other cities that the
Athenians may have, the Athenians may adopt such measures as they please.
[9]
9.
The Athenians shall take an oath to the Lacedaemonians and their allies,
city by city.
Every man shall swear by the most binding oath of his country, seventeen
from each city.
The oath shall be as follows:—‘I will abide by this
agreement and treaty honestly and without deceit.’ In the same way an oath shall be taken by the Lacedaemonians and their
allies to the Athenians;
[10]
and the oath shall be renewed annually by both parties.
Pillars shall be erected at Olympia, Pythia, the Isthmus, at Athens in the
Acropolis, and at Lacedaemon in the temple at Amyclae.
[11]
10.
If anything be forgotten, whatever it be, and on whatever point, it shall
be consistent with their oath for both parties the Athenians and
Lacedaemonians to alter it, according to their discretion.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
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