History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

Thucydides, Vol. 1-4. Smith, Charles Foster, translator. London and Cambridge, MA: Heinemann and Harvard University Press, 1919-1923.

Then they called in the allies and told them that, in their opinion, the Athenians were doing wrong, but that they wished to summon the whole body of the allies[*](A general convocation of the allies; at this time only part of them had been invited, according to Thuc. 1.. See Thuc. 1.119 , where the plan is carried out.) and put the vote to them, in order that they might all deliberate together and together undertake the war, if it should be so decided.