History of the Peloponnesian War

These things seem good to the Lacedaemonians and the allies that are present;

and they promise to send heralds to the Boeotians and Phocians and persuade them so far as they can. "Concerning the treasure of the god we agree to take care to find out all wrong-doers, rightly and justly following the usages of our forefathers, you and we and all others that wish to do so, all following the usages of our forefathers.

Concerning these things, then, it is so agreed by the Lacedaemonians and the rest of the confederates on such terms. "The following agreements also are made by the Lacedaemonians and the rest of the confederates, that in case the Athenians make a treaty, we shall each of us remain on our own territory, keeping what we now have: the Athenian garrison in Coryphasium[*](The Lacedaemonian name of Pylos (4.3.2). Buphras and Tomeus were two high points on the coast.) shall keep within Buphras and Tomeus; that in Cythera[*](cf. chs. liii. liv.) shall have no communication with the territory of the Iacedaemonian allies, neither we with them nor they with us; that in Nisaea[*](cf. ch. lxix.) and Minoa[*](cf. 3.51.; 4.67.) shall not cross the road leading from the gates of the shrine of Nisus[*](Lit. “the gates leading from the shrine (or statue, as παρά might indicate) of Nisus.”) to the Poseidonium, and from the Poseidonium straight to the bridge[*](Connecting Minoa with the mainland; cf. 3.51.3.) at Minoa (nor shall the Megarians or their allies cross this road); as to the island[*](Probably Atalante is meant; cf. 3.89.3; v. xviii. 7.) which the Athenians took, they shall retain it, and neither party shall communicate with the other; and finally, in the territory of Troezen,[*](The Athenian fortification on the isthmus of Methana; cf. 4.45.2.) the Athenians shall retain whatever they now have in accordance with the agreements which the Troezenians have made with the Athenians.