History of the Peloponnesian War

"As to Scione, Torone,[*](cf. 5.3.2.) Sermyle, or any other city which the Athenians hold, the Athenians shall determine about these and the other cities as they may think best. 9. "The Athenians shall bind themselves by oaths with the Lacedaemonians and their allies, city by city;

and either party shall swear its customary oath in the form that is most binding,[*](The Athenians, in ratifying treaties, swore by Zeus, Demeter and Apollo. See Fränkel, Hermes, xiii. 460. Ullrich suggests for Sparta the Dioscuri.) seventeen men representing each city. The oath shall be as follows: 'I will abide by this agreement and this treaty, justly and without deceit.' For the Lacedaemonians and their allies there shall be an oath, in the same terms, with the Athenians. And both parties shall renew the oath year by year. 10.

"They shall erect pillars at Olympia, Delphi, the Isthmus, and on the Acropolis at Athens, and at Lacedaemon in the temple of Apollo of Amyclae.[*](Two or three miles from Sparta.)11.