History of the Peloponnesian War

Agis, then, whether on account of this call, or because it suddenly struck him, too, that some other course was better than the one he was following, led his army back again in all haste without coming into conflict.

Then when he had reached Tegean territory he set about diverting into Mantinean territory the stream of water about which the Mantineans and Tegeates are always warring, on account of the harm it commonly does to whichever country it empties into. He wished to make the troops on the hill[*](ie. χωρίον ἐρυμνόν mentioned above.) come down to prevent the diversion of the water as soon as they should hear about it, and thus force them to fight the battle in the plain.