igod son of Zeus from
abroad, else they would have to plough with a silver share. In this
way, it was insisted, in time he had induced the Lacedaemonians in
the nineteenth year of his exile to Lycaeum (whither he had gone when
banished on suspicion of having been bribed to retreat from Attica, and
had built half his house within the consecrated precinct of Zeus for
fear of the Lacedaemonians), to restore him with the same dances and
sacrifices with which they had instituted their kings upon the first
settlement of Lacedaemon. The smart of this accusation, and the
reflection that in peace no disaster could occur, and that when
Lacedaemon had recovered her men there would be nothing for his enemies
to take hold of (whereas, while war lasted, the highest station must
always bear the scandal of everything that went wrong), made him
ardently desire a settlement. Accordingly this winter was employed in
conferences; and as spring rapidly approached, the Lacedaemonians sent
round orders to the cities to prepare for a fortified occupation of
Attica, and held this as a sword over the heads of the Athenians to
induce them to listen to their overtures; and at last, after many claims
had been urged on either side at the conferences a peace was agreed on
upon the following basis. Each party was to restore its conquests,
but Athens was to keep Nisaea; her demand for Plataea being met by
the Thebans asserting that they had acquired the place not by force or
treachery, but by the voluntary adhesion upon agreement of its citizens;
and the same, according to the Athenian account, being the history of
her acquisition of Nisaea. This arranged, the Lacedaemonians
summoned their allies, and all voting for peace except the Boeotians,
Corinthians, Eleans, and Megarians, who did not approve of these
proceedings, they concluded the treaty and made peace, each of the
contracting parties swearing to the following articles:

The Athenians and Lacedaemonians and their allies made a treaty, and
swore to it, city by city, as follows;

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