1 62 TREATY OF PEACE [v 77 'It seems good to the Lacedaemonian assembly to make The terms of the first an agreement with the Argives on the treaty. following temis : —
- I. The Argives shall restore to the Orchomenians'^ the
youths, and to the Maenalians the men whom they hold as hostages, and to the Lacedaemonians* the men who were deposited in Mantinea. 'IL They shall also evacuate Epidauria, and demolish the fortifications which they have erected there. If the Athenians refuse to evacuate Epidauria, they shall be enemies to the Argives and Lacedaemonians, and to thd allies of the Lacedaemonians, and to the allies of the Argives. 'Ill, If the Lacedaemonians have any youths belonging to any of the allies in their country, they shall restore them to their several cities. 'IV. Concerning the sacrifice to the God, the Epidaurians shall be permitted to take an oath which the Argives shall formally tender to them. 'V. The cities in Peloponnesus, both small and great, shall be all independent, according to their ancestral laws.
- VI. If any one from without Peloponnesus comes against
Peloponnesus with evil intent, the Peloponnesians shall take council together and shall repel the enemy ; and the several states shall bear such a share in the war as may seem equitable to the Peloponnesians. 'VII. The allies of the Lacedaemonians without Pelo- ponnesus shall be in the same position as the other allies of the Lacedaemonians and the allies of the Argives, and they shall retain their present territory. 'VIII. The Argives ^'may if they think fit show this • Cp. V. 6i fin. ^ Or, taking avroU of the allies : ' maj' show this agreement to their allies and make terms with them if the allies think fit ;' or. reicrr'mg ivn^aKiaOm to the original agreement and giving a dilTerent sense to the words uf na airuu SvkiJ : ' may show the agree-
