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grbs-3301	Lendon, J. E.	Thucydides and the ‘Constitution’ of the Peloponnesian League	1994	19	.pdf	application/pdf	8842	374	68	IlEV 'trov 1tUAatrov OPKWV 'tOOUU'tU cl1tOV. 6 to revolt from them and become allies of the Argives, and said moreover that they This pre-war agreement was confirmed with oaths; to prove that they have not transgressed the oaths of the allies (Thuc. 5.30.3), the Corinthians adduced their oaths to the Thracians, that is, a bar to do with gods or heroes; and at the end of the Corinthians' apologia, Thucydides remarks laconically, so much they said about their old oaths (5.30.4).13 The pre-war agreement between Sparta and her allies was, therefore, a treaty; it was, in fact, an unexceptional example of a class of Greek treaties made between allies in contemplation of war against a third party: treaties that inter alia settled in advance the potentially vexed question of how peace with that third party might be concluded.	cache/grbs-3301.pdf	txt/grbs-3301.txt