Chalcideus, defective, and more advantageous
to him than to them, and consequently while Therimenes was still there
concluded another, which was as follows:

The convention of the Lacedaemonians and the allies with King Darius and
the sons of the King, and with Tissaphernes for a treaty and friendship,
as follows:

1. Neither the Lacedaemonians nor the allies of the Lacedaemonians shall
make war against or otherwise injure any country or cities that belong
to King Darius or did belong to his father or to his ancestors; neither
shall the Lacedaemonians nor the allies of the Lacedaemonians exact
tribute from such cities. Neither shall King Darius nor any of
the subjects of the King make war against or otherwise injure the
Lacedaemonians or their allies.

2. If the Lacedaemonians or their allies should require any assistance
from the King, or the King from the Lacedaemonians or their allies,
whatever they both agree upon they shall be right in doing.

3. Both shall carry on jointly the war against the Athenians and their
allies: and if they make peace, both shall do so jointly.

4. The expense of all troops in the King's country, sent for by the
King, shall be borne by the King.

5. If any of the states comprised in this convention with the King
attack the King's country, the rest shall stop them and aid the King
to the best of their power. And if any in the King's country or in the
countries under the King's rule attack the country of the Lacedaemonians
or their allies, the King shall stop it and help them to the best of his
power.

After this convention Therimenes handed over the fleet to Astyochus,
sailed off in a small boat, and was lost. The Athenian armament had
now crossed over from Lesbos to Chios, and being master by sea and land
began to fortify Delphinium, a place naturally strong on the land side,
provided with more than one harbour, and also not far from the city of
Chios. Meanwhile the Chians remained inactive. Already defeated in
so many battles, they were now also at discord among themselves; the
execution of the party of Tydeus, son of Ion, by Pedaritus upon the
charge of Atticism, followed by the forcible imposition of an oligarchy
upon the rest of the city, having made them suspicious of one another;
and they therefore thought neither themselves not the mercenaries under
Pedaritus a match for the enemy. They sent, however, to Miletus to beg
Astyochus to assist them, which he refused to do, and w