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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2013
Summer [IV 117–33]
Right at the beginning of spring the following summer the Spartans and the Athenians concluded a truce for one year. The thinking on the Athenian side was that Brasidas would not now be able to go on causing more defections and they would be given time to organise things properly; and in addition, if things went well for them, they could enlarge the terms of the agreement. The Spartans for their part recognised exactly what the Athenian apprehensions were and thought that if they had some respite from their trials and tribulations they might be more willing to come to terms, and having returned the men to them might make some longer-term peace agreement as well. It was the men of course that they wanted back above all, since Brasidas was still enjoying a run of success. If he went on to yet further successes and brought about a more equal balance of power they still stood to lose them, even if in carrying on the fight on an equal basis they would have a better chance of final victory.
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