79.
When the Lacedaemonians had heard the charges brought by the allies against the
Athenians, and their rejoinder, they ordered everybody but themselves to withdraw, and
deliberated alone.
[2]
The majority were agreed that there was now a clear case against the Athenians, and
that they must fight at once.
But Archidamus their king, who was held to be both an able and a prudent
man, came forward and spoke as follows:—
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