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96. Thus the Athenians by the good-will of the allies, who detested Pausanias, obtained the leadership. They immediately fixed which of1 the cities should supply money and which of them ships for the war against the Barbarians, the avowed object being to compensate themselves and the allies for their losses by devastating the King's country. [2] Then was first instituted2 at Athens the office of Hellenic treasurers (Hellenotamiae), who received the tribute, for so the contributions were termed. The amount was originally fixed at 460 talents3. The island of Delos was the treasury, and the meetings of the allies were held in the temple.

1 Confederacy of Delos.

2 B.C. 478–477.

3 About £92,000.

Thucydides translated into English; with introduction, marginal analysis, notes, and indices. Volume 1. Thucydides. Benjamin Jowett. translator. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1881.

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