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At Sparta, when the news arrived, there was great consternation; it was resolved that the1 magistrates should go down to the camp and see for themselves; they could then take on the spot any measures which they thought necessary.
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Finding on their arrival that nothing could be done for their soldiers in the island, and not liking to run the risk of their being starved to death or overcome by force of numbers2, they decided that with the consent of the Athenian generals they would suspend hostilities at Pylos, and sending ambassadors to ask for peace at Athens, would endeavour to recover their men as soon as possible.
1 Consternation at Sparta. Finding that nothing can be done, the Spartans make a truce and send ambassadors to ask for peace.
2 Omitting ἤ after βιασθέντας.
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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