Andocides, On the Peace with Sparta, ed. Kenneth John Maidment, 30

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[30] Again, an urgent request came to us from Syracuse ; she was ready to end our differences by a pact of friendship, to end war by peace; and she pointed out the advantages of an alliance with herself, if only we would consent to it, over those of the existing alliance with Segesta and Catana .¹ But once more we chose war instead of peace, Segesta instead of Syracuse ; instead of staying at home as the allies of Syracuse , we chose to send an armament to Sicily . The result was the loss of a large part of the Athenian and allied forces, the bravest being the first to fall; a reckless waste of ships, money, and resources: and the return of the survivors in disgrace.

On the Peace with Sparta. Andocides. ed. Kenneth John Maidment. London. 1941.

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[30] Συρακόσιοι δʼ ὅτε ἦλθον ἡμῶν δεόμενοι, φιλότητα μὲν ἀντὶ διαφορᾶς ἐθέλοντες εἰρήνην δʼ ἀντὶ πολέμου ποιεῖσθαι, τήν τε συμμαχίαν ἀποδεικνύντες ὅσῳ κρείττων ἡ σφετέρα εἴη τῆς¹ Ἐγεσταίων καὶ Καταναίων, εἰ βουλοίμεθα² πρὸς αὐτοὺς ποιεῖσθαι, ἡμεῖς τοίνυν εἱλόμεθα καὶ τότε πόλεμον μὲν ἀντὶ εἰρήνης, Ἐγεσταίους δὲ ἀντὶ Συρακοσίων, στρατεύεσθαι δʼ εἰς Σικελίαν ἀντὶ τοῦ μένοντες οἴκοι συμμάχους ἔχειν Συρακοσίους· ἐξ ὧν πολλοὺς μὲν Ἀθηναίων ἀπολέσαντες ἀριστίνδην καὶ τῶν συμμάχων, πολλὰς δὲ ναῦς καὶ χρήματα καὶ δύναμιν ἀποβαλόντες, αἰσχρῶς διεκομίσθησαν οἱ σωθέντες αὐτῶν.

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1. Athens had formed an alliance with Segesta as early as 453 (I.G. i 2 . 19-20). It was renewed in 424 by Laches. In 416 Segesta found herself ranged against the combined forces of Selinus and Syracuse . She appealed to Athens for help, and the disastrous Syracusan expedition resulted.

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