'It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.'

From Peloponnesos (came) the Lakedaimonians..., the Corinthians..., the Sikyonians..., the Epidaurians..., the Troiezenians... All these (groups)... belong to …

'At sea your men will be as far inferior to Greeks as women are to men.'

Stranger, tell the people of Lacedaemon That we who lie here obeyed their commands.