Do not overlook another thing, gentlemen; you are negotiating today for the peace and independence of all Greeks alike: you are giving them all the opportunity of sharing in every advantage. Think of the circumstances in which the leading powers are ceasing hostilities. To begin with, take Sparta . When she first went to war with us and our allies, In 395, when Pausanias and Lysander invaded Boeotia . This began the Corinthian War. she controlled both land and sea; but the peace is leaving her mistress of neither.