6.4
For all these things Nicias was free from blame, while as general he captured Cythera,In 424 B.C. (;Thuc. 4.53-55). an island favorably situated for the command of Laconia and inhabited by Lacedaemonians; he captured also many places in ThraceIn 423 B.C. (;Thuc. 4.129-133). which had revolted, and brought them back to their allegiance; having shut up the Megarians in their city he straightway seized the island of Minoa,In 427 B.C. (;Thuc 3.51). and shortly after, from this base of operations, got possession of Nisaea;This, on the contrary, was the exploit of Demosthenes in 424 B.C. (;Thuc. 4.66-69). he also made a descent upon the territory of Corinth,In 425 B.C. (;Thuc. 4.42.1, and Thuc. 4.44). defeated the Corinthians in battle and slew many of them, including Lycophron their general.
6.5
Here it befell him, when his dead were taken up for burial, that two of his men were left unnoticed on the field. As soon as he was made aware of this, he halted his armament and sent a herald back to the enemy asking leave to take up his dead. And yet by usage and unwritten law the side which secured the right to take up its dead by a truce, was thought to renounce all claims to victory, and for those who so obtained this right, the erection of a trophy of victory was unlawful, since they are victors who possess the field; but petitioners do not possess the field, since they cannot take what they want.
6.6
Notwithstanding this, Nicias endured rather to abandon the honor and reputation of his victory than to leave unburied two of his fellow citizens.
6.6
He also ravaged the coasts of Laconia,In 424 B.C. (;Thuc. 4.54). routed the Lacedaemonians who opposed him, captured Thyrea, which the Aeginetans held, and took his prisoners off alive to Athens.
