Corinth sends delegates to Sparta as Potidaea under siege. Sparta characterised as fearful in not sending a delegation to Athens. Athens also aggrieved by lack of ‘independence’?
Only one sentence dedicated to it, but he states that **'Megera, after mentioning a number of grievances, pointed out that, contrary to the terms of the treaty, they were excluded from all ports in the Athenian empire and from the market of Athens itself'**
*Clearly, here, we see Thucydides under stressing this this as a factor for peace. Why does he only mention this with a sentence or two, while Potidaea and Corcyra are given 40 chapters?*