Dear.
Through this letter, I humbly respond to your request regarding my opinion regarding whether or not to help the city of Athens. I believe that we must help and that this will be very beneficial for all Sparta.
First, by helping Athens, the whole kingdom will see you as generous and kind men, which will increase your popularity and give you more power. In addition, I believe that with the help, we will be able to have commercial advantages, imposing some conditions on Athens, which will help us in relation to our economy, which will enrich and strengthen Sparta. Finally, I believe that aid to Athens will provide us with an ally, who will be very useful in knowledge and technologies.
However, we cannot fail to be careful with the sharp thinking of the Athenians, as they can turn against us after they use our help. Athenians are great thinkers and can use us to control us. This we cannot allow and we must control it first, through our kind help.
