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and as Theban power grows,
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and as the threat from Sparta diminishes,
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the Athenians become less enthusiastic
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about their alliance with Thebes,
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because the Thebans are now emerging as a contender
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for the leading position for a hegemonal position in Greece.
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So, we will see the Athenians and the Thebans
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gradually moving apart
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in the decade of the 370s.
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There was in 375 a proposal
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for peace to be established in the warring Greek world.
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It was apparently--