, and from that district made a hostile advance into
Locris. Here nearly a whole day was spent by the men in freely helping
themselves to goods and chattels out of the villages and pillaging the
corn; (21) but as it drew towards evening the troops began to retire,
with the Lacedaemonians in the rear. The Locrians hung upon their heels
with a heavy pelt of stones and javelins. Thereupon the Lacedaemonians
turned short round and gave chase, laying some of their assailants low.
Then the Locrians ceased clinging to their rear, but continued their
volleys from the vantage-ground above. The Lacedaemonians again made
efforts to pursue their persistent foes even up the slope. At last
darkness descended on them, and as they retired man after man dropped,
succumbing to the sheer difficulty of the ground; some in their
inability to see what lay in front, or else shot down by the enemy's
missiles. It was then that Gylis the polemarch met his end, as also
Pelles, who was on his personal staff, and the whole of the Spartans
present without exception--eighteen or thereabouts--perished, either
crushed by stones or succumbing to other wounds. Indeed, except for
timely aid brought from the camp where the men were supping, the chances
are that not a man would have escaped to tell the tale.

(20) = 25,000 pounds nearly.

(21) Or, "not to speak of provisions."

IV

This incident ended the campaign. The army as a whole was disbanded, the
contingents retiring to their several cities, and Agesilaus home across
the Gulf by sea.

B.C. 393. Subsequently (1) the war between the two parties recommenced.
The Athenians, Boeotians, Argives, and the other allies made Corinth
the base of their operations; the Lacedaemonians and their allies held
Sicyon as theirs. As to the Corinthians, they had to face the fact that,
owing to their proximity to the seat of war, it was their territory
which was ravaged and their people who perished, while the rest of
the allies abode in peace and reaped the fruits of their lands in due
season. Hence the majority of them, including the better class, desired
peace, and gathering into knots they indoctrinated one another with
these views.

(1) B.C. 393. See Grote, ix. p. 455, note 2 foll.; "Hell." IV. viii.
7.

B.C. 392. (2) On the other hand, it could hardly escape the notice of
the allied powers, the Argives, Athenians, and Boeotians, as also those
of the Corinthians themselves who had received a share