s and those of his city." He, thanking the
Lacedaemonians for their straightforwardness, withdrew.

(11) Lit. "morai."

The citadel of Pharsalus he begged Jason not to force him to give up:
his desire was to preserve it for those who had entrusted it to his safe
keeping; his own sons Jason was free to take as hostages, and he would
do his best to procure for him the voluntary adhesion of his city by
persuasion, and in every way to further his appointment as Tagos of
Thessaly. Accordingly, after interchange of solemn assurances between
the pair, the Pharsalians were let alone and in peace, and ere long
Jason was, by general consent, appointed Tagos of all the Thessalians.
Once fairly vested with that authority, he drew up a list of the cavalry
and heavy infantry which the several states were capable of furnishing
as their quota, with the result that his cavalry, inclusive of allies,
numbered more than eight thousand, while his infantry force was computed
at not less than twenty thousand; and his light troops would have been a
match for those of the whole world--the mere enumeration of their cities
would be a labour in itself. (12) His next act was a summons to all the
dwellers round (13) to pay tribute exactly the amount imposed in the
days of Scopas. (14) And here in this state of accomplishment we may
leave these matters. I return to the point reached when this digression
into the affairs of Jason began.

(12) See "Cyrop." I. i. 5.

(13) Lit. perioeci.

(14) It is conjectured that the Scopadae ruled at Pherae and Cranusa
in the earlier half of the fifth century B.C.; see, for the change
of dynasty, what is said of Lycophron of Pherae in "Hell." II.
iii. 4. There was a famous Scopas, son of Creon, to whom Simonides
addressed his poem--

{Andr' agathon men alatheos genesthai khalepon khersin te kai posi kai
noo tetragonon, aneu psogou tetugmenon.}

a sentiment criticised by Plato, "Protag." 359 A. "Now Simonides says to
Scopas, the son of Creon, the Thessalian:

'Hardly on the one hand can a man become truly good; built four-square
in hands and feet and mind, a work without a flaw.'

Do you know the poem?"--Jowett, "Plat." i. 153. But whether this Scopas
is the Scopas of our text and a hero of Jason's is not clear.

II

B.C. 374. The Lacedaemonians and their allies were collecting in
Phocia, and the Thebans, after retreating into their own territory,
were guarding the approaches. At