sequel it would appear that the former were a picked
corps of infantry and the latter of cavalry. See Thuc. ii. 25;
Busolt, op. cit. p. 175 foll.

Flushed with this achievement the Arcadians began marching on the cities
of the Acroreia, (11) which, with the exception of Thraustus, they
captured, and so reached Olympia. There they made an entrenched camp on
the hill of Kronos, established a garrison, and held control over the
Olympian hill-country. Margana also, by help of a party inside who gave
it up, next fell into their hands.

(11) The mountainous district of Elis on the borders of Arcadia, in
which the rivers Peneius and Ladon take their rise; see "Dict. of
Anct. Geog." s.v.; above, III. ii. 30, IV. ii. 16. Thraustus was
one of the four chief townships of the district. For Margana, see
above, III. ii. 25, 30, IV. ii. 16, VI. v. 2.

These successive advantages gained by their opponents reacted on the
Eleians, and threw them altogether into despair. Meanwhile the Arcadians
were steadily advancing upon their capital. (12) At length they arrived,
and penetrated into the market-place. Here, however, the cavalry and the
rest of the Eleians made a stand, drove the enemy out with some loss,
and set up a trophy.

(12) I.e. Elis.

It should be mentioned that the city of Elis had previously been in a
state of disruption. The party of Charopus, Thrasonidas and Argeius
were for converting the state into a democracy; the party of Eualcas,
Hippias, and Stratolas (13) were for oligarchy. When the Arcadians,
backed by a large force, appeared as allies of those who favoured a
democratic constitution, the party of Charopus were at once emboldened;
and, having obtained the promise of assistance from the Arcadians,
they seized the acropolis. The Knights and the Three Hundred did not
hesitate, but at once marched up and dislodged them; with the result
that about four hundred citizens, with Argeius and Charopus, were
banished. Not long afterwards these exiles, with the help of some
Arcadians, seized and occupied Pylus; (14) where many of the commons
withdrew from the capital to join them, attracted not only by the beauty
of the position, but by the great power of the Arcadians, in alliance
with them.

(13) See below, VII. iv. 31; Busolt, op. cit. p. 175.

(14) Pylus, a town in "hollow" Elis, upon the mountain road from Elis
to Olympia, at the place where the Ladon flows into the Peneius
(Paus