of it. Then the Helots
stole many of the things and sold them to the Eginetans, but many things
also they delivered up, as many of them as they could not conceal; so
that the great wealth of the Eginetans first came from this, that they
bought the gold from the Helots making pretence that it was brass..

81. Then having brought the things together, and having set apart a
tithe for the god of Delphi, with which the offering was dedicated of
the golden tripod which rests upon the three-headed serpent of bronze
and stands close by the altar, and also 90 for the god at Olympia, with
which they dedicated the offering of a bronze statue of Zeus ten cubits
high, and finally for the god at the Isthmus, with which was made a
bronze statue of Poseidon seven cubits high,--having set apart these
things, they divided the rest, and each took that which they ought to
have, including the concubines of the Persians and the gold and the
silver and the other things, and also the beasts of burden. How much was
set apart and given to those of them who had proved themselves the best
men at Plataia is not reported by any, though for my part I suppose that
gifts were made to these also; Pausanias however had ten of each thing
set apart and given to him, that is women, horses, talents, camels, and
so also of the other things.

82. It is said moreover that this was done which here follows, namely
that Xerxes in his flight from Hellas had left to Mardonios the
furniture of his own tent, and Pausanias accordingly seeing the
furniture of Mardonios furnished 91 with gold and silver and hangings of
different colours ordered the bakers and the cooks to prepare a meal as
they were used to do for Mardonios. Then when they did this as they had
been commanded, it is said that Pausanias seeing the couches of gold and
of silver with luxurious coverings, and the tables of gold and silver,
and the magnificent apparatus of the feast, was astonished at the good
things set before him, and for sport he ordered his own servants to
prepare a Laconian meal; and as, when the banquet was served, the
difference between the two was great, Pausanias laughed and sent for the
commanders of the Hellenes; and when these had come together, Pausanias
said, pointing to the preparation of the two meals severally: "Hellenes,
for this reason I assembled you together, because I desired to show you
the senselessness of this leader of the Medes, who having such fare as
this, came t