attack the Lacedaemonians, had invaded the Phokian territory
and laid it waste. On the other hand Lysander is said to have been
angry that the Thebans alone should claim their right to a tenth part
of the plunder obtained in the war, though the other allies made no
such demand, and that they should have expressed indignation at
Lysander's sending such large sums of money to Sparta. He was
especially wroth with them for having afforded the Athenians the means
of freeing themselves from the domination of the Thirty, which he had
himself established, and which the Lacedaemonians had endeavoured to
support by decreeing that all exiled Athenians of the popular party
might be brought back to Athens from whatever place they might be
found in, and that those who protected them against being forcibly
brought back should be treated as outlaws. In answer to this the
Thebans passed a decree worthy of themselves, and deserving of
comparison with the great acts of Herakles and Dionysus, the
benefactors of mankind. Its provisions were, that every city and every
house in Boeotia should be open to those Athenians who required
shelter, that whoever did not assist an Athenian exile against any one
who tried to force him away should be fined a talent, and that if any
marched under arms through Boeotia to attack the despots at Athens, no
Theban should either see or hear them. Not only did they make this
kindly and truly Hellenic decree, but they also acted up to the spirit
of it; for when Thrasybulus and his party seized Phyle, they started
from Thebes, supplied with arms and necessaries by the Thebans, who
also assisted them to keep their enterprise secret and to begin it
successfully. These were the charges brought against the Thebans by
Lysander.

XXVIII. His naturally harsh temper was now soured by age, and he urged
on the Ephors into declaring war against the Thebans, and appointing
him their general to carry it on. Subsequently, however, they sent the
king, Pausanias, with an army, to co-operate with him. Pausanias
marched in a circuitous course over Mount Kithaeron, meaning to invade
Boeotia on that side, while Lysander with a large force came to meet
him through Phokis. He took the city of Orchomenus, which voluntarily
came over to his side, and he took Lebadeia by storm and plundered it.
He now sent a letter to Pausanias bidding him march through the
territory of Plataea and join him at Haliartus, promising that at
daybreak he wou