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tie and considerate with them and by the courtesy and disinterested temper which Cimon, after his example, man- ifested in the expeditions, he stole away the chief com- mand from the Lacedaemonians, neither by weapons, ships, or horses, but by equity and wise policy. For the Athe- nians being endeared to the Greeks by the justice of Aris- tides and by Cimon's moderation, the tyranny and selfish- ness of Pausanias rendered them yet more desirable. He on all occasions treated the commanders of the confederates haughtily and roughly ; and the common soldiers he pun- ished with stripes, or standing under the iron anchor for a whole day together ; neither was it permitted for any to provide straw for themselves to lie on, or forage for their horses, or to come near the s^irings to water before the Spartans were furnished, but servants with whips drove away such as approached. And when Aristides once was about to complain and expostulate with Pausar nias, he told him, with an angry look, that he was not at leisure, and gave no attention to him. The consequence was that the sea captains and generals of the Greeks, in particular, the Chians, Samians, and Lesbians, came to Aris- tides and requested him to be their general, and to re- ceive the confederates into his command, who had long desired to relinquish the Spartans and come over to the Athenians. But he answered, that he saw both equity and necessity in what they said, but their fidelity required the test of some action, the commission of which woiild make it impossible for the multitude to change their minds again. Upon which Uliades, the Samian, and Antagoras of Chios, conspiring together, ran in near Byzantium on Pausanias's galley, getting her between them as she was sailing before the rest. But when Pausanias, beholding them, rose up and furiously threatened soon to make them know that they had been endangering not his galley, but their own countries, they bid him go his way, and thank