286 LUCULLUS AND CIMON.

territories of enemies to her, who ruled over confed- erates before, but Cimon made his country, which when he began was a mere follower of others, both rule over confederates, and conquer enemies too, forcing the Per- sians to relinquish the sea, and inducing the Lacedae- monians to surrender their command. If it be the chief- est thing in a general to obtain the obedience of his sol- diers by good-will, Lucullus was despised by his own army, but Cimon highly prized even by others. His soldiers deserted tbe one, the confederates came over to the other. Lucullus came home without the forces which he led out ; Cimon, sent out at first to serve as one con- federate among others, returned home with authority even over these also, having successfully effected for his city three most difficult services, establishing peace with the enemy, dominion over confederates, and concord with Lacedaamon. Both aiming to destroy great kingdoms, and subdue all Asia, failed in their enterprise, Cimon by a simple piece of ill-fortune, for he died when general, in the height of success; but Lucullus no man can wholly acquit of being in fault with his soldiers, whether it were he did not know, or would not comply with the distastes and complaints of his army, which brought him at last into such extreme unpopularity among them. But did not Cimon also suffer like him in this ? For the citizens arraigned him, and did not leave off till they had ban- ished him, that, as Plato says, they might not hear him for the space of ten years. For high and noble minds seldom please the vulgar, or are acceptable to them ; for the force they use to straighten their distorted actions gives the same pain as surgeons' bandages do in bring- ing dislocated bones to their natural position. Both of them, perhaps, come off pretty much with an equal ac- quittal on this count. Lucullus very much outwent him in war, being the