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PEACE MADE BY PAUSANIAS. 277 them, and pursued them even as far as the theatr t of Peiraeus, where all the forces of Thrasybulus were mustered, heavy-armed, as well as light-armed. The Lacedaemonians were here in a disadvantageous position, probably in the midst of houses and streets, so that all the light-armed of Thrasybulus were enabled to set upon them furiously from different sides, and drive them out again with loss, two of the Spartan polemarchs being here slain. Pausanias was obliged to retreat to a little eminence about half a mile off, where he mustered his whole force, and formed his hoplites into a very deep phalanx. Thrasybulus on his side was so encouraged by the recent success of his light- armed, that he ventured to bring out his heavy-armed, only eight deep, to an equal conflict on the open ground. But he was here completely worsted, and driven back into Peiraeus with the loss of one hundred and fifty men ; so that the Spartan king was able to retire to Athens after a victory, and a trophy erected to com- memorate it. 1 The issue of this battle was one extremely fortunate for Thra- sybulus and his comrades ; since it left the honors of the day with Pausanjas, so as to avoid provoking enmity or vengeance on his part, while it showed plainly that the conquest of Peireeus, defended by so much courage and military efficiency, would be no easy matter. It disposed Pausanias still farther towards an accommodation ; strengthening also the force of that party in Athens which was favorable to the same object, and adverse to the Ten oligarchs. This opposition-party found decided favor with the Spartan king, as well as with the ephor Naukleidas, who was present along with him. Numbers of Athenians, even among those Three Thousand by whom the city was now exclu- sively occupied, came forward to deprecate farther war with Peincns, and to entreat that Pausanias would settle the quarrel so as to leave them all at amity with Lacedoemon. Xenophon, indeed, according to that narrow and partial spirit which per- vades his Hellenica, notices no sentiment in Pausanias except his jealousy of Lysander, and treats the opposition against the Ten at Athens as having been go! up by his intrigues. 2 But it seems 1 Xenoph. Hellen. ii, 4, 31-34. 1 Xenoph. Hellen. ii, 4, 35. Aitary de Kal roiif tv r aorei (Pausanias) o2 kn&eve npbf ajuf Trpoaievai <if TrAfiorovf luAAtyo/m'OVf, Xejovroc, etc