But when Themistocles returned to Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens from Sparta [22.416,37.83] (inhabited place), Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Lacedaemon, Timodemus of Aphidnae, who was one of Themistocles' enemies but not a man of note, was crazed with envy and spoke bitterly to Themistocles of his visit to Sparta [22.416,37.83] (inhabited place), Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Lacedaemon, saying that the honors he had from the Lacedaemonians were paid him for Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens' sake and not for his own.

This he kept saying until Themistocles replied, “This is the truth of the matter: if I had been a man of Belbina I would not have been honored in this way by the Spartans, nor would you, sir, for all you are a man of Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens.” Such was the end of that business.