Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

But Leutychides also did not come to old age in Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta; he was punished for his dealings with Demaratus as I will show. He led a Lacedaemonian army to +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly,[*](The date is uncertain; about 475 or 470, probably.) and when he could have subdued all the country he took a great bribe.

After being caught in the act of hoarding a sleeve full of silver there in the camp, he was brought before a court and banished from Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta, and his house was destroyed. He went into exile at Tegea [22.4,37.5] (Perseus) Tegea and died in that country.

This happened long afterwards. When Cleomenes' dealings with Demaratus came off successfully, he immediately took Leutychides with him and went to punish the Aeginetans, with whom he was terribly angry because of their insulting behavior.

When the Aeginetans saw that both kings had come after them, they now deemed it best to offer no further resistance; the kings chose ten men of +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina who were most honored for wealth and lineage, among them Crius son of Polycritus and Casambus son of Aristocrates, the two most powerful men in +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina; they carried them to Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica and gave them into the keeping of the Athenians, the bitterest foes of the Aeginetans.

Later Cleomenes' treacherous plot against Demaratus became known; he was seized with fear of the Spartans and secretly fled to +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly. From there he came to +Arcadia [22.25,37.583] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Arcadia and stirred up disorder, uniting the Arcadians against Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta; among his methods of binding them by oath to follow him wherever he led was his zeal to bring the chief men of +Arcadia [22.25,37.583] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Arcadia to the city of Nonacris and make them swear by the water of the Styx.[*](The “water of Styx” is a mountain torrent flowing through a desolate ravine on the N. face of Chelmos.)