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and Pausanias, seeing that they were retiring from the camp, gave theword to the Lacedemonians also to take up their arms and go after theothers who were preceding them, supposing that these were going to theplace to which they had agreed to go. Then, when all the othercommanders were ready to obey Pausanias, Amompharetos the son ofPoliades, the commander of the Pitanate division,[58] said that hewould not flee from the strangers, nor with his own will would hedisgrace Sparta; and he expressed wonder at seeing that which wasbeing done, not having been present at the former discussion. AndPausanias and Euryanax were greatly disturbed that he did not obeythem and still more that they should be compelled to leave thePitanate division behind, since he thus refused;[59] for they fearedthat if they should leave it in order to do that which they had agreedwith the other Hellenes, both Amompharetos himself would perish beingleft behind and also the men with him. With this thought they kept theLacedemonian force from moving, and meanwhile they endeavoured topersuade him that it was not right for him to do so. 54. They thenwere exhorting Amompharetos, who had been left behind alone of theLacedemonians and Tegeans; and meanwhile the Athenians were keepingthemselves quiet in the place where they had been posted, knowing thespirit of the Lacedemonians, that they were apt to say otherwise thanthey really meant;[60] and when the army began to move, they sent ahorseman from their own body to see whether the Spartans wereattempting to set forth, or whether they had in truth no design at allto retire; and they bade him ask Pausanias what they ought to do. 55.So when the herald came to the Lacedemonians, he saw that they werestill in their place and that the chiefs of them had come to strifewith one another: for when Euryanax and Pausanias both exhortedAmompharetos not to run the risk of remaining behind with his men,alone of all the Lacedemonians, they did not at all persuade him, andat last they had come to downright strife; and meanwhile the herald ofthe Athenians had arrived and was standing by them. And Amompharetosin his contention took a piece of rock in both his hands and placed itat the feet of Pausanias, saying that with this pebble he gave hisvote not to fly from the strangers, meaning the Barbarians.[61]Pausanias then, calling him a madman and one who was not in his rightsenses, bade tell the state of their affairs to the Athenianherald,[62] who was asking that which he had been charged to ask; andat the same time he requested the Athenians to come towards theLacedemonians and to do in regard to the retreat the same as they did.56. He then went away back to the Athenians; and as the dawn of dayfound them yet disputing with one another, Pausanias, who had remainedstill throughout all this time, gave the signal, and led away all therest over the low hills, supposing that Amonpharetos would not staybehind when the other Lacedemonians departed (in which he was in factright); and with them also went the Tegeans. Meanwhile the Athenians,