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318 LAW 38

TRANSGRESSIONOFTHELAW

Aroundthe

year

478

B.C.,

the

city

of

Sparta

sentan

expedition

toPersialed

by

the

youngSpartan

noblemanPausanias.

The

city—states

of

Greece

had

recentlyfought

offa

mighty

invasionfrom

Persia,

and

now

Pausanias,

along

withallied

ships

from

Athens,

hadordersto

punish

theinvadersand

winbacktheislandsandcoastaltownsthatthePersianshad

occupied.

BoththeAtheniansandthe

Spartans

had

greatrespect

forPausanias-—he

had

proven

himselfasafearless

warrior,

withaflairforthedramatic.

With

amazingspeed,

Pausaniasandhis

troops

took

Cyprus,

then

movedontothemainlandofAsiaMinorknownasthe

Hellespont

and

captured

Byzantium

{modem-day

Istanbul).

Nowmasterof

part

ofthePer-

sian

empire,

Pausanias

began

toshow

signs

ofbehaviorthatwent

beyond

hisnormal

flarnboyance.

He

appeared

in

publicwearingpomades

in

his

hairand

flowing

Persian

robes,

and

accompaniedby

a

bodyguard

of

Egyp-

tians.Heheldlavish

banquets

inwhichhesatinthePersianmannerand

demandedtobeentertained.He

stopped

seeing

hisold

friends,

entered

intocommunicationwiththePersian

King

Xerxes,

andallinallaffected

the

style

andmannerofaPersiandictator.

Clearlypower

and

successhad

gone

toPausanias’shead.His

army-

Atheniansand

Spartans

alike—atfirst

thought

thisa

passingfancy:

Hehad

always

beenabit

exaggerated

inhis

gestures.

Butwhenheilauntedhisdis-

dainfortheGreeks’

simpleway

of

life,

andinsultedthecommon

Greek

soldier,

theybegan

tofeelhehad

gone

too

far.

Although

therewasno

con’

creteevidence

for

this,

rumors

spread

thathehad

gone

overtotheother

side,

and

that

hedreamedof

becoming

akindofGreekXerxes.To

quell

the

possibility

of

mutiny,

the

Spartans

relievedPausaniasofhiscommand

andcalledhimhome.

Pausanias,however,

continuedtodressinthePersian

style,

evenin

Sparta.

Afterafewmonths

be

independently

hiredatriremeandreturned

tothe

Hellespont,telling

his

compatriots

hewas

going

tocontinuethe

Fight

against

thePersians.

Actually,however,

hehaddifferent

plans———to

make

himselfrulerofall

Greece,

withtheaidofXerxeshimself.The

Spartans

declaredhima

publicenemy

and

sent

a

ship

to

Capture

him.Pausanias

sur-

rendered,

certainlthathecouldclearhimself

of

the

charges

oftreason.It

didcomeout

during

thetrialthat

during

his

reign

ascommanderhehad

offendedhisfellowGreekstimeand

again,

erectingmonuments,

forin-

stance,

inhisown

name,

ratherthaninthoseofthecitieswhose

troops

had

foughtalongside

him,

aswasthe

custom.

YetPausanias

provedright:

De~

spite

theevidenceofhisnumerouscontactswiththe

enemy,

the

Spartans

refusedto

imprison

amanofsuchnoble

birth,

andlethim

go.

Now

thinking

himself

untouchable,

Pausaniashireda

messenger

to

takealetterto

Xerxes,

butthe

messenger

insteadtookthelettertothe

Spartan

authorities.Thesemen

wanted

tofindout

more,

so

they

had

the

messengerarrange

tomeetPausaniasina

temple

where

they

couldhide

andlistenbehinda

partition.

l/VhatPausaniassaidshocked

them»-they

hadneverheardsuch

contempt

fortheir

waysspoken

so

brazenlyby

one

oftheir0wn—-—and

they

made

arrangements

forhisimmediatearrest.