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same time to Pausanias, and counselled him to do a deed of exceeding
wickedness. "Son of Cleombrotus," he said very earnestly, "what thou
hast already done is passing great and glorious. By the favour of
Heaven thou hast saved Greece, and gained a renown beyond all the
Greeks of whom we have any knowledge. Now then so finish thy work,
that thine own fame may be increased thereby, and that henceforth
barbarians may fear to commit outrages on the Grecians. When
Leonidas was slain at Thermopylae, Xerxes and Mardonius commanded that
he should be beheaded and crucified. Do thou the like at this time
by Mardonius, and thou wilt have glory in Sparta, and likewise through
the whole of Greece. For, by hanging him upon a cross, thou wilt
avenge Leonidas, who was thy father's brother."
Thus spake Lampon, thinking to please Pausanias; but Pausanias
answered him- "My Eginetan friend, for thy foresight and thy
friendliness I am much beholden to thee: but the counsel which thou
hast offered is not good. First hast thou lifted me up to the skies,
by thy praise of my country and my achievement; and then thou hast
cast me down to the ground, by bidding me maltreat the dead, and
saying that thus I shall raise myself in men's esteem. Such doings
befit barbarians rather than Greeks; and even in barbarians we
detest them. On such terms then I could not wish to please the
Eginetans, nor those who think as they think enough for me to gain the
approval of my own countrymen, by righteous deeds as well as by
righteous words. Leonidas, whom thou wouldst have me avenge, is, I
maintain, abundantly avenged already. Surely the countless lives
here taken are enough to avenge not him only, but all those who fell
at Thermopylae. Come not thou before me again with such a speech,
nor with such counsel; and thank my forbearance that thou art not
now punished." Then Lampon, having received this answer, departed, and
went his way.
After this Pausanias caused proclamation to be made, that no one
should lay hands on the booty, but that the Helots should collect it
and bring it all to one place. So the Helots went and spread
themselves through the camp, wherein were found many tents richly
adorned with furniture of gold and silver, many couches covered with
plates of the same, and many golden bowls, goblets, and other
drinking-vessels. On the carriages were bags containing silver and
golden kettles; and the bodies of the slain furnished bracelets and
chains, and scymitars with golden ornaments- not to mention
embroidered apparel, of which no one made any account. The Helots at
this time stole many things of much value, which they sold in after
times to the Eginetans; however, they brought in likewise no small
quantity, chiefly such things as it was not possible for them to hide.
And this was the beginning of the great wealth of the Eginetans, who
bought the gold of the Helots as if it had been mere brass.
When all the booty had been brought together, a tenth of the whole
was set apart for the Delphian god; and hence was made the golden
tripod which stands on the bronze serpent with the three heads,
quite close to the altar. Portions were also set apart for the gods of
Olympia, and of the Isthmus; from which were made, in the one case,
a bronze Jupiter ten cubits high; and in the other, a bronze Neptune
of seven cubits. After this, the rest of the spoil was divided among
the soldiers, each of whom received less or more according to his
deserts; and in this way was a distribution made of the Persian
concubines, of the gold, the silver, the beasts of burthen, and all
the other valuables. What special gifts were presented to those who
had most distinguished themselves in the battle, I do not find
mentioned by any one; but I should suppose that they must have had
some gifts beyond the others. As for Pausanias, the portion which
was set apart for him consisted of ten specimens of each kind of
thing- women, horses, talents, camels, or whatever else there was in
the spoil.
It is said that the following circumstance happened likewise at
this time. Xerxes, when he fled away out of Greece, left his