Lysander   

in thither, and proceeded to build ships of war there; and thus restored
their ports by the traffic he created, and their market by the employment
he gave, and filled their private houses and their workshops with
wealth, so that from that time the city began, first of all, by Lysander's
means, to have some hopes of growing to that stateliness and grandeur
which now it is at.
Understanding that Cyrus, the king's son, was come to Sardis, he went
up to talk with him, and to accuse Tisaphernes, who, receiving a command
to help the Lacedaemonians, and to drive the Athenians from the sea,
was thought, on account of Alcibiades, to have become remiss and unwilling,
and by paying the seamen slenderly to be ruining the fleet. Now Cyrus
was willing that Tisaphernes might be found in blame, and be ill reported
of, as being, indeed, a dishonest man, and privately at feud with
himself. By these means, and by their daily intercourse together,
Lysander, especially by the submissiveness of his conversation, won
the affection of the young prince, and greatly roused him to carry
on and when he would depart, Cyrus gave him a banquet, and desired
him not to refuse his goodwill, but to speak and ask whatever he had
a mind to, and that he should not be refused anything whatsoever:
"Since you are so very kind," replied Lysander, "I earnestly request
you to add one penny to the seamen's pay, that instead of three pence,
they may now receive four pence." Cyrus, delighted with his public
spirit, gave him ten thousand darics, out of which he added the penny
to the seamen's pay, and by the renown of this in a short time emptied
the ships of the enemies, as many would come over to that side which
gave the most pay, and those who remained, being disheartened and
mutinous, daily created trouble to the captains. Yet for all Lysander
had so distracted and weakened his enemies, he was afraid to engage
by sea, Alcibiades being an energetic commander, and having the superior
number of ships, and having been hitherto, in all battles, unconquered
both by sea and land.
But afterwards, when Alcibiades sailed from Samos to Phocaea, leaving
Antiochus, the pilot, in command of all his forces, this Antiochus,
to insult Lysander, sailed with two galleys into the port of the Ephesians,
and with mocking and laughter proudly rowed along before the place
where the ships lay drawn up. Lysander, in indignation, launched at
first a few ships only and pursued him, but as soon as he saw the
Athenians come to his help, he added some other ships, and, at last,
they fell to a set battle together; and Lysander won the victory,
and taking fifteen of their ships, erected a trophy. For this, the
people in the city being angry, put Alcibiades out of command, and
finding himself despised by the soldiers in Samos, and ill spoken
of, he sailed from the army into the Chersonese. And this battle,
although not important in itself, was made remarkable by its consequences
to Alcibiades.
Lysander, meanwhile, invited to Ephesus such persons in the various
cities as he saw to be bolder and haughtier-spirited than the rest,
proceeded to lay the foundations of that government by bodies of ten,
and those revolutions which afterwards came to pass, stirring up and
urging them to unite in clubs and apply themselves to public affairs,
since as soon as ever the Athenians should be put down, the popular
government, he said, should be suppressed and they should become supreme
in their several countries. And he made them believe these things
by present deeds, promoting those who were his friends already to
great employments, honours, and offices, and, to gratify their covetousness,
making himself a partner in injustice and wickedness. So much so,
that all flocked to him, and courted and desired him, hoping, if be
remained in power, that the highest wishes they could form would all
be gratified. And therefore, from the very beginning, they could not
look pleasantly upon Callicratidas, when he came to succeed Lysander
as admiral; nor, afterwards, when he had given them experience that
he was a most noble and just person, were they pleased with the manner
of his government, and its straightforward, Dorian, honest character.
They did, indeed, admire his virtue, as they might the beauty of some