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While the Spartans were engaged in these efforts to turn Amompharetus
- the only man unwilling to retreat either in their own army or in that
of the Tegeans - the Athenians on their side did as follows.
Knowing that it was the Spartan temper to say one thing and no
another, they remained quiet in their station until the army began to
retreat, when they despatched a horseman to see whether the Spartans
really meant to set forth, or whether after all they had no intention
of moving. The horseman was also to ask Pausanias what he wished the
Athenians to do.
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