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So the herald went back to the Athenians; and the Spartans continued
to dispute till morning began to dawn upon them. Then Pausanias, who
as yet had not moved, gave the signal for retreat - expecting (and
rightly, as the event proved) that Amompharetus, when he saw the
rest of the Lacedaemonians in motion, would be unwilling to be left
behind. No sooner was the signal given, than all the army except the
Pitanates began their march, and retreated along the line of the
hills; the Tegeans accompanying them. The Athenians likewise set
off in good order, but proceeded by a different way from the
Lacedaemonians. For while the latter clung to the hilly ground and
the skirts of Mount Cithaeron, on account of the fear which they
entertained of the enemy's horse, the former betook themselves to the
low country and marched through the plain.
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