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Afterwards, the Lacedaemonians despatched a larger force against
Athens, which they put under the command of Cleomenes, son of
Anaxandridas, one of their kings. These troops were not sent by
sea, but marched by the mainland. When they were come into Attica,
their first encounter was with the Thessalian horse, which they
shortly put to flight, killing above forty men; the remainder made
good their escape, and fled straight to Thessaly. Cleomenes
proceeded to the city, and, with the aid of such of the Athenians as
wished for freedom, besieged the tyrants, who had shut themselves up
in the Pelasgic fortress.
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