History of the Peloponnesian War

But he besought them to do none of these things, promising that he would wipe out the charges by some brave deed when he took the field again; if not, they might then do what they wished.

So they refrained from the fine and the razing of his house, but for the present enacted a law which had no precedent among them; for they chose ten of the Spartiates as counsellors[*](Compare similar proceedings in 2.85.1; 3.69.1; 8.39.2.) for him without whose consent it was not lawful for him to lead an army out of the city.

Meanwhile word came from their friends[*](As opposed to the faction mentioned at the end of ch. lxii.) in Tegea that, unless they should come quickly, Tegea would go over to the Argives and their allies, and already had all but done so.

Whereupon succour was sent, both of the Lacedaemonians themselves and of the Helots, in full force, promptly and on such a scale as never before.