ers of these classes were, by the general's strict injunctions,
further to be provided with arms, and loans were to be raised for the
purpose without delay. Presently the superintendents of this branch of
the service were able to turn out a detachment of over a thousand men,
in the prime of bodily perfection, well disciplined and splendidly
armed, so that in the end the Lacedaemonians affirmed: "Fellow-soldiers
of this stamp are too good to lose." Such were the concerns of
Agesilaus.

(8) See above, IV. iv. 15.

(9) See Grote, "H. G." x. 45, note 4; and below, V. iv. 13.

(10) See "Pol. Lac." v.

Meanwhile Agesipolis on leaving Macedonia advanced straight upon
Olynthus and took up a strategical position in front of the town.
Finding that no one came out to oppose him, he occupied himself for the
present with pillaging any remnant of the district till intact, and with
marching into the territory allied with the enemy, where he destroyed
the corn. The town of Torone he attacked and took by storm. But while he
was so engaged, in the height of mid-summer he was attacked by a burning
fever. In this condition his mind reverted to a scene once visited, the
temple of Dionysus at Aphytis, and a longing for its cool and sparkling
waters and embowered shades (11) seized him. To this spot accordingly
he was carried, still living, but only to breathe his last outside the
sacred shrine, within a week of the day on which he sickened. His body
was laid in honey and conveyed home to Sparta, where he obtained royal
sepulchre.

(11) Lit. "shady tabernacles."

When the news reached Agesilaus he displayed none of the satisfaction
which might possibly have been expected at the removal of an antagonist.
On the contrary, he wept and pined for the companionship so severed, it
being the fashion at Sparta for the kings when at home to mess together
and to share the same quarters. Moreover, Agesipolis was admirably
suited to Agesilaus, sharing with the merriment of youth in tales of the
chase and horsemanship and boyish loves; (12) while, to crown all, the
touch of reverence due from younger to elder was not wanting in their
common life. In place of Agesipolis, the Lacedaemonians despatched
Polybiades as governor to Olynthus.

(12) See "Ages." viii. 2.

B.C. 379. Agesilaus had already exceeded the time during which the
supplies of food in Phlius were expected to last. The difference, in
fact, between self-command and mere appetite i