t to surrender. This event took place while
the Spartans were still supreme. But the violence of Pausanias had
already begun to be disagreeable to the Hellenes, particularly to the
Ionians and the newly liberated populations. These resorted to the
Athenians and requested them as their kinsmen to become their leaders,
and to stop any attempt at violence on the part of Pausanias. The
Athenians accepted their overtures, and determined to put down any
attempt of the kind and to settle everything else as their interests
might seem to demand. In the meantime the Lacedaemonians recalled
Pausanias for an investigation of the reports which had reached them.
Manifold and grave accusations had been brought against him by Hellenes
arriving in Sparta; and, to all appearance, there had been in him more
of the mimicry of a despot than of the attitude of a general. As it
happened, his recall came just at the time when the hatred which he
had inspired had induced the allies to desert him, the soldiers from
Peloponnese excepted, and to range themselves by the side of the
Athenians. On his arrival at Lacedaemon, he was censured for his
private acts of oppression, but was acquitted on the heaviest counts and
pronounced not guilty; it must be known that the charge of Medism formed
one of the principal, and to all appearance one of the best founded,
articles against him. The Lacedaemonians did not, however, restore him
to his command, but sent out Dorkis and certain others with a small
force; who found the allies no longer inclined to concede to them the
supremacy. Perceiving this they departed, and the Lacedaemonians did
not send out any to succeed them. They feared for those who went out
a deterioration similar to that observable in Pausanias; besides,
they desired to be rid of the Median War, and were satisfied of the
competency of the Athenians for the position, and of their friendship at
the time towards themselves.

The Athenians, having thus succeeded to the supremacy by the voluntary
act of the allies through their hatred of Pausanias, fixed which cities
were to contribute money against the barbarian, which ships; their
professed object being to retaliate for their sufferings by ravaging
the King's country. Now was the time that the office of "Treasurers for
Hellas" was first instituted by the Athenians. These officers received
the tribute, as the money contributed was called. The tribute was first
fixed at four hundred and sixty tal