In the meanwhile, as long as the army was at Eleusis and the Thriasian plain, hopes were still entertained of its not advancing any nearer. It was remembered that Pleistoanax, son of Pausanias, king of Lacedaemon, had invaded Attica with a Peloponnesian army fourteen years before, but had retreated without advancing farther than Eleusis and Thria, which indeed proved the cause of his exile from Sparta, as it was thought he had been bribed to retreat.
21. Atenastarrek, armada Eleusis eta Tiasiar lautadan geldituta zegoen artean, bazuten oraindik hiritik hurbilagora joango ez zen esperantza, zera gogoratzen baitzuten, alegia, Pausaniasen seme Plistoanakte, lazedemondarren erregea, orduko gerra baino hamalau urte lehenago Peloponesoko armadarekin egin zuen inbasioan Eleusis eta Triaraino heldu zenean, atzera egin zuela aurrera joan barik (horregatik Espartatik erbesteratu egin zuten erretreta erosi ziotela eta);