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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Hellenica by Xenophon: citizens flocked to the campaign under their leadership; but no sooner
had they been driven into exile than a change had come. The men of
Phlius now flatly refused to follow Lacedaemon anywhere; the
Lacedaemonians, alone of all men living, must not be admitted within
their gates." After listening to their story, the ephors agreed that
the matter demanded attention. Then they sent to the state of Phlius a
message to this effect; the Phliasian exiles were friends of
Lacedaemon; nor did it appear that they owed their exile to any
misdoing. Under the circumstances, Lacedaemon claimed their recall
from banishment, not by force, but as a concession voluntarily
granted. When the matter was thus stated, the Phliasians were not
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