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but they did not put Lysander at the head of the army
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or even one of his people.
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Instead King Pausanias was sent out to do the job.
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Well, they met the Athenian army under Thrasybulus
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and defeated Thrasybulus,
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but they did not try to obliterate that army,
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or as we shall see,
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treat them as very serious enemies.
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For one thing, the Athenians again as they had in the past,
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fought bravely and well
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and inflicted serious losses on the Spartan army,
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but also it was obvious that Pausanias was willing