And although the king within three years 397-394 B.C. destroyed the dominion of the
 Lacedaemonians, An exaggeration: it was the Spartan
 sea-power only that was destroyed. who were then at the height of their glory and
 power, yet after he had waged war against Evagoras for ten years, 390-380 (?) B.C. he left him lord of all that he had possessed before
 he entered upon the war. But the most amazing thing of all is this: the city which, held
 by another prince, Evagoras had captured with fifty men, the Great King, with all his vast
 power, was unable to subdue at all.