leaving the camp for necessary purposes, while a suppressed din and
murmur arose, caused by the grooms currying and combing their horses.
This was the moment for Thrasybulus and his men to snatch up their
arms and make a dash at the enemy's position. Some they felled on the
spot; and routing the whole body, pursued them six or seven furlongs,
killing one hundred and twenty hoplites and more. Of the cavalry,
Nicostratus, "the beautiful," as men called him, and two others
besides were slain; they were caught while still in their beds.
Returning from the pursuit, the victors set up a trophy, got together
all the arms they had taken, besides baggage, and retired again to
Phyle. A reinforcement of horse sent from the city could not discover
the vestige of a foe; but waited on the scene of battle until the
bodies of the slain had been picked up by their relatives, when they
withdrew again to the city.

After this the Thirty, who had begun to realise the insecurity of
their position, were anxious to appropriate Eleusis, so that an asylum
might be ready for them against the day of need. With this view an
order was issued to the Knights; and Critias, with the rest of the
Thirty, visited Eleusis. There they held a review of the Eleusians in
the presence of the Knights;[4] and, on the pretext of wishing to
discover how many they were, and how large a garrison they would
further require, they ordered the townsfolk to enter their names. As
each man did so he had to retire by a postern leading to the sea. But
on the sea-beach this side there were lines of cavalry drawn up in
waiting, and as each man appeared he was handcuffed by the satellites
of the Thirty. When all had so been seized and secured, they gave
orders to Lysimachus, the commander of the cavalry, to take them off
to the city and deliver them over to the Eleven. Next day they
summoned the heavy armed who were on the list, and the rest of the