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 212 HISTORY OF GREECE. and inquired on what ground the man was put to death ; upon which Eteonikus ordered his guards to reply, that it was because he wore a straw. The news became diffused, and immediately the remaining persons who were straws became so alarmed as to throw their straws away. 1 Eteonikus availed himself of the alarm to demand money from the Chians, as a condition of carrying away this starving and perilous armament. Having obtained from them a month's pay, he immediately put the troops on shipboard, taking pains to encourage them, and make them fancy that he was unacquainted with the recent conspiracy. The Chians and the other allies of Sparta presently assembled at Ephesus to consult, and resolved, in conjunction with Cyrus, to despatch envoys to the ephors, requesting that Lysander might be sent out a second time as admiral. It was not the habit of Sparta ever to send out the same man as admiral a second time, after his year of service. Nevertheless, the ephors complied with the request substantially, sending out Arakus as admiral, but Lysander along with him, under the title of secretary, invested with all the real powers of command. lyysander, having reached Ephesus about the beginning of B.C. 405, immediately applied himself with vigor to renovate both Lacedaemonian power and his own influence. The partisans in the various allied cities, whose favor he had assiduously culti- vated during his last year's command, the clubs and factious combinations, which he had organized and stimulated into a partnership of mutual ambition, all hailed his return with exulta- tion. Discountenanced and kept down by the generous patriot- ism of his predecessor Kallikratidas, they now sprang into renewed activity, and became zealous in aiding Lysander to refit and augment his fleet. Nor was Cyrus less hearty in his pref- erence than before. On arriving at Ephesus, Lysander went speedily to visit him at Sardis, and solicited a renewal of the pecuniary aid. The young prince said in reply that all the funds which he had received from Susa had already been expended, with much more besides ; in testimony of which he exhibited a specification of the sums furnished to each Feloponnesian officer. 1 Xcnouh. Hellen. ii, 1. 1-4.