Nepos, Lysander 2

1So, once the rule of ten had been set up in all the cities, everything was done at his nod. 1Of his cruelty and treachery it is enough to put forward one instance by way of example, so as not to weary our readers by listing more about the same man. 2When he was returning from Asia as victor and had turned aside to Thasos, because that state had been of outstanding loyalty towards the Athenians, he desired to overthrow it, as if the same men who had been steadfast enemies were not usually the firmest friends. 3He saw, however, that unless he concealed his intention in this, the Thasians would slip away and look after their own interests