Lys. 3.1Itaque iī decemvirālem potestātem ab illō cōnstitūtam sustulērunt.So they abolished the rule of ten which he had set up. Lys. 3.1Quō dolōre incēnsus iniit cōnsilia rēgēs Lacedaemoniōrum tollere.Inflamed with resentment at this, he formed a plan to do away with the kings of the Spartans. Lys. 3.1Sed sentiēbat id sē sine ope deōrum facere nōn posse, quod Lacedaemoniī omnia ad ōrācula referre cōnsuērant.But he realised that he could not do this without the help of the gods, because the Spartans were accustomed to refer everything to the oracles. Lys. 3.2Prīmum Delphicum corrumpere est cōnātus.First he tried to bribe the oracle at Delphi. Lys. 3.2Cum id nōn potuisset, Dōdōnaeum adortus est.When he had been unable to do that, he made an attempt on the one at Dodona. Lys. 3.2Hinc quoque repulsus dīxit sē vōta suscēpisse, quae Iovī Hammōnī solveret, exīstimāns sē Āfrōs facilius corruptūrum.Rebuffed here too, he said that he had undertaken vows which he must discharge to Jupiter Ammon, thinking that he would bribe the Africans more easily. Lys. 3.3Hāc spē cum profectus esset in Āfricam, multum eum antistitēs Iovis fefellērunt.When he had set out for Africa in this hope, the priests of Jupiter greatly disappointed him.
Lys. 3.3Nam nōn sōlum corrumpī nōn potuērunt, sed etiam lēgātōs Lacedaemonem mīsērunt, quī Lȳsandrum accūsārent, quod sacerdōtēs fānī corrumpere cōnātus esset.For not only could they not be bribed, but they even sent envoys to Sparta to accuse Lysander of having tried to bribe the priests of the shrine. Lys. 3.4Accūsātus hōc crīmine iūdicumque absolūtus sententiīs, Orchomeniīs missus subsidiō occīsus est ā Thēbānīs apud Haliartum.Accused on this charge and acquitted by the votes of the jurors, he was sent to help the Orchomenians and was killed by the Thebans at Haliartus. Lys. 3.5Quam vērē dē eō secus foret iūdicātum, ōrātiō indiciō fuit, quae post mortem in domō eius reperta est, in quā suādet Lacedaemoniīs, ut rēgiā potestāte dissolūtā ex omnibus dux dēligātur ad bellum gerendum, sed sīc scrīpta, ut deum vidērētur congruere sententiae, quam ille sē habitūrum pecūniā fīdēns nōn dubitārat.How rightly a different verdict would have been passed on him was shown by a speech found in his house after his death, in which he urges the Spartans to abolish the royal power and choose a leader from all the citizens to wage war, but written in such a way that it should seem to agree with the god's pronouncement, which, trusting in his money, he had not doubted he would obtain.
Lys. 3.5Hanc eī scrīpsisse Cleōn Halicarnasius dīcitur.Cleon of Halicarnassus is said to have written it for him.