Paus. 3.1At ille post nōn multō suā sponte ad exercitum rediit et ibi nōn stolidā, sed dēmentī ratiōne cōgitātā patefēcit: nōn enim mōrēs patriōs sōlum, sed etiam cultum vestītumque mūtāvit.But not long afterwards he returned to the army of his own accord, and there revealed his designs in a manner not foolish but insane: for he changed not only his ancestral customs but even his way of life and his dress. Paus. 3.2Apparātū rēgiō ūtēbātur, veste Mēdicā;He used royal pomp and Median clothing; Paus. 3.2satellitēs Mēdī et Aegyptiī sequēbantur;Median and Egyptian guards followed him; Paus. 3.2epulābātur mōre Persārum luxuriōsius, quam quī aderant perpetī possent;he feasted in the Persian manner, more luxuriously than those present could endure; Paus. 3.3aditum petentibus nōn dabat, superbē respondēbat, crūdēliter imperābat.he refused access to those who sought it, answered arrogantly, gave orders cruelly. Paus. 3.3Spartam redīre nōlēbat;He was unwilling to return to Sparta; Paus. 3.3colōnās, quī locus in agrō Trōade est, sē contulerat;he had taken himself to Colonae, a place in the territory of the Troad; Paus. 3.3ibi cōnsilia cum patriae tum sibi inimīca capiēbat.there he formed plans hostile both to his country and to himself.
Paus. 3.4Id postquam Lacedaemoniī resciērunt, lēgātōs cum clāvā ad eum mīsērunt, in quā mōre illōrum erat scrīptum: nisi domum reverterētur, sē capitis eum damnātūrōs.When the Spartans found this out, they sent envoys to him with the message-staff, on which, in their fashion, was written: that unless he returned home, they would condemn him to death. Paus. 3.5Hōc nūntiō commōtus, spērāns sē etiamtum pecūniā et potentiā īnstāns perīculum posse dēpellere, domum rediit.Shaken by this message, and hoping that even then he could ward off the threatening danger by money and influence, he returned home. Paus. 3.5Hūc ut vēnit, ab ephorīs in vincla pūblica est coniectus: licet enim lēgibus eōrum cuivīs ephorō hoc facere rēgī.As soon as he arrived there, he was thrown into the public prison by the ephors: for under their laws any ephor may do this to a king. Paus. 3.5Hinc tamen sē expedīvit, neque eō magis carēbat suspīciōne: nam opīniō manēbat eum cum rēge habēre societātem.From there, however, he got himself free, but he was none the less under suspicion: for the belief remained that he had an alliance with the king.
Paus. 3.6Est genus quoddam hominum, quod Hīlōtae vocātur, quōrum magna multitūdō agrōs Lacedaemoniōrum colit servōrumque mūnere fungitur.There is a certain class of men called Helots, a great number of whom farm the lands of the Spartans and perform the duties of slaves. Paus. 3.6Hōs quoque sollicitāre spē lībertātis exīstimābātur.He was thought to be tampering with these too, with the hope of freedom. Paus. 3.7Sed quod hārum rērum nūllum erat apertum crīmen, quō coarguī posset, nōn putābant dē tālī tamque clārō virō suspīciōnibus oportēre iūdicārī et exspectandum, dum sē ipsa rēs aperīret.But because there was no open charge on any of these matters by which he could be convicted, they did not think that so great and famous a man ought to be judged on suspicion, but that they must wait until the matter revealed itself.