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Of course, the Thebes contingent was suspect when it was part ofthe defending force at Thermopylae. This led Leonidas, when theother city contingents were released to go home and the Spartansand Thespians stayed to cover their retreat, to also keep theThebans as well. His suspicians were confirmed as, when thePersians made their final attack, the Thebans surrendered and werenot slaughtered as were the Spartans and Thespians. Thebes foughtalongside the Persians against the other Greek cities at thesubsequent batle of Plataea.
The use of ‘traitor’ is dubious – many cities in central Greecewent over to the Persian side including Thebes and the otherBoiotian cities plus Locris, Malis, Phocia and Thessaly. No oneseems to want to call them traitors, so why single out one personfrom a Boiotian city as a traitor helping the Persians when hiswhole city and many others sided with them? Makes a good bit ofdrama I suppose.
