Pausanias (general)
Pausanias was a
Spartan general of the
5th century BC. He was responsible for the Greek victory over
Mardonius and the
Persians at the
Battle of Plataea in
479 BC, and was the leader of the Hellenic League created after the end of the
Persian Wars. In
478 BC he was suspected of conspiring with the Persians and was recalled to Sparta. He took refuge in a temple, which was then boarded up so he could not escape; he refused to come out, however, and starved to death.
Cimon and the
Athenians then became the leaders of the Hellenic League, which later turned into the
Delian League.