The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.98

c49.98

the Lacedaemonians, who had been waiting for the signal, now rushed in. The Plataeans, seeing the enemy inside, and some of them already killed, fled for refuge to the altars and temples, hoping that the sanctity of the places would protect them, or that they might in some way or other save their lives. The women and children, who had been shut up in the houses, shrieked and wailed, and the Thebans, fearing that they might be killed, set fire to the houses and buildings indiscriminately, in order to clear the city. The fire, fanned by the wind, spread rapidly, and the confusion was terrible.