Passage 3.5.6
τότε δὲ ἐν αἰτίᾳ ποιουμένων τῶν πολιτῶν τὴν βραδυτῆτα αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐς Βοιωτίαν οὐχ ὑπέμεινεν ἐσελθεῖν ἐς δικαστήριον, Τεγεᾶται δὲ αὐτὸν τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἱκέτην ἐδέξαντο τῆς Ἀλέας. ἦν δὲ ἄρα τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦτο ἐκ παλαιοῦ Πελοποννησίοις πᾶσιν αἰδέσιμον καὶ τοῖς αὐτόθι ἱκετεύουσιν ἀσφάλειαν μάλιστα παρείχετο· ἐδήλωσαν δὲ οἵ τε Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὸν Παυσανίαν καὶ ἔτι πρότερον τούτου Λεωτυχίδην καὶ Ἀργεῖοι Χρυσίδα, καθεζομένους ἐνταῦθα ἱκέτας, οὐδὲ ἀρχὴν ἐξαιτῆσαι θελήσαντες.
But when the citizens accused him of delay concerning his expedition to Boeotia, he refused to appear before their tribunal and instead sought refuge among the Tegeans as a suppliant of Athena Alea. This sanctuary had, since ancient times, been revered by all Peloponnesians and provided absolute safety to those seeking refuge there. The Lacedaemonians showed evidence of this in the cases of Pausanias and also previously Leotychides, as did the Argives with Chrysis, wherein each had claimed sanctuary by seating themselves as suppliants, and none dared even to begin proceedings to demand their surrender.