Passage 7.13.4
εἰ δὲ ὁ Δαμόκριτος προθυμίαν ἐποιήσατο, τοῖς φεύγουσιν ἐκ τῆς παρατάξεως ὁμοῦ καὶ Ἀχαιοῖς ἐσδραμεῖν ὑπῆρξεν ἂν ἐς τὸ τεῖχος τῆς Σπάρτης εἰς Σπάρτην · νῦν δὲ αὐτίκα τε ἀνεκάλεσεν ἀπὸ τῆς διώξεως τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς καὶ ἐχρῆτο καὶ ἐς τὸ ἔπειτα καταδρομαῖς μᾶλλον καὶ ἁρπαγαῖς ἐκ τῆς χώρας ἢ συντόνῳ πολιορκίᾳ.
Had Damocritus shown zeal, it would have been possible for the fugitives fleeing from the battle along with the Achaeans to storm the Spartan wall and enter Sparta itself. But as it was, he immediately recalled the Achaeans from their pursuit and thereafter preferred to employ raids and plundering expeditions into their territory rather than a rigorous siege.