Sentence:  Pausanias does not specifically say that the <WSD>Eleutherians</WSD> received Athenian citizenship, only that they desired it; but there is nothing inherently implausible in the suggestion that the <WSD>Eleutherians</WSD> were made Athenian citizens 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One of a people of Ancient Greece, originally associated with Thebes but later granted rights with Athens.