They thus probably came to Thermopylae of their own free will and stayed to the end because they could not return to Thebes if the Persians conquered Boeotia.
Do Termopýl pravdepodobne prišli z vlastnej vôle a ostali až do konca, pretože by sa nemohli vrátiť do Téb, ak by Peržania dobyli Boiótiu.