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344 CHIOS, ERYTHRAE, CLAZOMENAE REVOLT [vill should not allow such a prize to fall into the hands of Agis ' ; — now Agis was a personal enemy of Alcibiades. His opinion prevailed with Endius and the other Ephors. So he put to sea with the five ships, accompanied by Chalcideus the Lacedaemonian, and hastened on his way. 13 About this time sixteen Peloponnesian ships which had RcUirn of some ships remained with Gylippus to the end of from Sicily. the Sicilian war were returning home. They were caught in the neighbourhood of Leucadia and roughly handled by twenty-seven Athenian vessels, under the command of Hippocles the son of Menippus, which were on the watch for ships coming from Sicily ; but all except one of them escaped the Athenians and sailed into Corinth. 14 Chalcideus and Alcibiades on their voyage seized every , , „, . ,, , , one whom they met in order that their (i) Chtos, then (2) . • u / * K ^ a -ri Erythrae, (3) Clazo- coHung might not be reported. They mcnae, are induced to touched first at the promontory of revolt by Chalcideus and Corycus on the mainland, and there Akil'iades. -^ . . ' releasmg their prisoners they held a preliminary conference with certain of the Chians, who were in the plot, and who advised them to give no notice of their intention, but to sail at once to the cit3^ So they appeared suddenly at Chios, to the great wonder and alarm of the people. The oligarchs had contrived that the council should be sitting at the time. Chalcideus and Alcibiades made speeches and announced that many more ships were on their way, but said nothing about the blockade of Pi- raeum. So Chios first, and afterwards Erythrae, revolted from Athens. They then sailed with three vessels to Clazo- menae, which they induced to revolt. The Clazomenians at once crossed over to the mainland and fortified Polichne, intending in case of need to retreat thither from the little island on which Clazomenae stands. All the revolted cities were occupied in raising fortifications and preparing for war.