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13-16] ATHENIAN ENERGY 345 The news of the revolt of Chios soon reached Athens ; 15 and the Athenians reahsed at once the The Aihemans, alive magnitude of the danger which now /o their situation, pass surrounded them. The greatest city "" '^'" ""^^^'""'S "'^ reserve of money and of all had gone over to the enemy, and ,/„y,^. /^ i,e /redy used. the rest of their allies were certain to They resolve to send a rise. In the extremity of their alarm l^^'Se Mi to Asm. they abrogated the penalties denounced against any one who should propose or put to the vote the employment of the thousand talents which throughout the war they had hitherto jealously reserved ^ They now passed a decree permitting their use, and resolved to man a large number of ships ; also to send at once to Chios eight ships which had been keeping guard at Piraeum, and had gone away under the command of Strombichides the son of Diotimus in pursuit of Chalcideus, but not overtaking him had returned. Twelve other ships, under the command of Thrasy- cles, were to follow immediately; these too were to be taken from the blockading force. They also withdrew the seven Chian ships which were assisting them in the blockade of Piraeum ; and setting free the slaves in them, put the freemen in chains. Other ships were then quickly manned by them and sent to take the place of all those which had been subtracted from the blockading squadron, and they proposed to equip thirty more. They were full of energy, and spared no effort for the recovery of Chios. Meanwhile Strombichides with his eight ships arrived at 16 Samos, and thence, taking with him , ,... , c^ . , -1 1 X Strombichides at Teos. an additional bamian vessel, sailed to rr „.,„„,/„ ^^^„^^^ ' He narrowly escapes Teos and warned the inhabitants against Chaiddeus and Aldh- revolt. But Chalcideus with twenty- '■«<^^. Ar «'/""« he is ., , . , . (. ^. . chased into Samos, (4) three ships was on his way from Chios j-^^^ rci'olts to Teos, intending to attack it ; he was assisted by the land-forces of Clazomenae and Erythrae, which followed his movements on the shore. Strombich- ides saw him in time, and put out to sea before he arrived. " Cp. ii 24. A a 2