Kitap 1
6.23
Callicratidas, however, sailed down upon him suddenly and captured ten of his ships, Diomedon escaping with his own ship and one other.
6.24
When the Athenians heard of what had happened406 B.C. and of the blockade, they voted to go to the rescue with one hundred and ten ships, putting aboard all who were of military age, whether slaveIt was only in rare cases that the Athenians employed slaves for military service. or free; and within thirty days they manned the one hundred and ten ships and set forth. Even the knightsWho were ordinarily exempt from service at sea. went aboard in considerable numbers.
6.25
After this they sailed to Samos and from there got ten Samian ships; they collected also more than thirty others from the rest of the allies, forcing everybody to embark, and in like manner whatever Athenian ships happened to be abroad. And the total number of the ships came to more than one hundred and fifty.
6.26
Now Callicratidas, when he heard that the relief expedition was already at Samos, left behind him at Mytilene fifty ships with Eteonicus as commander, and setting sail with the remaining one hundred and twenty, took dinner at Cape Malea in Lesbos.
6.27
On the same day it chanced that the Athenians took dinner on the Arginusae islands. These lie opposite Mytilene.That is, between Lesbos and the mainland of Asia Minor.
6.28
And when Callicratidas saw their fires during the night and people reported to him that it was the Athenians, he proposed to put to sea at about midnight, in order to attack them unexpectedly; but a heavy rain coming on, with thunder, prevented the setting out. And when it ceased, he sailed at daybreak for the Arginusae.
