d
Boeotians and other states raised as a joint voluntary undertaking.

Nor must it be forgotten that the Corinthians, with the funds left them
by Pharnabazus, manned a fleet--the command of which they entrusted
to their admiral Agathinus--and so were undisputed masters of the sea
within the gulf round Achaia and Lechaeum.

B.C. 393-391. The Lacedaemonians, in opposition, fitted out a fleet
under the command of Podanemus. That officer, in an attack of no great
moment, lost his life, and Pollis, (13) his second in command, was
presently in his turn obliged to retire, being wounded, whereupon
Herippidas took command of the vessels. On the other hand, Proaenus
the Corinthian, who had relieved Agathinus, evacuated Rhium, and the
Lacedaemonians recovered that post. Subsequently Teleutias succeeded to
Herippidas's fleet, and it was then the turn of that admiral to dominate
the gulf. (14)

(13) See "Hell." I. i. 23.

(14) According to Grote ("H. G." ix. 471, note 2), this section
summarises the Lacedaemonian maritime operations in the Corinthian
Gulf from the late autumn of 393 B.C. till the appointment of
Teleutias in the spring or early summer of 391 B.C., the year of
the expedition of Agesilaus recounted above, "Hell." IV. iv. 19.

B.C. 392. The Lacedaemonians were well informed of the proceedings of
Conon. They knew that he was not only restoring the fortifications
of Athens by help of the king's gold, but maintaining a fleet at his
expense besides, and conciliating the islands and seaboard cities
towards Athens. If, therefore, they could indoctrinate Tiribazus--who
was a general of the king--with their sentiments, they believed they
could not fail either to draw him aside to their own interests, or, at
any rate, to put a stop to his feeding Conon's navy. With this intention
they sent Antalcidas to Tiribazus: (15) his orders were to carry out
this policy and, if possible, to arrange a peace between Lacedaemon and
the king. The Athenians, getting wind of this, sent a counter-embassy,
consisting of Hermogenes, Dion, Callisthenes, and Callimedon, with Conon
himself. They at the same time invited the attendance of ambassadors
from the allies, and there were also present representatives of the
Boeotians, of Corinth, and of Argos. When they had arrived at their
destination, Antalcidas explained to Tiribazus the object of his
visit: he wished, if possible, to cement a peace between the state
he represented