r portion of the fleet,
set sail once more for Rhodes. He left behind him twelve vessels
in Aegina under his vice-admiral Gorgopas, who was now installed as
governor of that island. In consequence of this chance the Athenian
troops inside the fortres were more blockaded than the Aeginetans
themselves, so much so that a vote was passed by the Athenian assembly,
in obedience to which a large fleet was manned, and the garrison, after
four months' sojourn in Aegina, were brought back. But this was
no sooner done than they began to be harassed by Gorgopas and the
privateers again. To operate aganst these they fitted out thirteen
vessels, choosing Eunomus as admiral in command. Hierax was still in
Rhodes when the Lacedaemonians sent out a new admiral, Antalcidas; they
believed that they could not find a better mode of gratifying Tiribazus.
Accordingly Antalcidas, after visiting Aegina in order to pick up the
vessels under Gorgopas, set sail for Ephesus. At this point he sent back
Gorgopas with his twelve ships to Aegina, and appointed his vice-admiral
Nicolochus to command the remainder of the fleet.

Nicolochus was to relieve Abydos, and thither set sail; but in the
course of the voyage turned aside to Tenedos, where he ravaged the
territory, and, with the money so secured, sailed on to Abydos. The
Athenian generals (4) on their side, collecting from Samothrace, Thasos,
and the fortresses in that quarter, hastened to the relief of Tenedos;
but, finding that Nicolochus had continued his voyage to Abydos, they
selected the Chersonese as their base, and proceeded to blockade him
and his fleet of five-and-twenty vessels with the two-and-thirty vessels
under their joint command.

(4) And among the rest Iphicrates and Diotimus. See below, S. 25;
above, IV. viii. 39.

Meanwhile Gorgopas, returning from Ephesus, fell in with the Athenian
admiral Eunomus, and, shunning an encounter at the moment, sought
shelter in Aegina, which he reached a little before sunset; and at
once disembarking his men, set them down to their evening meal; whilst
Eunomus on his side, after hanging back for a little while, sailed away.
Night fell, and the Athenian, showing the customary signal light to
prevent his squadron straggling, led the way in the darkness. Gorgopas
instantly got his men on board again, and, taking the lantern for his
guide, followed the Athenians, craftily lagging behind a little space,
so as not to show himself or raise any su