ontinual trouble. Yet even
after he had thus weakened his enemy's forces Lysander dared not
venture on a battle, knowing Alkibiades to be a brilliant general, and
that his fleet was still the more numerous, while his many victories
by sea and land made him feared at this period as invincible.

V. When, however, Alkibiades sailed from Samos to Phokaea he left his
pilot Antiochus in command of the fleet. This man, wishing in a
foolhardy spirit to insult Lysander, sailed into the harbour of
Ephesus with two triremes, and arrogantly passed along the beach where
the Lacedaemonian fleet lay drawn up, with loud laughter and noise.
Lysander, enraged at this, at first only launched a few triremes to
pursue him, but when he saw the Athenians coming to his assistance he
manned his whole fleet, and brought on a general action. Lysander was
victorious, took fifteen triremes, and erected a trophy. Upon this the
Athenian people were greatly incensed against Alkibiades, and removed
him from his command; and he, being insulted and ill-treated by the
soldiery at Samos, withdrew from the Athenian camp to the Chersonesus.
This battle, though not in itself remarkable, yet became so because of
the misfortunes which it brought upon Alkibiades.

Lysander now invited to Ephesus all the bravest and most distinguished
Greeks from the cities on the Ionic coast, and thus laid the
foundation of all those oligarchies and revolutionary governments
which were afterwards established there, by encouraging them to form
political clubs, and devote themselves energetically to carrying on
the war, because in the event of success they would not only conquer
the Athenians, but also would be able to put down all democratic
government, and establish themselves as absolute rulers in their
respective cities. He proved the truth of his professions to these
people by his acts, as he promoted those whom he personally knew, and
those with whom he was connected by the ties of hospitality, to
important posts and commands, aiding and abetting their most
unscrupulous and unjust acts, so that all men began to look up to him
and to be eager to win his favour, imagining that if he remained in
power, their most extravagant wishes would be gratified. For this
reason they were dissatisfied with Kallikratidas, when he took command
of the fleet as Lysander's successor, and even after he had proved
himself to be as brave and honest as a man could be, they still
disliked his trut