in the confidence of victory began to
scatter in pursuit of the ships of the enemy, and allowed a considerable
part of their fleet to get into disorder. On seeing this the squadron
of Thrasybulus discontinued their lateral movement and, facing about,
attacked and routed the ships opposed to them, and next fell roughly
upon the scattered vessels of the victorious Peloponnesian division, and
put most of them to flight without a blow. The Syracusans also had by
this time given way before the squadron of Thrasyllus, and now openly
took to flight upon seeing the flight of their comrades.

The rout was now complete. Most of the Peloponnesians fled for refuge
first to the river Midius, and afterwards to Abydos. Only a few
ships were taken by the Athenians; as owing to the narrowness of the
Hellespont the enemy had not far to go to be in safety. Nevertheless
nothing could have been more opportune for them than this victory. Up to
this time they had feared the Peloponnesian fleet, owing to a number
of petty losses and to the disaster in Sicily; but they now ceased
to mistrust themselves or any longer to think their enemies good for
anything at sea. Meanwhile they took from the enemy eight Chian
vessels, five Corinthian, two Ambraciot, two Boeotian, one Leucadian,
Lacedaemonian, Syracusan, and Pellenian, losing fifteen of their own.
After setting up a trophy upon Point Cynossema, securing the wrecks, and
restoring to the enemy his dead under truce, they sent off a galley to
Athens with the news of their victory. The arrival of this vessel with
its unhoped-for good news, after the recent disasters of Euboea, and
in the revolution at Athens, gave fresh courage to the Athenians, and
caused them to believe that if they put their shoulders to the wheel
their cause might yet prevail.

On the fourth day after the sea-fight the Athenians in Sestos having
hastily refitted their ships sailed against Cyzicus, which had revolted.
Off Harpagium and Priapus they sighted at anchor the eight vessels from
Byzantium, and, sailing up and routing the troops on shore, took the
ships, and then went on and recovered the town of Cyzicus, which was
unfortified, and levied money from the citizens. In the meantime the
Peloponnesians sailed from Abydos to Elaeus, and recovered such of their
captured galleys as were still uninjured, the rest having been burned by
the Elaeusians, and sent Hippocrates and Epicles to Euboea to fetch the
squadron from that isl