o hundred and twelve Corinthians fell in the battle, and rather less
than fifty Athenians.

Weighing from the islands, the Athenians sailed the same day to Crommyon
in the Corinthian territory, about thirteen miles from the city, and
coming to anchor laid waste the country, and passed the night there. The
next day, after first coasting along to the territory of Epidaurus
and making a descent there, they came to Methana between Epidaurus
and Troezen, and drew a wall across and fortified the isthmus of the
peninsula, and left a post there from which incursions were henceforth
made upon the country of Troezen, Haliae, and Epidaurus. After walling
off this spot, the fleet sailed off home.

While these events were going on, Eurymedon and Sophocles had put to sea
with the Athenian fleet from Pylos on their way to Sicily and, arriving
at Corcyra, joined the townsmen in an expedition against the party
established on Mount Istone, who had crossed over, as I have mentioned,
after the revolution and become masters of the country, to the great
hurt of the inhabitants. Their stronghold having been taken by an
attack, the garrison took refuge in a body upon some high ground and
there capitulated, agreeing to give up their mercenary auxiliaries, lay
down their arms, and commit themselves to the discretion of the Athenian
people. The generals carried them across under truce to the island of
Ptychia, to be kept in custody until they could be sent to Athens, upon
the understanding that, if any were caught running away, all would
lose the benefit of the treaty. Meanwhile the leaders of the Corcyraean
commons, afraid that the Athenians might spare the lives of the
prisoners, had recourse to the following stratagem. They gained over
some few men on the island by secretly sending friends with instructions
to provide them with a boat, and to tell them, as if for their own
sakes, that they had best escape as quickly as possible, as the Athenian
generals were going to give them up to the Corcyraean people.

These representations succeeding, it was so arranged that the men were
caught sailing out in the boat that was provided, and the treaty became
void accordingly, and the whole body were given up to the Corcyraeans.
For this result the Athenian generals were in a great measure
responsible; their evident disinclination to sail for Sicily, and
thus to leave to others the honour of conducting the men to Athens,
encouraged the intriguers in thei