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[8] Now the Peloponnesians in the city and all the fugitives from the battle fled to the camp of Pharnabazus; and the Athenian generals not only captured all the ships but they also took many prisoners and an immeasurable quantity of booty, since they had won the victory at the same time over two armaments of such size.1

1 The despair of the Lacedaemonians after such a disaster is portrayed in the letter from the vice-admiral to Sparta which is given by Xenophon (Xen. Hell. 1.1.23) and ran as follows: "The ships are gone. Mindarus is dead. The men are starving. We know not what to do."

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