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31. His words failed to convince Alcidas; whereupon some Ionian exiles and the Lesbians who1 were on board the fleet2 recommended that, if this enterprise appeared too hazardous, he should occupy one of the Ionian towns or the Aeolian Cymè: having thus established their head-quarters in a city, the Peloponnesians might raise the standard of revolt in Ionia. There was a good chance of success, for every one was glad of his arrival; they might cut off a main source of Athenian revenue; and although they themselves would incur expense, for the Athenians would blockade them3, the attempt was worth making. Pissuthnes might very likely be persuaded to co-operate. [2] But Alcidas objected to this proposal equally with the last; his only idea was, now that he had failed in saving Mytilenè, to get back as fast as he could to Peloponnesus.

1 It is also proposed to occupy some town, and raise a revolt in Ionia. But Alcidas rejects both propositions. He hurries home.

2 i.e. the envoys who had been sent to Sparta. Cp. 3.4 fin., 5 fin.

3 Adopting with Bekker the conjecture ἐθορμοῦσιν.

Thucydides translated into English; with introduction, marginal analysis, notes, and indices. Volume 1. Thucydides. Benjamin Jowett. translator. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1881.

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