§8.11.1διακριθέντες δὲ πρὸς μὲν τὰς πολεμίας ναῦς ἐπέταξαν ἐφορμεῖν ἱκανάς, ταῖς δὲ λοιπαῖς ἐς τὸ νησίδιον ὁρμίζονται ἐν ᾧ οὐ πολὺ ἀπέχοντι ἐστρατοπεδεύοντο, καὶ ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας ἐπὶ βοήθειαν ἔπεμπον.
Having separated, the Athenians detailed a sufficient number of ships to blockade the enemy ships, and with the rest they came to anchor at the small island, which was not far off, where they made their camp, and they sent to Athens for reinforcements.
§8.11.2παρῆσαν γὰρ καὶ τοῖς Πελοποννησίοις τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ οἵ τε Κορίνθιοι βοηθοῦντες ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς καὶ οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι πρόσχωροι.
For on the following day both the Corinthians came to help the Peloponnesians to defend the ships, and not long afterwards the other neighbors too.
καὶ ὁρῶντες τὴν φυλακὴν ἐν χωρίῳ ἐρήμῳ ἐπίπονον οὖσαν ἠπόρουν, καὶ ἐπενόησαν μὲν κατακαῦσαι τὰς ναῦς, ἔπειτα δὲ ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς ἀνελκύσαι καὶ τῷ πεζῷ προσκαθημένους φυλακὴν ἔχειν, ἕως ἄν τις παρατύχῃ διαφυγὴ ἐπιτηδεία.
And seeing that keeping guard in a deserted place was laborious, they were at a loss; and at first they thought of burning the ships, but afterwards they decided to haul them up and, keeping guard by encamping beside them with their land force, to wait until some favorable opportunity for escape should present itself.
ἔπεμψε δ’ αὐτοῖς καὶ Ἆγις αἰσθόμενος ταῦτα ἄνδρα Σπαρτιάτην Θέρμωνα.
King Agis also, hearing of these things, sent to them a Spartan named Thermon.
§8.11.3τοῖς δὲ Λακεδαιμονίοις πρῶτον μὲν ἠγγέλθη ὅτι αἱ νῆες ἀνηγμέναι εἰσὶν ἐκ τοῦ Ἰσθμοῦ (εἴρητο γάρ, ὅταν γένηται τοῦτο, Ἀλκαμένει ὑπὸ τῶν ἐφόρων ἱππέα πέμψαι), καὶ εὐθὺς τὰς παρὰ σφῶν πέντε ναῦς καὶ Χαλκιδέα ἄρχοντα καὶ Ἀλκιβιάδην μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐβούλοντο πέμπειν·
Meanwhile, to the Lacedaemonians it had first been reported that the ships had put out from the Isthmus (for Alcamenes had been told by the ephors to send a horseman whenever this should happen), and they immediately wished to send the five ships from their own side, with Chalcideus as commander and Alcibiades with him.
ἔπειτα ὡρμημένων αὐτῶν τὰ περὶ τὴν ἐν τῷ Σπειραίῳ τῶν νεῶν καταφυγὴν ἠγγέλθη, καὶ ἀθυμήσαντες, ὅτι πρῶτον ἁπτόμενοι τοῦ Ἰωνικοῦ πολέμου ἔπταισαν, τὰς ναῦς τὰς ἐκ τῆς ἑαυτῶν οὐκέτι διενοοῦντο πέμπειν, ἀλλὰ καί τινας προανηγμένας μετακαλεῖν.
But after they had started, the news about the refuge of the ships in Speiraeum was reported; and being discouraged because they had met with a check at their very first attempt at the Ionian war, they no longer intended to send the ships from their own country, but even to recall some that had already put out beforehand.