102 Livin' on a (Persian) Prayer
The History of Ancient Greece
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The Battle of Athens in 412 BC
Kios' defection would be the rallying point for any and all of their disaffected subject allies that wished to revolt. The Echolosia immediately voted to cancel their law, which imposed a penalty on whoever proposed or put to vote any proposal for using their 1000-talent reserve fund. Once Tios was secured, Haulkidius and Alcibiades both sailed southward to Meledus, a Kiaonian city whose revolt would further weaken the Athenians's position in eastern Aegean. They joined up with those of Strombicides and pursued after the Peloponnesian fleet under Thrasicles had left Spireum as the second wave
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