The Battle of Clary

Alcibiades' sudden charge and the appearance of the main Athenian fleet behind them took Mendars by surprise. The hidden Athenian forces under Thrasi Bullis and Theramennes emerged from their hiding spot to cut off a line of retreat back to the city's harbor or beach is close to it. According to Diadorus, the Athenians and the Peloponnesians here fought on a heroic battle, as many were killed on both sides. But the Spartan commander was killed in the fighting among the ships on the shoreline,. Peloponsia chased after them for some distance, but it was only the arrival of Farnabasus with his cavalry that halted their