Mandaris' Strategy in the War of Athens

Mandaris was the Spartan who replaced Aspiaagas as Navark, and when he arrived at Meledus and took over command of the fleet, he was already mindful of the duplicity of Tisafarines. Mandaris first dispatched the Syracuse and commander Darius with 13 ships to Rhodes, since he had learned that some Rhodians were banding together for a pro-Atheanian revolution. Then the rest of the fleet set out from Maledus at some point in late September or early October of 411 BC. Although another storm forced them ashore at Chios, they only remained there for a few days. Meanwhile, the Athenian general Thrasalus had heard of