History of the Peloponnesian War

But when night came on the people fled for refuge to the acropolis and the high places of the city, and getting together in a body established themselves there. They held also the Hyllaïc harbour,[*](Probably the present bay Chalikiopulon.) while the other party seized the quarter of the market-place where most of them lived, and the harbour[*](Now bay of Kastradu.) adjacent to it which faces the mainland.

On the next day they skirmished a little, and both parties sent messengers round into the fields, calling upon the slaves and offering them freedom; and a majority of the slaves made common cause with the people, while the other party gained the support of eight hundred mercenaries from the mainland.