History of the Peloponnesian War

Falling in, then, with these when they were on their way home, he did them no injury, as an agreement had been made with him[*](On his way to Sicily.) by the Locrians for a treaty with the Athenians.

For they alone of the allies, when the Siceliots became reconciled, made no treaty with the Athenians, nor would they have done so then if they had not been pressed by the war with the Iponieans and Medmaeans, who lived on their borders and were colonists of theirs. And Phaeax some time after this returned to Athens.

Now when Cleon had sailed round from Torone to Amphipolis, as mentioned above, taking Eion as his base he made an unsuccessful attack upon Stagirus,[*](cf. 4.88.2.) an Andrian colony, but did take by storm Galepsus,[*](cf. 4.107.3.) a colony of the Thasians.

Then sending envoys to Perdiccas, with a request to join him with an army in accordance with the terms of alliance,[*](cf. 4.132.1.) and other envoys to Thrace to Polles, king of the Odomantians, to bring as many Thracian mercenaries as possible, he himself kept quiet at Eion.