fourteen ships from Rhodes at break of day.  The Athenian day-watch
descrying him, signalled to the generals, and they, with twenty sail,
put out to sea to attack him.  Dorieus made good his escape, and, as he
shook himself free of the narrows,[2] ran his triremes aground off
Rhoeteum.  When the Athenians had come to close quarters, the fighting
commenced, and was sustained at once from ships and shore, until at
length the Athenians retired to their main camp at Madytus, having
achieved nothing. 

[2] Lit.  "as he opened" {os enoige}.  This is still a mariner's phrase
in modern Greek, if I am rightly informed. 

Meanwhile Mindarus, while sacrificing to Athena at Ilium, had observed
the battle.  He at once hastened to the sea, and getting his own
triremes afloat, sailed out to pick up the ships with Dorieus.  The
Athenians on their side put out to meet him, and engaged him off
Abydos.  From early morning till the afternoon the fight was kept up
close to the shore.[3] Victory and defeat hung still in even balance,
when Alcibiades came sailing up with eighteen ships.  Thereupon the
Peloponnesians fled towards Abydos, where, however, Pharnabazus