 Kupfuurira kweAtene sesimba guru muGreece kwakatungamirira kukakavadzana pakati payo neSparta uye kurwisana kukuru Hondo yePeloponnese Yokutanga neYechipiri, iyo yakaparadza Girisi. Sparta yakatambura kukundwa kwakati wandei mukati mehondo idzi, kusanganisira, kekutanga, kuzvipira kweyuniti yese yeSparta paSphacteriamuna 425 BC. Kunyange zvakadaro, pakupedzisira akazokunda, zvikurukuru nemhaka yokubatsirwa kwaakaitwa nevaPezhiya. Pasi pomutungamiriri wayo Lysander, ngarava dzePeloponnesian dzaitsigirwa nemari yePersia dzakatora maguta evaAtene, uye kukunda kunokosha kwezvikepe zvegungwa paAegospotami kwakamanikidza Atene kuzviisa pasi. Kukundwa kweAtene kwakasimbisa Sparta nemauto ayo munzvimbo ine simba muGirisi. 