<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Amandla aseAthene eMpini YasePeloponnese ayevela ebuthweni lawo lasemanzini, kuyilapho elaseSparta lalivela ebuthweni lalo lamaHoplite elalisemhlabathini. Kodwa njengoba impi yayiqhubeka, abaseSparta baqaphela ukuthi uma befuna ukuphazamisa isu likaPericles lokuhlala isikhathi eside kunamaPeloponnesians ngokuhlala ngaphakathi kwezindonga zase-Athene unomphela isu elenziwe ukuthi likwazi ukwenziwa ngezindonga ezinde zase-Athene kanye nezibuko eliqinisiwe lasePiraeus, kuzofanele benze okuthile ngamandla amakhulu asolwandle ase-Athene. Lapho nje iSparta ithola iPheresiya njengohlangothi lwayo, yaba nezimali ezidingekayo zokwakha imikhumbi emisha yempi eyayidingeka ukuze ilwe nabase - Athene. ISparta yakwazi ukwakha imikhumbi eminingi, yagcina ibhubhise imikhumbi yase-Athene eMpini yase-Aegospotami  <response>: . futhi. Ujenene waseSparta uBrasidas wafingqa umehluko endleleni impi yasolwandle eyayilwiwa ngayo phakathi kwabaseSparta nabase-Athene: Abase-Athene babethembele ekushesheni nasekuhambeleni olwandle ukuze bahlasele imikhumbi enamahloni ngokuthanda kwabo; ngokuphambene nalokho, ibutho lemikhumbi lasePeloponnese lalinqoba kuphela lapho lilwa eduze nezwe emanzini azolile futhi abuthaka, linemikhumbi eminingi endaweni yempi, futhi uma amasosha alo asolwandle aqeqeshwe kangcono emkhumbini nama-hoplite asogwini ayengashintsha impi yasolwandle ibe umncintiswano wabantu abahamba ngezinyawo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma kuqhathaniswa nobuciko obusezingeni eliphezulu bemikhumbi yase-Athene abasubathi abaphakeme ababengadlula futhi bagadla ama-triremes esitha ngasohlangothini, amaSpartan kanye nabangane bawo nezinye izitha zase-Athene ayezogxila kakhulu ekushayeni ama-triremes ase-Athene ekhanda. Yilezi zindlela, kanye nalezo ezachazwa nguBrasidas, ezaholela ekunqotshweni kwemikhumbi yase-Athene eMpini Yesibili yaseSyracuse ngesikhathi sohambo lwaseSicily. 