<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokufa kukaPericles, abase-Athene baphendukela ohlotsheni lwakhe lokuzivikela olwalulondolozekile futhi baqala ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokuhlasela olwaluletha impi eSparta nakubangane bayo. Okwavelela ngokukhethekile embusweni wentando yeningi wase - Athene ngalesosikhathi kwakunguCleon, umholi wezingxenye ezishisekayo zombuso wentando yeningi wase - Athene. Eholwa nguhulumeni omusha ohlakaniphile uDemosthenes ongafanele adidaniswe nesikhulumi saseAthene kamuva uDemosthenes, abaseAthene baphumelela ngandlela-thile njengoba babeqhubeka nokuhlasela kwabo olwandle iPeloponnese. I-Athene yandisa imisebenzi yayo yezempi eBeotia nase-Aetolia, yacindezela ukuvukela kwamaMytilene  <response>: futhi baqala ukuqinisa izindawo ezizungeze iPeloponnese. Esinye salezi zindawo sasiseduze nePylos esiqhingini esincane esibizwa ngokuthi iSphacteria, lapho impi yokuqala yaphumela khona ekubeni i-Athene iwine. Isikebhe sasePylos sahlasela iSparta lapho yayibuthakathaka khona kakhulu: ukuncika kwayo kuma-helot, ayelusa amasimu kuyilapho izakhamuzi zayo ziqeqeshelwa ukuba amasosha. Ama-helot enza ukuba isimiso saseSparta sikwazi ukusebenza, kodwa manje isikhundla sasePylos saqala ukuheha ababaleki abangama-helot. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukwesaba ukuvukela okuvamile kwamaHelots okwakukhuthazwa ukuba khona kwama - Athene eduze kwawashukumisela amaSpartan ukuba athathe isinyathelo. Nokho, uDemosthenes wabadlula amaSpartan empini yasePylos ngo-425 BC futhi wabamba iqembu lamasosha aseSpartan eSphacteria ngesikhathi elindele ukuba banikezele. Nokho, ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa, uDemosthenes wahluleka ukuqeda amaSpartan. Ngemva kokuqhosha ngokuthi angayiqeda le ndaba eMkhandlwini, uCleon ongenalwazi wanqoba kakhulu eMpini yaseSphacteria. Ngokushaqisayo, ama-hoplite angu-300 aseSpartan ayezungezwe amabutho ase-Athene anikezela. Isithombe samaSpartan sokungenakunqotshwa salimala kakhulu. Abase-Athene babopha iziboshwa ezingamaSphakterian e-Athene futhi banquma ukubulala amaSpartan athunjiwe uma ibutho lasePeloponnese liphinde lihlasela i - Attica. 