<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uPhormio uvela okokuqala emlandweni ngo-440 BC, lapho ehlanganyela noThucydides, uHagnon, nabanye ukuhola imikhumbi yase-Athene engxenyeni yokugcina yeMpi yaseSamian  <response>: . futhi. Ngo-432 BC, wahola amabutho ama-hoplites angu-1600 ayethunyelwe ukuzosiza ekuvinjezelweni kwePotideya. UPhormio wahola amadoda akhe kancane kancane besuka ohlangothini lomuzi abase-Athene ababengakawuzungezi futhi bakha udonga oluvikelayo ukuze baqede umsebenzi kaPotideya. Ngemva kokuba iPotideya ivinjezelwe ngokuqinile, uPhormio wahola amadoda akhe emkhankasweni ophumelelayo wokulwa nezitha zase-Athene eChalcidice, futhi ngonyaka olandelayo waphinde wahola ibutho ehlasela amaChalcidians, kulokhu kanye noPerdiccas II, inkosi yaseMakedoniya. 