<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure porufu rwaPericles, vaAtene vakapandukira nzira yake yokuzvidzivirira, uye vakasarudza nzira ine utsinye zvikuru yokuunza hondo kuSparta nevatsigiri vayo. Achikwira kuva anokosha zvikurukuru murusununguko rwavanhu rweAthens panguva ino akanga ari Cleon, mutungamiriri wezvinhu zvine utsinye zvorusununguko rwavanhu rweAthens. Vachitungamirirwa muchiuto nomukuru mukuru mutsva akachenjera Demosthenes asingafaniri kuvhiringidzwa nomukurukuri weAtene Demosthenes, vaAtene vakakwanisa kubudirira sezvo vakaramba vachirwisa Peloponnese. Athens yakatambanudza mibato yayo yehondo kupinda muBoeotia neAetolia, yakadzvinyirira  <response>: Vanhu vokuMytilene vakapanduka ndokutanga kuvaka nhare dzakapoteredza Peloponnese. Imwe yenzvimbo idzi yakanga iri pedyo nePylos pachitsuwa chiduku chinonzi Sphacteria, apo hondo yokutanga yakachinja ichibatsira Athene. Nzvimbo yaiva pedyo nePylos yakarova Sparta apo yakanga isina kusimba zvikuru: kutsamira kwayo pavarwi, avo vaitarisira minda apo vagari vayo vaidzidziswa kuva varwi. VaHelot vakaita kuti nyika yeSparta ikwanise kuvapo, asi zvino nzvimbo iri pedyo nePylos yakatanga kukwezva vaHelot vakanga vatiza. Mukuwedzera, kutya kupandukira kwavose kwavaHelots kwakasimbiswa nokuvapo kwevaAtene kwaiva pedyo kwakasunda vaSpartan kuita chiito. Demosthenes, zvisinei, akakunda vaSpartans muhondo yePylos muna 425 BC uye akabata boka revarwi veSpartan paSphacteria paakanga akamirira kuti vape. Zvisinei, masvondo akati gare gare, Demosthenes akaratidza kuti akanga asingakwanisi kupedza vaSpartan. Pashure pokuzvirumbidza kuti aigona kugumisa nhau yacho muAssembly, Cleon asina ruzivo rwokuzviwanira akawana rukundo rukuru paHondo yeSphacteria. Zvinhu zvakabva zvachinja zvinoshamisa, vaSpartan 300 vakanga vakombwa nemauto eAtene vakabva vazviisa mumaoko avo. Mufananidzo weSpartan wokusakurirwa wakakuvadzwa zvikuru. VaAtene vakapfigira vasungwa veSphakterian muAtene uye vakatsunga kuuraya vaSpartan vakabatwa kana uto rePeloponnesian rakapinda muAttica zvakare. 