The same winter the Ambraciots, as they had promised Eurylochus when they retained his army, marched out against Amphilochian Argos with three thousand heavy infantry, and invading the Argive territory occupied Olpae, a stronghold on a hill near the sea, which had been formerly fortified by the Acarnanians and used as the place of assizes for their nation, and which is about two miles and three-quarters from the city of Argos upon the sea-coast.
Hasieran, akarnaniarrek pentsatu zuten denek era berean alde egin zutela, hau da, akordioaren babesik gabe, eta peloponesoarrak jazartzen hasi ziren, eta are batzuek, traizioa egin zietela uste izanik, euren jeneralen kontra jaurti zituzten xabalinak, eta hauek galarazi egiten zieten, eta akordioa egina zutela berresten zieten.