The reason of the dispatch of the ships lay in the fact that the mass of the Chians were not privy to the negotiations, while the few who were in the secret did not wish to break with the multitude until they had something positive to lean upon, and no longer expected the Peloponnesians to arrive by reason of their delay.
10. Joko Istmikoak ospatzen ari ziren bitartean tregoak aldarrikatu zirenez, atenastarrek ordezkaritza bat bidali zuten.