The battle did not end until the evening. The next day Menedaius, who on the death of Eurylochus and Macarius had succeeded to the sole command, being at a loss after so signal a defeat how to stay and sustain a siege, cut off as he was by land and by the Athenian fleet by sea, and equally so how to retreat in safety, opened a parley with Demosthenes and the Acarnanian generals for a truce and permission to retreat, and at the same time for the recovery of the dead.
Heraldoak hiriak bidalitako laguntza deuseztatua izan zela ikusi eta ulertu zuenean, ezbeharren handiagatik atsekabeturik eta durduzaturik, segituan alde egin zuen ezer tratatu gabe eta ez zituen eskatu jada hilak.