It was by this time getting late, and the paean had been sung for the attack, when the Corinthians suddenly began to back water. They had observed twenty Athenian ships sailing up, which had been sent out afterwards to reinforce the ten vessels by the Athenians, who feared, as it turned out justly, the defeat of the Corcyraeans and the inability of their handful of ships to protect them.
Berandu zen jada eta erasoaldiari hasiera emateko peana joa zen, bat-batean korintoarrak biratu gabe atzeraka hasi zirenean atenastarrek sorospen gisa lehengo hamar ontzien ostean bidalitako beste hogei zetozela ikustean, atenastarrak beldur baitziren Korzirarrak, gertatu ere gertatu zen moduan, garaituak izango ote ziren eta euren hamar ontziak haiek defenditzeko gutxi izango ote ziren.