While the fleet off Olpae blockaded the hill from the sea, the Acarnanians and a few of the Amphilochians, most of whom were kept back by force by the Ambraciots, had already arrived at Argos, and were preparing to give battle to the enemy, having chosen Demosthenes to command the whole of the allied army in concert with their own generals.
Nola edo hala eskapatzeko ahaleginean, batzuek oso urrun ez zegoen itsasora ere jo zuten, eta ekintza burutzen zen bitartean kostaldean zehar zihoazen ontzi atikarrak ikusi zituztenean, beraietarantz abiatu ziren igeri, izuaren eraginez pentsatuz hobe zutela, horrela gertatu behar bazen, ontzietakoen eskuetan bizia galtzea, anfilokiar barbaro eta anker haienetan baino.