Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 479 BC, bayan nasarar Girka a yakin Mycale
, sojojin Athens da Xanthippus ke jagoranta sun kewaye Sestos. Sojojin Farisa da mazauna garin sun haɗu da sojojin Girka don tsayayya da kewayewar kuma sun jimre duk lokacin hunturu, duk da haka, wadatar abinci ba ta isa ba kamar yadda kewayewar ba a zata ba, kuma sansanin garin ya sha wahala daga yunwa. Daga baya rundunar ta mika wuya kuma an daure sojojin Farisa. Artayctes, gwamnan Farisa na Sestos, ya tsere, amma aka kama shi kuma aka gicciye shi. Duk da haka, tasirin Athenian a kan Sestos ya ɓace a takaice, a cewar Plutarch, kamar yadda Cimon ya sake dawo da birnin a yakin na biyu a wani lokaci tsakanin 478 da 471.