Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jirgin ruwan Athenian sannan ya juya zuwa bin Farisa daga Tekun Aegean, ya kayar da jirgin ruwan su a cikin yakin Mycale
; sannan a cikin 478 BC rundunar ta kama Byzantium. A wannan lokacin, Athens ta haɗa dukan ƙasashen tsibiri da kuma wasu ƙasashe na ƙasar waje cikin ƙungiyar da ake kira Ƙungiyar Delian, da ake kira haka domin ana ajiye dukiyarta a tsibirin Delos mai tsarki. Spartans, kodayake sun shiga cikin yaƙin, sun janye cikin keɓewa bayan haka, suna ba Athens damar kafa ikon ruwa da kasuwanci wanda ba za a iya kalubalanta shi ba.