A cikin wannan yaƙin, duk da haka, Atinawan sun janye jirgin ruwan Spartan don bin ƙaramin ƙarfi wanda Alcibiades ya jagoranta; lokacin da Spartans suka sami nesa da ƙasa, ƙungiyoyi biyu a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Thrasybulus da Theramenes sun bayyana a bayansu don yanke koma baya. An tilasta wa Spartans su gudu zuwa wani rairayin bakin teku kusa, inda Alcibiades ya sauko da mutanensa a ƙoƙarin kama jiragen ruwa na Spartan. Duk da haka, Spartans, tare da taimakon rundunar Farisa, sun fara fitar da wannan sojojin Athenian zuwa cikin teku; ganin wannan rundunar, Thrasybulus ya yi gudun hijira na ɗan lokaci don sauƙaƙe matsin lamba a kan Athenians, kuma ya jagoranci Thrasybulus ya ci nasara a ƙarƙashin ko dai Alcibiades a 40 BC. Wannan yaƙin ya ci nasara ne a kan Athenians har sai da ya dawo daga babban filin jirgin ruwa na Athenian, wanda aka yi nasara da shi a ƙarshen wannan yaƙin. A cikin wannan lokacin, ya yi nasara da manyan sojojin Athenians har zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Athenian,
kama jiragen Spartan