ABSTRACT
With victory in his grasp, Nikias became complacent. He got wind of Gylippos’ advance, but was so contemptuous that he took no precautions (6.104). He could hardly have made a bigger mistake, for Gylippos was nothing if not persistent. Despite his despair off Leukas, he pressed on to Taras with two Corinthian and two Spartan ships. From there he sent to Thouria to remind its people of the citizenship his exiled father had once enjoyed there,1 but was rebuffed, and when he put to sea again he was forced to return to Taras by bad weather. Nothing daunted, he refitted his ships, and, once more putting to sea, made for Lokroi.
