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The Athenians sail back to Catana, where they determine to send for cavalry from Athens and to levy horses from among the Sicilian allies. |
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They return then to Naxos, where they set up winter quarters. |
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Eventually, they move their winter quarters to Catana. |
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The Syracusans hold an assembly in which Hermocrates addresses them, and attributes their defeat to three main factors: |
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The Syracusans vote to spend the winter training, and they select three generals to command them: |
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They also send envoys to Sparta and Corinth, to petition for allied aid. |
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The Corinthians vote to aid the Syracusans, and to help them persuade Sparta to go along too. |
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The Spartan assembly responds positively, but the ephors and other leaders are uncovinced until Alcibiades addresses them. |
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Sparta ultimately votes to send aid to Syracuse, under the command of Gylippus. |
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Back at the ranch in Sicily, both sides send envoys to Camarina, which ends up siding with neither the Athenians nor Syracusans, but remaining neutral. |
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