Battle of Syme

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The battle of Syme was a naval battle in the Peloponnesian War, which was fought in 411 BC between the fleets of Athens and Sparta.

In the year 412 BC succeeded the Spartans Therimenes, an alliance between Persia and Sparta against Athens to bring about. At the turn he handed over the Spartan fleet to his successor, the new Seeherrn Astyochos who sailed even in winter after Knidos, there to pull 27 more ships per se. The Athenian fleet, under the command of Charminos, was at this time in Samos. Since Charminos had been informed of the plans of the Spartans knowledge, he wanted some of his ships Astyochos near the island of Syme, between Knidos and Rhodes provide.

The fleets met each other during a storm, prevailed in the poor visibility. Some of the Spartan ships had been separated by the Association. With around twenty ships Charminos attacked the left wing of the Spartans at - the only one he could see - and sank while three enemy ships. But Then arrived the other Spartan ships and surrounded the Athenians. After Charminos had thereby lost six ships, he retired to Halicarnassus. Astyochos sailed then by Knidos, where he united with the 27 ships, and then returned to Syme back to build on the island a memorial of victory. Held in Samos reserve ships of the Athenians now hurried also induced. Since, however, went both sides of a renewed battle out of the way, it stayed with the stalemate.

The Spartans had their primary goal, the union of their fleets reached and were limited initially to repair their ships in Knidos. The Athenians had to propose within one year, three more battles to face the new threat.