From there, as soon as they had provisioned, they sailed to
								Aegospotami, which is opposite Lampsacus, the Hellespont at this
								point being about fifteen stadia The stadium = c. 600 feet. wide. There they took
								dinner. And during the ensuing night, when early dawn came, Lysander gave the
								signal for his men to take breakfast and embark upon their ships,
								and after making everything ready for battle and stretching the side
									screens, See I. vi. 19 and
									note. he gave orders that no one should stir from his
								position or put out. At sunrise the Athenians formed their ships in line for battle at the
								mouth of the harbour. Since, however, Lysander did not put out
								against them, they sailed back again, when it grew late in the day,
								to Aegospotami. Thereupon Lysander ordered the swiftest of his ships to follow the
								Athenians and, when they had disembarked, to observe what they did,
								and then to sail back and report to him; and he did not disembark
								his men from their vessels until these scout-ships had returned.
								This he did for four days; and the Athenians continued to sail out
								and offer battle. Meantime Alcibiades, who could discern from his castle that the
								Athenians were 405 B.C. moored on an open shore,
								with no city near by, and were fetching their provisions from
								Sestus, a distance of fifteen stadia from their ships, while the
								enemy, being in a harbour and near a city, had everything needful,
								told the Athenians that they were not moored in a good place, and
								advised them to shift their anchorage to Sestus and thus gain a
								harbour and a city; for if you are there, he said, you will be
								able to fight when you please.