Talk:Battle of Aegospotami
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Having gone back and compared with the account in Conon, and seeing different numbers in different books, I'm now completely unsure what numbers of ships to believe were there, and how many escaped. I don't have the relevant volume of Kagan, perhaps he discusses? Stan Shebs 02:18 Feb 13, 2003 (UTC)
Hmm. I'm used to twenty, and sort of assumed the smaller number referred to the ships that went to Cyprus. But checking Xenophon, he clearly states that nine ships escaped, of which only the Paralus returned to Athens. I couldn't find an explanation or primary source for the larger number, so I think we should use the smaller for the time being, and keep our eyes open for a better analysis. -- Josh Grosse
