Sparta aids Thebes (CYOAH!3)

The Spartans choose to march into Boeotia and aid Thebes. As a result the Mytilenean Revolt is decisively put down by the Athenians, with many of its dissidents executed. Melos is likewise pillaged by the Athenians, before they sail to Oropos, on the coast of Boeotia.

At the Battle of Tanagra the combined Boeotian and Spartan forces would resoundingly defeat the Athenians, driving them back to the city of Athens proper.

The defeat does not completely halt Athens' ambitions, however, as the state continues to launch naval attacks on Spartan territory. An Athenian stronghold is established near Pylos on the island of Sphacteria, which threatens Spartan territory and could even incite a helot revolt.

In the north a separate Athenian army under the command of Demosthenes lands at Naupactus and joins the Acarnanians in a siege of the important Spartan ally of Leucas.


 * March on Pylos and drive the Athenians from their stronghold of Sphacteria.
 * Relieve the Siege of Leucas in the north.