Editing Battle of Aegospotami (section)

===Athenian response===
The Athenian fleet of 180 ships<ref name=":0" /> caught up with Lysander shortly after he had taken Lampsacus, and established a base at [[Sestos]]. However, perhaps because of the need to keep a close watch on Lysander, they set up camp on a beach much nearer to Lampsacus. The location was less than ideal because of the lack of a harbor and the difficulty of supplying the fleet, but proximity seems to have been the primary concern in the minds of the Athenian generals.<ref>Kagan, ''The Peloponnesian War'', 473</ref> Every day, the fleet sailed out to Lampsacus in battle formation, and waited outside the harbor; when Lysander refused to emerge, they returned home.<ref>Xenophon, ''Hellenica'' [[s:Hellenica/Book 2/chapter 1#1:23|2.1.23]]</ref>