The Athenians remained outside Potidaea for some time, and were reinforced by another 1,600 hoplites under the command of Phormio.
Phormio |
These conditions applied alike to Phormio, the Athenian admiral of the 5th century BC, to the Norse king Olaf Tryggvason of the 10th century AD, and to the chiefs of the Christian and Turkish fleets which fought the battle of Lepanto in AD 1571.