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lo; 3] RETURN OF PHORMIO 1 83 ruler, left to the country the name of his son Acarnan. Such is the tradition which has come down to us concerning Alcmaeon. The Athenians under Phormio sailed back from Acar- 103 nania to Naupactus, and later at the _,, .,, . I he Athemansreturn beginning of spring returned to Athens, to Naupactus, and in bringing with them the ships which ti'e spring sail back to they had captured, besides the prisoners '^"^" of free birth whom they had taken in the naval engage- ments. These were exchanged man for man. And so the winter ended, and with it the third year in the Pelopon- nesian War of which Thucydides wrote the history.
