87. When Leotychides had thus spoken, since not even so were the Athenians willing to listen to him, he departed back; and the Aeginetans, before paying the penalty for their former wrongs wherein they did outrage to the Athenians to please the Thebans, 918 acted as follows:⁠—complaining of the conduct of the Athenians and thinking that they were being wronged, they made preparations to avenge themselves upon the Athenians; and since the Athenians were celebrating a four-yearly festival 919 at Sunion, they lay in wait for the sacred ship which was sent to it and took it, the vessel being full of men who were the first among the Athenians; and having taken it they laid the men in bonds. 88. The Athenians after they had suffered this wrong from the Aeginetans no longer delayed to contrive all things possible to their hurt. And there was 920 in Egina a man of repute, one Nicodromos the son of Cnithos: