He himself, however, escaped alive, and began a petty war against the Athenians. But since he could accomplish nothing, he sent men to collect another fleet for him, while he himself passed on into Peloponnesus and laid siege to Messene.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :
longtermconsequence: Demetrius is severely injured during the battle. This is mentioned later in the paragraph. ocitation: αὐτὸς refers to Demetrius Poliorcetes, last mentioned in the previous paragraph.