"Epipolae" . . . "mutilation of the Hermai" . . "crushing defeat" . "Spartan/Syracusan victory" . . . "Second Battle of Syracuse" . "* 480 archers" . "* 2,000 hoplites" . "their siege" . "* 73 triremes" . "413 BC reinforcements:" . . "Delian League" . "Athenian invasion" . "* 5,000\u20136,000 hoplites" . . . "* 1,000 Sicel warriors" . . . . "413 BC relief force from Greece:" . "Athens" . . "recent Athenian enterprise against Sicily" . "victory over the Athenians" . "* 250 Athenian cavalry" . . "Athenian invasion of Sicily" . "Segesta" . "* 700 armed sailors" . . "besieged" . "Gylippus's relief force:" . "mutilation of the Hermae" . "* 120 other light infantry" . "Sicilian disaster" . . . "Athenian expedition force" . . . "Sicilian_Expedition" . . . . . . "* 2,300 soldiers" . "Athenian expedition to Sicily" . "* 5,100hoplites(heavy infantry)" . . . "Alcibiadesbegan the conflict as one of the Athenian commanders, but was recalled to Athens to face trial and subsequently defected to Sparta" . . "* 1,000 hoplites" . "Athens' massive expeditionary force" . "second Battle of Syracuse" . . "Athenian Expedition" . "* 30 cavalry" . . "* large number of light troops" . "Entire expeditionary force killed, captured or sold into slavery" . "* 100 cavalry" . "* 700 slingers" . "414 BC reinforcements:" . . "Original expedition:" . "* 400 Sicilian mercenary cavalry" . "expedition against Syracuse" . "expedition to Sicily" . "* 134triremes" . "Athenian expedition" . "Sicilian Expedition" . . "Sparta" . "413 BC Sicilian relief force:" . "Syracuse" . . "scandals of 415 BC" . . "Corinth" . "Siege of Syracuse" . . "the Athenian disaster" . "* 5,000 hoplites" . "Sicilian Expedition" . "*Athenian expeditionary force completely destroyed" . "Allies:" . "Battle of Syracuse" . . "Initially:" . . "military expedition to Sicily" . "* At least 100 triremes" . "expedition" . . "Athenian power been broken" . . "Peloponnesian League" . "Syracuse" . "* 30 mounted archers" . "operations" . "Athenians' second expedition to Sicily" . "siege of Syracuse" . "* 1,200 cavalry" . . . . .