In violation of his orders, Antiochus attempted to draw the Spartans into battle by tempting them with a small decoy force.

Lysander built a personal friendship with Cyrus, and the prince agreed to provide funds out of his own purse to increase the pay of Spartan rowers to 4 obols a day from 3.

"[3] For some reason, he chose not to obey this order, and attempted to implement a stratagem that he thought would give the Athenians a victory.

This plan was very similar to that which had produced the stunning Athenian victory at Cyzicus, but conditions at Notium were utterly different from those at that battle.

The Spartans sailed back to Ephesus, having won an unexpected victory, while the Athenians returned to Notium to regroup.

Never again returning to Athens, he sailed north to land he owned in the Thracian Chersonese; except for a brief appearance at Aegospotami, his involvement in the war was over.

Because of term limits on the position of navarch, Lysander was replaced by Callicratidas; on the Athenian side, the fall of Alcibiades also brought down his friends Thrasybulus and Theramenes, and the overall command was given to Conon.