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In 393 BC, Conon and Pharnabazus sailed to mainland Greece, where they raided the coast of Laconia and seized the island of Cythera, where they left a garrison and an Athenian governor.

They then sailed to Corinth, where they distributed money and urged the members of the council to show the Persian king that they were trustworthy.

Pharnabazus then dispatched Conon with substantial funds and a large part of the fleet to Attica, where he joined in the rebuilding of the long walls from Athens to Piraeus, a project that had been initiated by Thrasybulus in 394 BC.

With the assistance of the rowers of the fleet, and the workers paid for by the Persian money, the construction was soon completed.

Athens quickly took advantage of its possession of walls and a fleet to seize the islands of Scyros, Imbros, and Lemnos, on which it established cleruchies ( citizen colonies ).