Eumenes' officers at first thought the intercepting fleet were friendly Romans, but scattered upon realizing they were facing an attack by their Macedonian enemy, some choosing to abandon ship and swim to Erythrae.
A primeira vista os oficiais de Eumenes pensaron que a frota interceptora eran romanos amistosos, pero se dispersaron ao decatarse de que se enfrontaban a un ataque do seu inimigo macedonio, algúns abandonaron os barcos e nadaron a Erythrae.