Perceiving what they were going to do, the Lacedaemonians sent an embassy to Athens. They would have themselves preferred to see neither her nor any other city in possession of a wall; though here they acted principally at the instigation of their allies, who were alarmed at the strength of her newly acquired navy and the valour which she had displayed in the war with the Medes.
90. Baina lazedemondarrak, jasoko zenaz konturatzean, enbaxada batekin joan ziren, aldez haiek ez bestek harresirik ez edukitzea gogokoago zutelako, baina horregatik baino areago euren aliatuek horretara bultzatzen zituztelako, haien beldur baitziren lehen zuten baino askoz ontzi gehiago zituztelako eta pertsiarren kontra kuraia handia erakutsi zutelako.