and when they were seated in due order, Xerxes sent Mardonios and inquired, making trial of each one, whether he should fight a battle by sea.
Protokoloaren arabera bata bestearen ondoan jezarrita, bakoitzaren iritzia hazta zezala agindu zion Xerxesek Mardoniori, ea itsasoan borrokatu behar ote zuten galdetuz.