and we may now justly expect to find the gods more kind, for we have become fitter objects for their pity than their jealousy. And then look at yourselves, mark the numbers and efficiency of the heavy infantry marching in your ranks, and do not give way too much to despondency, but reflect that you are yourselves at once a city wherever you sit down, and that there is no other in Sicily that could easily resist your attack, or expel you when once established.
"Berba batez esateko, gudariok, har ezazue gogoan adoretsu izan behar duzuela, zeren, koldartzen bazarete, ez baitugu aurkituko hurbilean leku babesgarririk, baina orain etsaiengandik ihes egitea lortuz gero, ordea, denok lortu ahal izango duzue desira duzuena, eta atenastarrek beren hiriaren boterea berreraikiko dute, orain erorita aurkitzen den boterea, zeren gizonak baitira hiria osatzen dutena, eta ez gizonik gabeko murruak eta ontziak."