It appears therefore that the several Hellenic communities, comprising not only those who first acquired the name, city by city, as they came to understand each other, but also those who assumed it afterwards as the name of the whole people, were before the Trojan war prevented by their want of strength and the absence of mutual intercourse from displaying any collective action.
Dena dela, ez garai hartan Heleniar izena zutenak, ez gerorantz hizkuntzaz elkar ulertu ahala izen hori hurrenez hurren hartu zuten hiriak, ezta geroagoko ezein talde ez zen bildu elkarrekin kanpainaren bat egiteko Troiakoaren aurretik, ahulak zirelako eta elkarrekin harremanik ez zutelako;