while for themselves their one object should be to avoid civil discord. It was not the King's interest, when the Peloponnesians were now their equals at sea, and in possession of some of the chief cities in his empire, to go out of his way to side with the Athenians whom he did not trust, when he might make friends of the Peloponnesians who had never injured him.
Erregeari buruz esaten zuen ezen, peloponesoarrak itsasoan Atenaskoen mailan zeudenez eta bere inperioan garrantzi gutxien ez zeukaten hiriak hartuta zeuzkatenez, erregearentzat ez zela abantailagarri atenastarrekin, hau da, fidagarriak ez zirenekin, bat egin eta arazoak sortzea, peloponesoarrak, hau da, inolako kalterik sekula egin ez ziotenak, adiskidetzat hartzeko aukera zeukan bitartean.