Meanwhile the Athenian people, after the departure of the barbarian from their country, at once proceeded to carry over their children and wives, and such property as they had left, from the places where they had deposited them, and prepared to rebuild their city and their walls. For only isolated portions of the circumference had been left standing, and most of the houses were in ruins;
Barbaroek euren lurretik alde egin eta gero, agintari atenastarrek berehala eraman zituzten bertara beren seme-alaba, andre eta tresnak arriskutik kanpo utzi zituzten lekutik, eta hiria eta harresiak berreraikitzeko prestatu ziren, esparruaren zati txiki bat besterik ez baitzegoen zutik, etxe asko zeudelarik eraitsita, nahiz eta pertsiar buruak bizi izandako etxe gutxi batzuk zutik zeuden.