but whether he cast them into the sea as an offering dedicated to the Sun, or whether he had repented of his scourging of the Hellespont and desired to present a gift to the sea as amends for this, I cannot for certain say.
Zehatz ez dakidana ea gauza horiek eguzkiari egindako opari gisa jaurtiki zituen ala, Helespontoa zigortzeko agindu izanaz damuturik, itsasoari irain-ordaintzat eskaintzen zizkion.