No help could be given to the centre either by the squadron of Thrasybulus on the right, on account of the number of ships attacking him, or by that of Thrasyllus on the left, from whom the point of Cynossema hid what was going on, and who was also hindered by his Syracusan and other opponents, whose numbers were fully equal to his own.
Eta Trasibulorenek ezin izan zieten lagundu erdialdekoei eskuinetik, erasotzen zieten ontzi kopurua handia zelako, eta Trasilorenek ere ezkerretik, Zinosema muturrak eragozten zielako erdialdea ikustea, eta, gainera, euren aurrean lerroan zeuden Sirakusakoek eta gainerako indarrek, eurek baino gutxiago ez zirenek, bidea ixten zietelako;