For in truth Boges proved himself worthy of great commendation, seeing that when he was besieged by the Athenians under Kimon the son of Miltiades, though he might have gone forth under a truce and so returned home to Asia, he preferred not to do this, for fear that the king should that it was by cowardice that he survived; and he continued to hold out till the last.
athenastarrek-Zimon Miltiadesenak zehazki-setiaturik zeukatela, eta tregoa bat bitarteko plaza utzi eta Asiara itzultzeko aukera zuelarik, ihesbideari uko egin zion, erregek koldarki salbatu zela pentsa zezan beldur, eta azkeneraino borrokatu zen.