For the demands of Alcibiades, speaking for Tissaphernes, who was present, were so extravagant that the Athenians, although for a long while they agreed to whatever he asked, yet had to bear the blame of failure:
Izan ere, bertan presente zegoen Tisafemesen izenean hitz egiten zuenean honen eskakizunak hainbeste gehitzen zituen non, atenastarrek eskatzen zuten guztiari baietza eman arren ere, desadostasunaren errua atenastarrek eurek omen zeukaten.