Here they persuaded their allies the Metapontines to send with them three hundred darters and two galleys, and with this reinforcement coasted on to Thurii, where they found the party hostile to Athens recently expelled by a revolution, and accordingly remained there to muster and review the whole army, to see if any had been left behind, and to prevail upon the Thurians resolutely to join them in their expedition, and in the circumstances in which they found themselves to conclude a defensive and offensive alliance with the Athenians.
Han zera aurkitzen dute, Atenasen etsaiak egotzi berri dituztela gerra zibil baten ondoren. Atenastarrek beren tropa guztiak han ikuskatzeko asmoa dutenez, atzean geratutakoak ere bildu ondoren, eta hiri hartakoak konbentzitu nahi dituztenez, gainera, espedizioan ahalik eta gogo bizienarekin lagun ditzaten, baita, kinka hura aprobetxatuz, erasorako nahiz defentsarako eta lagun nahiz etsai berekiko aliantza bat burutu haiekin, Turiosen geratzen dira zain, asmo horiek burutzeko lanean.