In the meantime the Lacedaemonians prepared for their invasion of Attica, in accordance with their own previous resolve, and at the instigation of the Syracusans and Corinthians, who wished for an invasion to arrest the reinforcements which they heard that Athens was about to send to Sicily.
18. Lazedemondarrek ere Atikako inbasioa paratzeari ekin zioten, horretara sirakusarrek eta korintoarrek bultzatu aurretik ebatzita zeukaten moduan; izan ere, aipatutako horiek, atenastarrak Siziliara laguntza tropak bidaltzeko zirela jakitean, Atikako inbasioak hura eragoz zezan nahi zuten.