The three hundred picked Athenians, wishing to cut off their passage, pressed on at a run to the bridge, when the alarmed Syracusans, who had with them most of their cavalry, closed and routed them, hurling them back upon the Athenian right wing, the first tribe of which was thrown into a panic by the shock.
Hirurehun atenastarren talde hautatuak zubirantz jo zuen azkar, haiei ihesbidea moztera, baina sirakusarrak, maniobra horren beldur, hirurehunen aurka oldartu ziren denak batera, iheseanjarri zituzten eta atenastarren eskuin hegalaren kontra jo zuten.