Foremost in pressing for the sally were the Acharnians, as constituting no small part of the army of the state, and as it was their land that was being ravaged. In short, the whole city was in a most excited state; Pericles was the object of general indignation;
Azken batean, hiria sututa zegoen era askotara eta haserretu egiten ziren Periklesekin; lehenago hark aholkaturiko ezer ez zuen inork gogoratzen, aitzitik, euren jenerala izanik kanpora ez eramatea aurpegiratzen zioten, eta, gainera, gertatzen zitzaien guztiaren errua egozten zioten.