Demosthenes, seeing how matters stood, felt that he could not drag on and fare as Nicias had done, who by wintering in Catana instead of at once attacking Syracuse had allowed the terror of his first arrival to evaporate in contempt, and had given time to Gylippus to arrive with a force from Peloponnese, which the Syracusans would never have sent for if he had attacked immediately;
izan ere, hark hasiera batean beldurra eragin zuen arren, gero ez zituenez eraso berehala sirakusarrak, baizik eta Katanara joan zen negua igarotzera, prestigioa galdu zuen eta Gilipo bera ere aurreratu egin zitzaion Peloponesoko tropekin;