From the moment when the Athenians failed to attack them instantly as they at first feared and expected, every day that passed did something to revive their courage; and when they saw them sailing far away from them on the other side of Sicily, and going to Hybla only to fail in their attempts to storm it, they thought less of them than ever, and called upon their generals, as the multitude is apt to do in its moments of confidence, to lead them to Catana, since the enemy would not come to them.
Atenastarrek berehalakoan eraso ez zituztenez, sirakusarrak hala espero eta horren beldur izan arren, egunak igaro ahala kemenean gora zihoazen Sirakusakoak, eta etsaiek euren ontziekin Siziliako beste partera urrundu, Hibla hartzen saiatu eta hori ere ez zutela lortu ikustean, haienganako mespretxua areagotu zitzaien, eta, atenastarrak eraso egitera ez zetozkienez, Katanaren kontra jotzeko eskatzen zieten beren jeneralei, halaxe gertatu ohi da eta populua harrotzen denean.