However, upon the protest of the Syracusan general Hermocrates (for as Therimenes was not admiral, but only accompanied them in order to hand over the ships to Astyochus, he made little difficulty about the pay), it was agreed that the amount of five ships' pay should be given over and above the three obols a day for each man;
hala ere, bost ontzi gehiagori ontzietako lagun bakoitzeko hiru obolo emateko konponbidera heldu ziren;