for the Hellenes had of themselves sent a summons to them, saying by messengers that they had come as forerunners of the others, that the rest of the allies were to be expected every day, that their sea was safely guarded, being watched by the Athenians and the Eginetans and by those who had been appointed to serve in the fleet, and that they need fear nothing:
Horiei heleniarrek eurek eskatu zieten laguntza, beraiek armada handitik aurreraturikoak zirela baina laster gehituko zitzaizkiela gainerako aliatuak esanez, mezularien bidez; gainera, itsasoa oso ondo kontrolatuta zeukatela, hantxe zirelako zaintzen athenastarrak, eginarrak eta itsas armada osatzen zutenak, eta hortik ez zutela izan behar, beraz, ezelako beldurrik;