and reasonably they report it thus, because whosoever believes that it is Poseidon who shakes the Earth and that the partings asunder produced by earthquake are the work of this god, would say, if he saw this, that it was made by Poseidon; for the parting asunder of the mountains is the work of an earthquake, as is evident to me.
Eta egiatan, lurrikarak eragiten dituena Posidon dela uste dutenek, eta lurrikara horiek eragindako pitzadurak dibinitate haren eskutik datozela, arrazoi osoz esan dezakete, hango mehaka hura ikustean, Posidonek irekia dela, zeren, ene aburuz, mendiarte hartako pitzadura lurrikara baten ondorioa baita.