and therefore at first they made no offer of help nor did they ask for any share; but afterwards, when the Hellenes tried to get them on their side, then, since they knew well that the Lacedemonians would not give them a share in the command, they asked for this merely in order that they might have a pretext for remaining still.
Diotenez, mezu hori entzutean, argostarrek oso kontuan hartu omen zuten, eta une hartan ez zuten ezer eskaini ez exigitu, baina heleniarrak laguntza eske joan zitzaizkienean, bazekitenez lazedemondarrek ez zutena amorerik emango buruzagitza erdibanatze kontuan, horixe exigitu zuten hain zuzen ere, neutral mantentzeko aitzakia izateko.