The oracle also which had been given to the Lacedaemonians was now remembered by those who knew of it. When the god was asked whether they should go to war, he answered that if they put their might into it, victory would be theirs, and that he would himself be with them.
Gauza da ezen, orakulua kontuan izanda, gertaerak ados zetozela ikusten zutela, zeren gaixotasuna peloponesoarren inbasioa hasteaz batera hasi zen, ez zen Peloponesora hedatu, azpimarratzekoa delarik hori, Atenasen izan zuen eraginik handiena eta gero, gainerako lekuetan, jenderik gehien bizi zen guneetan.