Nothing that happened in the war surprised the Hellenes so much as this. It was the opinion that no force or famine could make the Lacedaemonians give up their arms, but that they would fight on as they could, and die with them in their hands:
Atenastarrek eta peloponesoarrek Pilosetik beren hirietara alde egin zuten tropekin, eta, zentzugabea izan arren, bete egin zen Kleonen agintzaria, hogei eguneko epean eraman baitzituen gizonak, agindu bezalaxe.