for then to no purpose should we be possessors of a sea-force larger than any other which belongs to the Hellenes, if, being Athenians, we should yield the leadership to Syracusans, we who boast of a race which is the most ancient of all and who are of all the Hellenes the only people who have not changed from one land to another; to whom also belonged a man whom Homer the Epic poet said was the best of all who came to Ilion in drawing up an army and setting it in array.
Beraz, gai horri dagokionean, berek hartu nahi badute, ez gara horren kontra aterako, baina ez dugu onartuko untziteriaren buruan beste inor jar dadin, zeren, bestela, alfer-alferrik bailitzaiguke Heladeko itsas armadarik handiena edukitzea, guk, athenastar izanik, syrakusar batzuei utziko bagenie buruzagitza, Heladeko herririk zaharrena izanik, garen moduan, eta lurraldez aldatu ez garen heleniar bakarrak, gainera.