The Syracusans began to despair of finding safety in arms, no relief having reached them from Peloponnese, and were now proposing terms of capitulation among themselves and to Nicias, who after the death of Lamachus was left sole commander.
Ez zen behin betiko akordiorik lortzen, baina egoera larrian eta lehen baino setio zorrotzagoaren mende aurkitzen zirenengandik espero zitekeenez, Niziasi proposamen anitz egiten zioten, eta hirian oraindik gehiago jartzen ziren eztabaidan.