Beyond all this, Lacedaemon was encouraged by the near prospect of being joined in great force in the spring by her allies in Sicily, lately forced by events to acquire their navy.
Lazedemondarren hiria sutsu agertzen zen gorabehera horien guztiengatik, baina, batez ere, Siziliako aliatuak seguruenik euren indar guztiekin agertuko zirelako udaberrian, eta orduan beste mota bateko ontzidi bat, premiaren eraginez sortua, edukiko zutelako.