and as the men of Abdera themselves say (though I for my part can by no means believe it), he loosed his girdle for the first time during his flight back from Athens, considering himself to be in security.
Eta abderarren beraien esanetan-nahiz eta dioten hau nire iritziz batere sinesgarri ez den-, Xerxesek hantxe nasaitu omen zuen gerrikoa lehen aldiz Athenastik ihes egin ondoren aberrira zihoala, jada salbu zelakoan.