But the Eleans affirmed that the armistice with them had already begun (they proclaim it first among themselves), and that the aggression of the Lacedaemonians had taken them by surprise while they were living quietly as in time of peace, and not expecting anything.
Elearrek, ostera, esaten zuten haien herrialdean bakea aldarrikatuta zegoela jadanik-tregoa lehenengo aldarrikatzen dutenak gerran ari direnak direlako-eta, bakean zeudenez eta tregoa dela-eta ez zietenez itxaroten, ez zutela pentsatu ere egin erasoa izango zenik.