but as he was attempting to seize them, certain of the Eginetans opposed him, and among them especially Crios the son of Polycritos, who said that he should not with impunity carry off a single Eginetan, for he was doing this (said he) without authority from the Spartan State, having been persuaded to it by the Athenians with money; otherwise he would have come and seized them in company with the other king:
Baina horretara zihoanean, batzuek aurre egin zioten, beren artean Krio Polykritorenak, handik eginar bat bera ere ez zuela besterik gabe eramango esanez; "zeren zuk-esan zion-, ez baitaukazu egiten duzuna egiteko Estatu spartarrarraren oniritzirik, baizik eta athenastarrek erosita etorri zara hona, osterantzean beste monarka ere etorriko baitzen errudunak atzematera".