An assembly was therefore at once called, and after much expression of opinion upon both sides, Cleon, son of Cleaenetus, the same who had carried the former motion of putting the Mitylenians to death, the most violent man at Athens, and at that time by far the most powerful with the commons, came forward again and spoke as follows:
itzulingururik gabe, entzuteko plazerak menpean hartuta zaudete, eta euren herrietako sofisten entzuleen antzekoagoak zarete hiriari buruz deliberatzen duten gizonenak baino.