and Perdiccas, being now required by Nicias to give some proof of the sincerity of his reconciliation to the Athenians, and being himself no longer disposed to let the Peloponnesians into his country, put in motion his friends in Thessaly, with whose chief men he always took care to have relations, and so effectually stopped the army and its preparation that they did not even try the Thessalians.
Garai horrexetan, hain zuzen ere, zeukan Lazedemongo Iskagorasek Brasidasi lehorrez tropak eramateko proiektua. Orduan Perdikasek, hala Niziasek, akordio bat sinatuta baitzeukan, atenastarrei zien leialtasunaren sendotasuna erakusteko egin zion deiak, nola hark berak peloponesoarrak bere erreinura heltzea gogoko ez izateak bultzatuta, eragina izan zuen bere ostalari tesaliarrengan-beti ere garrantzizko jende ospetsua ziren-, eta espedizioari oztopoak jarri zizkion, baita haren prestakuntzari berari ere, halatan, non lazedemondarrak ez ziren iritsi tesaliarren gogoa haztatzera ere.