The Athenians held an assembly and, after hearing from the Egestaeans and their own envoys a report, as attractive as it was untrue, upon the state of affairs generally, and in particular as to the money, of which, it was said, there was abundance in the temples and the treasury, voted to send sixty ships to Sicily, under the command of Alcibiades, son of Clinias, Nicias, son of Niceratus, and Lamachus, son of Xenophanes, who were appointed with full powers;
Atenastarrek, batzar nagusia egin eta Egestako enbaxadoreei nahiz eurenei entzun ondoren-zeinen esanen arabera, beste datu limurgarri bezain funts gabeko batzuen artean, diru asko omen zegoen tenpluetan eta altxor publikoan-, Siziliara hirurogei ontzi bidaltzea erabaki zuten, eta, botere osoko jeneral gisara, Kliniasen seme Altzibiades, Nizeratoren seme Nizias eta Xenofanesen seme Lamako, egestarrei Selinuntekoen kontra laguntzeko helburuarekin, hala nola Leontinokoei beren hiria berreskuratzen, eta, gerra ondo bazihoan, Siziliari buruzko gainerako arazo guztiak Atenasi ondoen zegokiokeen moduan tratatzeko.