and the shore of Pylos itself outside the inlet towards the open sea having no harbour, and, therefore, presenting no point which they could use as a base to relieve their countrymen, they, the Lacedaemonians, without sea-fight or risk would in all probability become masters of the place, occupied as it had been on the spur of the moment, and unfurnished with provisions.
Lazedemondarrek, berriz, lehorreko tropekin eta almirante Kratesiklesen seme Trasimelidas espartarra zeramaten beren berrogeita hiru ontziekin aldi berean eman zioten hasiera gotorlekuaren kontrako erasoari;