for the same men who had gone to Sicily endeavoured also to obtain the help of these, saying the same things which they said to Gelon; and the Corcyreans at the time engaged to send a force and to help in the defence, declaring that they must not permit Hellas to be ruined without an effort on their part, for if it should suffer disaster, they would be reduced to subjection from the very first day;
izan ere, Siziliara joan ziren mandatari berak saiatu ziren zerzyrarren laguntza lortzen ere, Gelonen aurrean erabilitako argumentu berdinak erabiliz. Baietz esan zieten zerzyrarrek behingoan, bidaliko zizkietela laguntza tropak, ezingo zutela-eta axolagabeki jasan Heladeren suntsipena; ezen hura eroriz gero, beraiek ere egun hartan bertan esklabo bihurtzea besterik ez zezaketela itxaron eta, inolako zalantzarik gabe;