The allies of the Leontines now sent to Athens and appealed to their ancient alliance and to their Ionian origin, to persuade the Athenians to send them a fleet, as the Syracusans were blockading them by land and sea.
hala ere, Demostenesek une horretan meseniarrei egin zien kasu esan ziotenean beretzat ohorezko ekintza bat izango zela, armada handi bat bildu ondoren, Naupaktoren etsai ziren etoliarrei erasotzea eta, garaitzen bazituen, kontinenteko alde hartako gainerako herriak aise pasako zirela atenastarrengana;