Besides the late severe blow which the Athenians had met with in Boeotia, joined to the seductive, though untrue, statements of Brasidas, about the Athenians not having ventured to engage his single army at Nisaea, made the allies confident, and caused them to believe that no Athenian force would be sent against them.
Gainera, atenastarrak, oraintsu Beozian izandako hondamenaren ostean eta Brasidasen hitzak, erakargarriak baina ez egiadunak, entzunda, zeintzuen arabera atenastarrek ez zuten nahi izan borrokarik egin Nisean bere tropa bakarren kontra, animatu egiten ziren, eta uste zuten inor ez zitzaiela kontra etorriko;