I am ready to conceive an implacable hatred against all popular domination, though I think it the most natural and equitable of all, so oft as I call to mind the inhuman injustice of the people of Athens, who, without remission, or once vouchsafing to hear what they had to say for themselves, put to death their brave captains newly returned triumphant from a naval victory they had obtained over the Lacedaemonians near the Arginusian Isles, the most bloody and obstinate engagement that ever the Greeks fought at sea;
Gutitarik egiten du ez bainaiz herri-menekotasun guzien kontrako betiereko hastioan jarri, ezinago natural eta bidezkoa irizten badiot ere, atenastarren bidegabe bortitzegi hartaz oroitzen naizenean, hiru kapitain suhar haien hiltzekoa beren defentsak aditu nahi izan gabe, Arginusiar irlen ondoan lazedemoniarren aurkako gudua, grekoek sekula izan zuten itsas gudarik gogorrena, irabazi ondoren itzultzen zirelarik, zeren garaipenaren ondoren, hilen biltzeko eta ehortzeko gelditu beharrean, gerraren legeak eman aukerak probetxatu baitzituzten.