since he now gave his confidence to Alcibiades in recognition of his good advice, and kept the Peloponnesians short of money, and would not let them fight at sea, but ruined their cause by pretending that the Phoenician fleet would arrive, and that they would thus be enabled to contend with the odds in their favour, and so made their navy lose its efficiency, which had been very remarkable, and generally betrayed a coolness in the war that was too plain to be mistaken.
alderantziz, Feniziako ontziak heltzen zirenean, borroka erosoagoa izango zela aitzakiatzat jarrita, peloponesoarren egoera ahultzen zuen, hauen ontzidiaren entzutea, garrantzitsua benetan izan zena, itzaltzen eta, oro har, gerran gogo handirik barik laguntzen zuen; eta hori guztia ez zuen egiten ez konturatzeko moduan, argi eta garbi baino.