and as he did not prevail upon the Phocaians to do this, afterwards, hearing from them of the Mede how his power was increasing, he gave them money to build a wall about their city: and he did this without sparing, for the circuit of the wall is many furlongs in extent, and it is built all of large stones closely fitted together.
Eta, eman ere, neurrigabe eman zien; harresiaren ingurua ez baitzen estadio gutxikoa eta guztia harritzarrez ongi doitua baitzegoen.