the charge; * and thus they advanced, the Syracusans to fight for their country, and each individual for his safety that day and liberty hereafter; * in the enemy’s army, the Athenians to make another’s country theirs and to save their own from suffering by their defeat; * the Argives and independent allies to help them in getting what they came for, and to earn by victory another sight of the country they had left behind; * while the subject allies owed most of their ardour to the desire of self-preservation, which they could only hope for if victorious; next to which, as a secondary motive, came the chance of serving on easier terms, after helping
Los ejércitos entraron entonces en combate cuerpo a cuerpo, y durante mucho tiempo lucharon sin que ninguno cediera terreno. Mientras tanto se produjeron algunos truenos con relámpagos y fuertes lluvias, lo cual no dejó de aumentar los temores de los que luchaban por primera vez y estaban muy poco familiarizados con la guerra; mientras que