Either they did not follow with the host from lovely Lacedaemon, or though they followed here in their seafaring ships, they have now no heart to enter into the battle of warriors for fear of the words of shame and the many revilings that are mine.
ἢ οὐχ ἑσπέσθην Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς , ἢ δεύρω μὲν ἕποντο νέεσσ' ἔνι ποντοπόροισι , νῦν αὖτ' οὐκ ἐθέλουσι μάχην καταδύμεναι ἀνδρῶν αἴσχεα δειδιότες καὶ ὀνείδεα πόλλ' ἅ μοί ἐστιν .
ἤ οὐ ἕπομαι Λακεδαίμων ἐκ ἐρατεινός , ἤ δεῦρο μέν ἕπομαι ναῦς ἐν ποντοπόρος , νῦν αὖτε οὐ ἐθέλω μάχη καταδύω ἀνήρ αἶσχος δείδω καί ὄνειδος πολύς ὅς ἐγώ εἰμί .