§2.88.1τοιαῦτα μὲν τοῖς Πελοποννησίοις οἱ ἄρχοντες παρεκελεύσαντο.
Such were the exhortations which the commanders addressed to the Peloponnesians.
ὁ δὲ Φορμίων δεδιὼς καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν τῶν στρατιωτῶν ὀρρωδίαν καὶ αἰσθόμενος ὅτι τὸ πλῆθος τῶν νεῶν κατὰ σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ξυνιστάμενοι ἐφοβοῦντο, ἐβούλετο ξυγκαλέσας θαρσῦναί τε καὶ παραίνεσιν ἐν τῷ παρόντι ποιήσασθαι.
But Phormio, himself also fearing the apprehension of his soldiers, and perceiving that they, gathering in groups among themselves, were terrified by the multitude of the enemy's ships, wished to call them together to encourage them and to give them an address in the present circumstances.
§2.88.2πρότερον μὲν γὰρ αἰεὶ αὐτοῖς ἔλεγε καὶ προπαρεσκεύαζε τὰς γνώμας ὡς οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς πλῆθος νεῶν τοσοῦτον, ἢν ἐπιπλέῃ, ὅτι οὐχ ὑπομενετέον ἐστί, καὶ οἱ στρατιῶται ἐκ πολλοῦ ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀξίωσιν ταύτην εἰλήφεσαν, μηδένα ὄχλον Ἀθηναῖοι ὄντες Πελοποννησίων νεῶν ὑποχωρεῖν·
For previously he had always been telling them and preparing their minds beforehand that there was no multitude of ships so great, even if they should sail against them, that they ought not to withstand it; and the soldiers themselves had long since acquired among themselves this self-esteem, that, being Athenians, they should not retreat before any multitude of Peloponnesian ships.
§2.88.3τότε δὲ πρὸς τὴν παροῦσαν ὄψιν ὁρῶν αὐτοὺς ἀθυμοῦντας ἐβούλετο ὑπόμνησιν ποιήσασθαι τοῦ θαρσεῖν, καὶ ξυγκαλέσας τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἔλεγε τοιάδε.
But on this occasion, seeing them discouraged in the face of the sight before them, he wished to remind them of their courage, and having called the Athenians together, he spoke as follows.