§3.88.1καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐν Σικελίᾳ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ Ῥηγῖνοι τοῦ αὐτοῦ χειμῶνος τριάκοντα ναυσὶ στρατεύουσιν ἐπὶ τὰς Αἰόλου νήσους καλουμένας· θέρους γὰρ δι’ ἀνυδρίαν ἀδύνατα ἦν ἐπιστρατεύειν.
And the Athenians in Sicily and the Rhegians, during the same winter, made an expedition with thirty ships against the islands called those of Aeolus; for in summer, owing to the lack of water, it was impossible to campaign against them.
§3.88.2νέμονται δὲ Λιπαραῖοι αὐτάς, Κνιδίων ἄποικοι ὄντες.
These islands are inhabited by the Liparaeans, who are colonists from Cnidus.
οἰκοῦσι δ’ ἐν μιᾷ τῶν νήσων οὐ μεγάλῃ, καλεῖται δὲ Λιπάρα· τὰς δὲ ἄλλας ἐκ ταύτης ὁρμώμενοι γεωργοῦσι, Διδύμην καὶ Στρογγύλην καὶ Ἱεράν.
They dwell in one of the islands, which is not large, and is called Lipara; and setting out from this, they cultivate the other islands, Didyme, Strongyle, and Hiera.
§3.88.3νομίζουσι δὲ οἱ ἐκείνῃ ἄνθρωποι ἐν τῇ Ἱερᾷ ὡς ὁ Ἥφαιστος χαλκεύει, ὅτι τὴν νύκτα φαίνεται πῦρ ἀναδιδοῦσα πολὺ καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν καπνόν.
And the people in those parts believe that Hephaestus works his forge in Hiera, because by night it is seen sending up much fire and by day smoke.
κεῖνται δὲ αἱ νῆσοι αὗται κατὰ τὴν Σικελῶν καὶ Μεσσηνίων γῆν, ξύμμαχοι δ’ ἦσαν Συρακοσίων.
These islands lie off the territory of the Sicels and Messenians, and they were allies of the Syracusans.
§3.88.4τεμόντες δ’ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν γῆν, ὡς οὐ προσεχώρουν, ἀπέπλευσαν ἐς τὸ Ῥήγιον.
And the Athenians, having ravaged their land, since they would not surrender, sailed away to Rhegium.
καὶ ὁ χειμὼν ἐτελεύτα, καὶ πέμπτον ἔτος τῷ πολέμῳ ἐτελεύτα τῷδε ὃν Θουκυδίδης ξυνέγραψεν.
And the winter ended, and so ended the fifth year of this war which Thucydides wrote the history of.