§4.4.1ὡς δὲ οὐκ ἔπειθεν οὔτε τοὺς στρατηγοὺς οὔτε τοὺς στρατιώτας, ὕστερον καὶ τοῖς ταξιάρχοις κοινώσας, ἡσύχαζεν ὑπὸ ἀπλοίας, μέχρι αὐτοῖς τοῖς στρατιώταις σχολάζουσιν ὁρμὴ ἐνέπεσε περιστᾶσιν ἐκτειχίσαι τὸ χωρίον.
As he could persuade neither the generals nor the soldiers, having afterwards communicated also with the captains, he remained quiet owing to the stress of weather, until an impulse fell upon the soldiers themselves in their leisure, gathering together, to fortify the place.
§4.4.2καὶ ἐγχειρήσαντες εἰργάζοντο, σιδήρια μὲν λιθουργὰ οὐκ ἔχοντες, λογάδην δὲ φέροντες λίθους, καὶ ξυνετίθεσαν ὡς ἕκαστόν τι ξυμβαίνοι· καὶ τὸν πηλόν, εἴ που δέοι χρῆσθαι, ἀγγείων ἀπορίᾳ ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου ἔφερον, ἐγκεκυφότες τε, ὡς μάλιστα μέλλοι ἐπιμένειν, καὶ τὼ χεῖρε ἐς τοὐπίσω ξυμπλέκοντες, ὅπως μὴ ἀποπίπτοι.
And setting to work they began to build, though they had no iron tools for stone-working, but carrying stones picked up at random, they put them together just as each happened to fit; and the mud, if there was need to use it anywhere, they carried on their backs for want of vessels, bending forward so that it might best remain on, and clasping their hands behind them to keep it from falling off.
§4.4.3παντί τε τρόπῳ ἠπείγοντο φθῆναι τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους τὰ ἐπιμαχώτατα ἐξεργασάμενοι πρὶν ἐπιβοηθῆσαι· τὸ γὰρ πλέον τοῦ χωρίου αὐτὸ καρτερὸν ὑπῆρχε καὶ οὐδὲν ἔδει τείχους.
And in every way they hastened to anticipate the Lacedaemonians by completing the most vulnerable parts before they should come to the rescue; for the greater part of the place was naturally strong and had no need of a wall.