§6.19.1τοιαῦτα μὲν ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης εἶπεν·
Such were the words of Alcibiades.
οἱ δ’ Ἀθηναῖοι ἀκούσαντες ἐκείνου τε καὶ τῶν Ἐγεσταίων καὶ Λεοντίνων φυγάδων, οἳ παρελθόντες ἐδέοντό τε καὶ τῶν ὁρκίων ὑπομιμνῄσκοντες ἱκέτευον βοηθῆσαι σφίσι, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἢ πρότερον ὥρμηντο στρατεύειν.
The Athenians, having heard both him and the Egestaean and Leontine exiles, who came forward and entreated them, reminding them of their oaths and imploring them to help them, were much more eager to campaign than before.
§6.19.2καὶ ὁ Νικίας γνοὺς ὅτι ἀπὸ μὲν τῶν αὐτῶν λόγων οὐκ ἂν ἔτι ἀποτρέψειε, παρασκευῆς δὲ πλήθει, εἰ πολλὴν ἐπιτάξειε, τάχ’ ἂν μεταστήσειεν αὐτούς, παρελθὼν αὐτοῖς αὖθις ἔλεγε τοιάδε.
And Nicias, realizing that he could no longer turn them back with the same arguments, but that he might perhaps change their minds by the sheer scale of the preparation, if he were to demand a large one, came forward again and spoke to them as follows.