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‘ [8] Οἴομαι δὲ οἰκειότερόν σοι εἶναι τὴν θάλασσαν: ὑμεῖς γὰρ οἱ Συρακούσιοι καὶ Ἀθηναίους κατεναυμαχήσατε. Σήμερον δὲ ἀγών ἐστί σοι πρὸς Πέρσας τοὺς. ὑπὸ Ἀθηναίων νενικημένους. Ἔχεις τριήρεις Αἰγυπτίας, μείζονας καὶ πλείονας τῶν Σικελικῶν: μίμησαι [p. 132] τὸν κηδεστὴν Ἑρμοκράτην ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ.’ Χαιρέας δὲ ἀπεκρίνατο ‘πᾶς ἐμοὶ κίνδυνος ἡδύς: ὑπὲρ σοῦ δὲ ἀναδέξομαι τὸν πόλεμον καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἔχθιστόν μοι βασιλέα. ’
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