The Spartans, realizing that they were doomed, defended themselves with fury; many of their assailants, driven under the lash, were trodden to death or forced into the sea.
Spartieši, sapratuši, ka viņiem draud droša nāve, cīnījās kā lauvas; daudzi uzbrucēji, kurus vadoņi ar pātagām dzina kaujā, tika samīti vai iegāzti jūrā.