datus est Aristides is postquam re<m> cognovit, classem illum Lacedaemoniorum, quae tota apud Gytheum subducta erat, velle incendere, ut ea consumpta dominatio maris ipsis cederet, processit ad cives et rettulit Themistoclen ut utile consilium ita minime iustum animo volvere.
He was assigned to Aristides, who discovered that Themistocles had intended to burn down the Lacedaemonian fleet, all of which was stranded in Gytheum. By doing so, the mastery of the sea would fall to Athens. Aristides appeared before the citizens and informed them that the idea that Themistocles was contemplating was advantageous, but unjust.