It is covering the war then being waged between Athens and Sparta: “The city - state of Potidaea has been forced to surrender to the besieging Athenians after being reduced to such a state of hunger that its people have been eating the bodies of their dead. ”
See käsitleb Ateena ja Sparta vahel toimunud sõda: „Ümberpiiratud Poteidaia linnriik on lõpuks sunnitud ateenlastele alistuma pärast seda, kui nälg on viinud linnarahva sellisesse olukorda, et süüakse lausa surnukehi. ”