ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
importunate: P. and V. λιπαρής (Plato), ὀχληρός, Ar. γλίσχρος.
we shall find our enemies less likely to be pressing: P. ἧσσον ἐγκεισομένους τοὺς ἐναντίους ἕξομεν (Thuc. 1, 144).