Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Élie-Ami Bétant (Translator), 2.23

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Les Péloponésiens , voyant les Athéniens déterminés à refuser le combat, partirent d’Achames et ravagèrent quelques autres d£mes situés entre les monts Parnès et Briles-sos. Ils étaient encore en Attique, lorsque les Athéniens envoyèrent autour du Péloponèse les cent vaisseaux qu’ils avaient équipés, et qui portaient mille hoplites et quatre cents archers. Les commandants de cette flotte étaient Carcinos fils de Xéno-timos, Protéas fils d^piolès, et Socratès fils d’Antigénès. Ils mirent à la voile avec cet armement pour faire le tour du Péloponèse. Les Péloponésiens restèrent en Aftique aussi longtemps qu’ils eurent des vivres ; ensuite ils opérèrent leur retraite par la Béotie, et non par la route qu’ils avaient suivie au moment de l’invasion ¹. En passant devant Oropos, ils ravagèrent la contrée qui porte le nom de Péraïque ² et qui appartient aux Oropiens, sujets des Athéniens. De retour dans le Péloponèse, ils se séparèrent et chacun regagna ses foyers.

History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Élie-Ami Bétant (Translator). Paris. 1863.

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Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése (French) (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.)

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 2.23.1 focus

[1] οἱ δὲ Πελοποννήσιοι, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐπεξῇσαν αὐτοῖς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐς μάχην, ἄραντες ἐκ τῶν Ἀχαρνῶν ἐδῄουν τῶν δήμων τινὰς ἄλλους τῶν μεταξὺ Πάρνηθος καὶ Βριλησσοῦ ὄρους.

[2] ὄντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἀπέστειλαν τὰς ἑκατὸν ναῦς περὶ Πελοπόννησον ἅσπερ παρεσκευάζοντο καὶ χιλίους ὁπλίτας ἐπ’ αὐτῶν καὶ τοξότας τετρακοσίους· ἐστρατήγει δὲ Καρκίνος τε ὁ Ξενοτίμου καὶ Πρωτέας ὁ Ἐπικλέους καὶ Σωκράτης ὁ Ἀντιγένους.

[3] καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄραντες τῇ παρασκευῇ ταύτῃ περιέπλεον, οἱ δὲ Πελοποννήσιοι χρόνον ἐμμείναντες ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ ὅσου εἶχον τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἀνεχώρησαν διὰ Βοιωτῶν, οὐχ ᾗπερ ἐσέβαλον· παριόντες δὲ Ὠρωπὸν τὴν γῆν τὴν Γραϊκὴν καλουμένην, ἣν νέμονται Ὠρώπιοι Ἀθηναίων ὑπήκοοι, ἐδῄωσαν. ἀφικόμενοι δὲ ἐς Πελοπόννησον διελύθησαν κατὰ πόλεις ἕκαστοι.

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The History of the Grecian War Perseus (Thucydides. The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas. translator. London: John Bohn, 1843.) — 2.23.1 focus

[1] The Peloponnesians, seeing the Athenians would not come out to fight, dislodging from Acharnas wasted certain other villages between the hills Parnethus and Brelissus.

[2] Whilst these were in Attica, the Athenians sent the hundred galleys which they had provided, and in them one thousand men of arms and four hundred archers, about Peloponnesus, the commanders whereof were Charcinus the son of 23enotimus, Proteus the son of Epicles, and Socrates the son of Antigenes, who thus furnished weighed anchor and went their way.

[3] The Peloponnesians, when they had stayed in Attica as long as their provision lasted, went home through Boeotia, not the way they came in, but passing by Oropus, wasted the country called Peiraice, which is of the tillage of the Oropians, subjects to the people of Athens. And when they were come back into Peloponnesus, they disbanded and went every man to his own city.

History of the Peloponnesian War Perseus (Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Crawley, Richard, translator. London and Toronto: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1914.) — 2.23.1 focus

[1] In the meantime the Peloponnesians, as the Athenians did not come out to engage them, broke up from Acharnae and ravaged some of the demes between Mount Parnes and Brilessus.

[2] While they were in Attica , the Athenians sent off the hundred ships which they had been preparing round Peloponnese , with a thousand heavy infantry and four hundred archers on board, under the command of Carcinus, son of Xenotimus, Proteas, son of Epicles, and Socrates, son of Antigenes.

[3] This armament weighed anchor and started on its cruise, and the Peloponnesians, after remaining in Attica as long as their provisions lasted, retired through Boeotia by a different road to that by which they had entered. As they passed Oropus they ravaged the territory of Graea which is held by the Oropians from Athens , and reaching Peloponnese broke up to their respective cities.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 2.23 focus

Da nun die Athener nicht zur Schlacht ausruckten, so
brachen die Peloponnesier ihr Lager bei Acharnä ab und verwüsteten
einige andere Gemeindebezirke zwischen dem Parnes und dem
Brilessischen Gebirge.^ Während sie aber noch im Lande waren, schickten die
Athener die Hundert Schiffe, die sie ausgerüstet hatten, mit Tausend
Schwerbewaffneten und vierhundert Bogenschützen in die
peloponnesischen Gewässer. Anführer waren Karkinos, des Xenotimos Sohn,
Proteas, Sohu des Epikles, und des Antigenes Sohn Sokrates.
Mit dieser Bemannung ging die Flotte unter Segel und kreuzte. Die
Peloponnesier aber, nachdem sie so lange in Attika verweilt hatten,
als die Vorräthe ausreichten, zogen sich durch böotisches Gebiet, nicht
auf dem Wege, auf dem sie gekommen waren, zurück, und bei Oropos
vorüberziehend verwüsteten sie den sogenannten grajischen Bezirk, wo die
Oropier, athenische Unterthanen, wohnen. Nach der Ankunft im
Peloponnes wurde die Armee aufgelöst, und Jeder ging nach seiner Hcimath.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 2.23 focus

Da die Athener doch nicht zur Schlacht herauskamen,
brachen die Peloponnesier von Acharnai auf und verwüsteten
noch einige Deinen zwischen Parnes und Britessos. Während
sie dort noch im Lande waren, gingen die Athener mit den
hundert in Dienst gestellten Schiffen, tausend Hopliten und
vierhundert Bogenschützen unter Karkinos, Xenotimos' Sohn,
Proteas, Epikles' Sohn, und Sokrates, Antigones' Sohn, nach
dem Peloponnes unter Segel und kreuzten damit in den dortigen
Gewässern. Die Peloponnesier aber blieben in Attika, solange
sie dort zu leben hatten; darauf zogen sie wieder ab, jedoch
nicht auf dem Wege, auf dem sie gekommen waren, sondern
durch Böotien. Unterwegs verwüsteten sie bei Oropos das
sogenannte gra'ische Land, das von Oropiern unter athenischer
Hoheit bewohnt wird. Als sie im Peloponnes wieder an
gekommen waren, ging das Heer auseinander und jeder in
seine Heimat.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 2.23 focus

XXIII. Les Lacédémoniens, voyant que les Athéniens ne sortaient pas pour les combattre, levèrent le camp d’Acharné et ravagèrent quelques autres dèmes entre les monts Parnès¹ et Brilessos². Pendant qu’ils étaient ainsi sur le territoire de l’Attique, les Athéniens envoyèrent autour du Péloponnèse les cent vaisseaux qu’ils avaient équipés. Mille hoplites et trois cents archers les montaient, sous le commandement de Carcinus fils de Xénotimus, de Protée fils d’Épiclès, et de Socrate fils d’Antigène. Ils mirent à la voile, et allèrent avec ces forces croiser autour du Péloponnèse.

Les Péloponnésiens, après être restés en Attique aussi longtemps qu’ils eurent des vivres, opérèrent leur retraite par la Béotie, en suivant une autre route que celle par laquelle ils étaient venus. En passant par Oropos³, ils ravagèrent la plaine appelée Pyraïque, habitée par les Oropiens, sujets des Athéniens. De re- tour dans le Péloponnèse, ils se séparèrent et chacun rentra dans son pays.

History of the Peloponnesian War First1KGreek (Thucydides, Vol. 1-4. Smith, Charles Foster, translator. London and Cambridge, MA: Heinemann and Harvard University Press, 1919-1923.) — 2.23.1 focus

[1] The Peloponesians, on the other hand, when the Athenians did not come out to do battle with them broke up their camp at Acharnae and ravaged some of the demes which lie between Mt. Parnes and Mt. Brilessus.¹

[2] But while they were still in their territory the Athenians sent out on an expedition round the Peloponnesus the hundred ships² which they had been equipping, and on them a thousand hoplites and four hundred archers; and the generals in command were Carcinus son of Xenotimus, Proteas son of Epicles, and Socrates son of Antigenes.

[3] So they set sail with this force and began their cruise; the Peloponnesians, on the other hand, remained in Attica for as long a time as they were provisioned and then withdrew through Boeotia, taking a different route from that by which they had entered Attica. They passed by Oropus and laid waste the district called Graice,³ which the Oropians occupy as subjects of the Athenians.⁴ Then on their return to the Peloponnesus they were dismissed to their several cities.

History of the Peloponnesian War First1KGreek (Thucydides. The history of the Peloponnesian War, Volume 1-2. Dale, Henry, translator. London: Heinemann and Henry G. Bohn, 1851-1852.) — 2.23.1 focus

[1] The Peloponnesians, when the Athenians did not come out against them to battle, broke up from before Acharnae, and proceeded to ravage some others of the townships between Mount Parnes and Brilessus.

[2] While they were in the country, the Athenians despatched round the Peloponnese the hundred ships they were preparing, [when I last mentioned them,] with a thousand heavy-armed on board, and four hundred bowmen under the command of Caranus son of Xenotimus, Proteas son of Epicles, and Socrates son of Antigenes.

[3] So they weighed anchor, and were cruising round with this armament; while the Peloponnesians, after staying in Attica the time for which they had provisions, retired through Boeotia, (not by the same way they had made their inroad,) and passing by Oropus ravaged the Piraic territory, as it is called, which the Oropians inhabit as subjects of the Athenians. On arriving at the Peloponnese, they were disbanded, and returned to their several cities.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 2.23.1 focus

[1] Peloponnesii vero, quum Athenienses ad proelium cum ipsis committendum non prodirent, motis castris ab Acharnis nonnullos alios pagos vastabant, qui sunt inter Parnethem et Brilessum montes.

[2] Dum autem isti in Attica sunt, Athenienses centum naves, quas instruxerant, et in his mille gravis armaturae milites et quadringentos sa gittarios circa Peloponnesum miserunt. His autem praeerant Carcinus Xenotimi et Proteas Epiclis et Socrates Antigenis filius : atque hi quidem cum hoc apparatu e portu profecti circumvehebantur;

[3] Peloponnesii vero tamdiu in Attica morati, quamdiu commeatus ipsis suppeditabat, per Boeotiam reverterunt, non ea qua irruptionem fecerant; et dum Oropum praetereant,regionem nomine Piraicen, quam Oropii Atheniensium imperio subjecti colunt, vastarunt. In Peloponnesum vero regressi, in suae quique urbes discesserunt.

Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides First1KGreek (Thucydides. Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides. Gürsching, Heinrich, translator. Augsburg: Wirth, 1856.) — 2.35.1 focus

[1] Wenn es bisher bei den Rednern an dieser Stätte fast allgemeiner Brauch geworden, den Mann zu rühmen, der mit der Bestattung diese Rede verband, weil an dem Grabe gefallener Krieger ein ehrendes Wort sich zieme, so würde ich es für hinreichend gehalten haben, dass man Helden der That mit einer festlichen Handlung ehre, — wie das denn der Staat durch die Bestattung gethan hat, deren Zeugen ihr so eben gewesen — und würde die Verherrlichung so vieler Männer nicht einem Einzelnen und der zufälligen Wirkung seines Vortrags anheimgegeben haben.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 2.23 focus

I Peloponnesi vedendo che gli Ateniesi non uscivano loro incontro, levato il campo da Acarne, saccheggiarono alcune altre villate infra il monte Parnete e Brilesso : e mentre tuttora si trattenevano nell’Attica, gli Ate niesi spedirono in giro al Peloponneso le cento navi, clie andavano preparando , entrovi mille soldati di grave armatura e quattrocento arcieri, sotto il comando di Carcino figliolo di Xenotimo, di Protea d’Epicle, e di Socrate di Antigene , i quali salparono con questo apparato , e costeggiavano il Peloponneso. I Peloponnesi rimasero nell’Attica sinché ebbero vettovaglia ; poi si ritirarono marciando per là Beozia, non dalla parte ove erano entrati. In passando da Oropo davano il guasto alla campagna chiamata Piraica, posseduta dagli Oropii vassalli degli Ateniesi ; giunti poi nel Peloponueso si separarono, per tornare ognuno alla propria casa.

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Au lieu de revenir sur leurs pas en traversant les cantons ravagés de l’Attique, ils suivirent la route de Décélie, et laissèrent à gauche le mont Pamès. D’Oropos ils remontèrent la vallée de l'Asopos, et prirent, à travers le Cithéron, le chemin des Dryos-céphales et d'Eleuthères, qui les ramenait à Éleusis

Cette dénomination n’est pas certaine. D’autres lisent rpancrjv-11 s’agit d’un district situé entre Oropos et Tanagra, en face de Chalcis et d’Érétrie, et qui, pour cette raison, se nommait περαῖα ou πέραν γῆ. Hérodote (VIII, xliv) appelle ce même pays ἡ περαίη τῆς Βοιωτίης χώρας.

Commentary

Commentary on Thucydides Book 2 (Thucydides, Book II. Marchant, Edgar C., editor. London: Macmillan and Company, 1891.) focus

Βριλησσοῦ —Mt. Pentelicon, N.E. of Athens. See 3 below.

Χιλίους ὁπλίτας —10 for each ship, as usual. These marines were generally Thetes. Cf. VI. 43 They were called ἐπιβάται. Καρκίνος—related to the famous tragic poet of the same name, at whom Aristophanes jests several times.

Πρωτέας —had been one of the commanders of the 10 ships sent to Coreyra in 433. Intr. p. lxvii.

Ὅσου —see c. 13, 7.

Ὠρωπὸν —to get there from Pentelieon, they would pass the demes Cephisia, Aphidna and Oenoe, and cross the pass of Deeelea.

τὴν Γραϊκὴν —the name of the coast opposite Eretria. It is probably the plaee whieh gave the name Graeci to the colonists of Italy. See Busolt, G. Gesch., I. p. 14

Ἀθηναῖοι ύπήκοοι —Oropus fell into the hands of Boeotia in 412 B.C. Thuc. leaves his note, made probably in 431, unaltered.

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