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Ce fut encore dans ce même été que les Athéniens nommèrent proxène ¹ et appelèrent chez eux l’Abdéritain Nym-phodoros fils de Pythès, dont Sitalcès avait épousé la sœur, et qui jouissait d'un grand crédit auprès de ce monarque. Ils l’avaient jusque-là regardé comme leur ennemi; mais ils cédèrent au désir de gagner l’amitié de Sitalcès, fils de Térès et roi des Thraces. Ce Térès, père de Sitalcès, fut le fondateur de l’empire des Odryses, dont il étendit la domination sur la majeure partie de la Thrace, quoiqu’un grand nombre de Thraces soient encore indépendants. Ce même Térès n’a rien de commun avec Téréus, mari de Procné, fille de Pandion roi d’Athènes. Ils n’étaient point de la même Thrace. Téréus habitait à Daulis, dans le pays aujourd’hui appelé Phocide et peuplé jadis par des Thraces. C’est là que les femmes commirent leur attentat contre Itys ² ; d’oii vient que plusieurs poètes, en parlant du rossignol, l’ont nommé l’oiseau de Daulis ³. D’ailleurs il est vraisemblable que Pandion chercha un gendre qui, voisin de lui, pût donner ou recevoir promptement du secours, et ne s'adressa pas aux Odryses, séparés par bien des journées de chemin. Térès, dont le nom même diffère de Téréus, fut le premier roi puissant des Odryses. C’est avec son fils Sitalcès que les Athéniens firent alliance, afin qu’il les aidât à réduire Perdiccas et les villes du littoral de la Thrace. Nymphodoros vint à Athènes, traita pour Sitalcès et obtint le droit de cité en faveur de Sadocos, fils de ce prince. Il promit de faire cesser la guerre de Thrace et d'engager Sitalcès à envoyer aux Athéniens des cavaliers et des peltastes de ce pays. Il réconcilia aussi Perdiccas avec les Athéniens en les décidant à lui rendre Thermé. A l’instant Perdiccas marcha contre les Chalcidéens, de concert avec les Athéniens et avec Phormion. C’est ainsi que Sitalcès, fils de Térès et roi des Thraces, devint l'allié des Athéniens, de même que Perdiccas, fils d’Alexandre et roi de Macédoine.

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).) — 2.29.1 focus

[1] καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ θέρει Νυμφόδωρον τὸν Πύθεω ἄνδρα Ἀβδηρίτην, οὗ εἶχε τὴν ἀδελφὴν Σιτάλκης, δυνάμενον παρ’ αὐτῷ μέγα οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι πρότερον πολέμιον νομίζοντες πρόξενον ἐποιήσαντο καὶ μετεπέμψαντο, βουλόμενοι Σιτάλκην σφίσι τὸν Τήρεω, Θρᾳκῶν βασιλέα, ξύμμαχον γενέσθαι.

[2] ὁ δὲ Τήρης οὗτος ὁ τοῦ Σιτάλκου πατὴρ πρῶτος Ὀδρύσαις τὴν μεγάλην βασιλείαν ἐπὶ πλέον τῆς ἄλλης Θρᾴκης ἐποίησεν· πολὺ γὰρ μέρος καὶ αὐτόνομόν ἐστι Θρᾳκῶν.

[3] Τηρεῖ δὲ τῷ Πρόκνην τὴν Πανδίονος ἀπ’ Ἀθηνῶν σχόντι γυναῖκα προσήκει ὁ Τήρης οὗτος οὐδέν, οὐδὲ τῆς αὐτῆς Θρᾴκης ἐγένοντο, ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ἐν Δαυλίᾳ τῆς Φωκίδος νῦν καλουμένης γῆς [ὁ Τηρεὺς ] ᾤκει, τότε ὑπὸ Θρᾳκῶν οἰκουμένης, καὶ τὸ ἔργον τὸ περὶ τὸν Ἴτυν αἱ γυναῖκες ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ ἔπραξαν (πολλοῖς δὲ καὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐν ἀηδόνος μνήμῃ Δαυλιὰς ἡ ὄρνις ἐπωνόμασται), εἰκός τε καὶ τὸ κῆδος Πανδίονα ξυνάψασθαι τῆς θυγατρὸς διὰ τοσούτου ἐπ’ ὠφελίᾳ τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους μᾶλλον ἢ διὰ πολλῶν ἡμερῶν ἐς Ὀδρύσας ὁδοῦ. Τήρης δὲ οὐδὲ τὸ αὐτὸ ὄνομα ἔχων βασιλεύς [τε] πρῶτος ἐν κράτει Ὀδρυσῶν ἐγένετο.

[4] οὗ δὴ ὄντα τὸν Σιτάλκην οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ξύμμαχον ἐποιοῦντο, βουλόμενοι σφίσι τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης χωρία καὶ Περδίκκαν ξυνεξελεῖν αὐτόν.

[5] ἐλθών τε ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας ὁ Νυμφόδωρος τήν τε τοῦ Σιτάλκου ξυμμαχίαν ἐποίησε καὶ Σάδοκον τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ Ἀθηναῖον τόν τε ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης πόλεμον ὑπεδέχετο καταλύσειν· πείσειν γὰρ Σιτάλκην πέμπειν στρατιὰν Θρᾳκίαν Ἀθηναίοις ἱππέων τε καὶ πελταστῶν.

[6] ξυνεβίβασε δὲ καὶ τὸν Περδίκκαν τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις καὶ Θέρμην αὐτῷ ἔπεισεν ἀποδοῦναι· ξυνεστράτευσέ τε εὐθὺς Περδίκκας ἐπὶ Χαλκιδέας μετὰ Ἀθηναίων καὶ Φορμίωνος.

[7] οὕτω μὲν Σιτάλκης τε ὁ Τήρεω Θρᾳκῶν βασιλεὺς ξύμμαχος ἐγένετο Ἀθηναίοις καὶ Περδίκκας ὁ Ἀλεξάνδρου Μακεδόνων βασιλεύς.

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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.) — 2.29.1 focus

[1] The same summer also, the Athenians made Nymphodorus the son of Pythos, of the city of Abdera (whose sister was married to Sitalces and that was of great power with him), their host, though before they took him for an enemy, and sent for him to Athens, hoping by his means to bring Sitalces the son of Teres, king of Thrace, into their league.

[2] This Teres, the father of Sitalces, was the first that advanced the kingdom of the Odrysians above the power of the rest of Thrace.

[3] For much of Thrace consisteth of free states. And Tereus that took to wife out of Athens Procne the daughter of Pandion was no kin to this Teres nor of the same part of Thrace. But that Tereus was of the city of Daulia in the country now called Phocis, then inhabited by the Thracians. And the fact of the women concerning Itys was done there; and by the poets, where they mention the nightingale, that bird is also called Daulias. And it is more likely that Pandion matched his daughter to this man, for vicinity and mutual succour, than with the other that was so many days' journey off as Odrysae. And Teres (which is also another name) was the first that seized on the kingdom of Odrysae.

[4] Now Sitalces, this man's son, the Athenians got into their league that they might have the towns lying on Thrace and Perdiccas to be of their party.

[5] Nymphodorus, when he came to Athens, made this league between them and Sitalces and caused Sadocus the son of Sitalces to be made free of Athens and also undertook to end the war in Thrace. For he would persuade Sitalces to send unto the Athenians a Thracian army of horsemen and targeteers.

[6] He likewise reconciled Perdiccas to the Athenians, and procured of him the restitution of Therme. And Perdiccas presently aided the Athenians and Phormio in the war against the Chalcideans.

[7] Thus were Sitalces the son of Teres, king of Thrace, and Perdiccas the son of Alexander, king of Macedonia, made confederates with the Athenians.

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.) — 2.29.1 focus

[1] During the same summer Nymphodorus, son of Pythes, an Abderite, whose sister Sitalces had married, was made their Proxenus by the Athenians and sent for to Athens . They had hitherto considered him their enemy; but he had great influence with Sitalces, and they wished this prince to become their ally. Sitalces was the son of Teres and king of the Thracians.

[2] Teres, the father of Sitalces, was the first to establish the great kingdom of the Odrysians on a scale quite unknown to the rest of Thrace , a large portion of the Thracians being independent.

[3] This Teres is in no way related to Tereus who married Pandion's daughter Procne from Athens ; nor indeed did they belong to the same part of Thrace . Tereus lived in Daulis , part of what is now called Phocis, but which at that time was inhabited by Thracians. It was in this land that the women perpetrated the outrage upon Itys; and many of the poets when they mention the nightingale call it the Daulian bird. Besides, Pandion in contracting an alliance for his daughter would consider the advantages of mutual assistance, and would naturally prefer a match at the above moderate distance to the journey of many days which separates Athens from the Odrysians. Again the names are different; and this Teres was king of the Odrysians, the first by the way who attained to any power.

[4] Sitalces, his son, was now sought as an ally by the Athenians, who desired his aid in the reduction of the Thracian towns and of Perdiccas.

[5] Coming to Athens , Nymphodorus concluded the alliance with Sitalces and made his son Sadocus an Athenian citizen, and promised to finish the war in Thrace by persuading Sitalces to send the Athenians a force of Thracian horse and targeteers.

[6] He also reconciled them with Perdiccas, and induced them to restore Therme to him; upon which Perdiccas at once joined the Athenians and Phormio in an expedition against the Chalcidians.

[7] Thus Sitalces, son of Teres, king of the Thracians, and Perdiccas, son of Alexander, king of the Macedonians, became allies of Athens .

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 2.29 focus

In demselben Sommer machten auch die Athener den
Nymphodoros, des Pythes Sohn aus Abdera, zu ihrem Gastfreund, —
dessen Schwester an Sitalkes verheirathet war, und bei welchem er
darum viel vermochte. Früher hatten sie ihn als ihren Feind
angesehen, jetzt aber ließen sie ihn nach Athen kommen, weil sie wünschten,
daß er den Thrakerkönig Sitalkes, Sohn des Teres, zu ihrem
Bundesgenossen mache. Dieser Teres, des Sitalkes Vater, war es, der den
Odrysern zuerst die vorwiegende Herrschaft gegenüber den andern
Thrakern verschaffte, denn es ist auch ein großer Theil der Thraker
frei und selbständig. Mit dem Tereus, welcher die Prokne, des
Pandion Tochter, ans Athen, zum Weib hatte, steht dieser Teres in keinerlei
Verwandtschaft, und jener war auch nicht einmal ans demselben Thra ¹
kien. sondern Tereus wohnte in Daulia, der Landschaft, welche jetzt ²
Phokis heißt und damals von Thrakern bewohnt war. Dort
verübten jene Weiber auch die That an Jtys, nnd bei vielen Dichtern,
wo sie der Nachtigall Erwähnung thun, heißt dieser Vogel der
daulische Auch leuchtet es ein, daß Pandion eher in so geringer
Entfernung eine Verbindung durch seine Tochter angeknüpft habe, wegen
des Nutzens für beide Theile, als auf eine Entfernung von vielen
Tagereisen zu den Odrysern. Teres hingegen, dessen Namen auch nicht
einmal gleichlautet, war der erste Odryser-König, der zu Macht und
Ansehen gelangte. Dessen Sohn nun, den Sitalkes, wollten die
Athener zu ihrem Bundesgenossen, in der Meinung, daß er ihnen die
an Thrakien stoßenden Landschaften und den Perdikkas unschädlich machen
solle. Wirklich kam auch Nymphodoros nach Athen, brachte die
Bundesgenossenschast mit Sitalkes zu Stande und ließ dessen Sohn Sadokos
unter die athenischen Bürger aufnehmen. Den Krieg in den thrakischen
Gewässern versprach er zu Ende zu bringen, indem er den Sitalkes
bewegen wolle, ein thrakisches Heer von Reitern und Leichtbewaffneten
den Athenern zu Hülfe zu schicken. Er brachte aber auch eine
Aussöhnung zwischen Perdikkas und den Athenern zu Stande und bewog
diese, Therme an jenen zurückzugeben , und sogleich vereinigte sich
Perdikkas mit den Athenern und dem Phormio gegen die Chalkidenser.
So wurde Sitalkes, des Teres Sohn, König der Thraker, der Athener
Bundesgenosse, und mit ihm Perdikkas, Sohn Alexanders, König der
Makedonier.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 2.29 focus

In demselben Sommer machten die Athener auch Nympho
doros, Pythes' Sohn, aus Abdera, dessen Schwester mit Sitalkes
verheiratet war, und bei dem er viel galt, zu ihrem Staats
gatsfreunde. Während sie ihn früher als ihren Feind angesehen
hatten, luden sie ihn jetzt nach Athen ein, weil ihnen daran
lag, den Thrakerkönig Sitalkes, den Sohn des Teres, als
Bundesgenossen zu gewinnen. Dieser Teres, Sitalkes' Vater,
hatte den Odrysen erst die Herrschaft über den größten Teil
von Thrakien verschafft; gutenteils nämlich sind die Thraker
immer noch unabhängig. Übrigens hat dieser Teres mit Tereus,
welcher Prokne, die Tochter Pandions aus Athen, zur Frau
hatte, nichts zu tun; beide waren gar nicht mal aus dem
selben Thrakien. Denn Tereus lebte in Daulia, jener damals
von Thrakern bewohnten Landschaft, welche jetzt Phokis heißt.
Hier war es auch, wo die Weiber die Untat an Jtys verübten,
wie denn auch manche Dichter, welche die Nachtigall erwähnen,
diese den daulischen Vogel nennen. Wahrscheinlich gab doch
auch Pandion seine Tochter lieber einem Manne in der Nähe
zur Frau, wo beide was voneinander hatten, als einem dort
in dem viele Tagereisen entfernten Odrysenlaude. Teres da
gegen, der ja auch nicht mal denselben Namen mit ihm
führte, war der erste mächtige König der Odrysen. Dessen
Sohn Sitalkes also wollten die Athener gern zum Bundes
genossen haben, weil sie auf seine Hilfe gegen Perdikkas und
im thrakischen Küstenlande hofften. Nymphodoros kam auch
wirklich nach Athen und brachte das Bündnis mit Sitalkes
zustande. Er verschaffte dessen Sohne Sadokos das athenische
Bürgerrecht und machte sich anheischig, dem Kriege an der
thrakischen Küste ein Ende zu machen und Sitalkes zu be
tsimmen, den Athenern ein aus Reiterei und leichtem Fußvolk
gebildetes Heer zu Hilfe zu schicken. Auch söhnte er Perdikkas
mit den Athenern aus, die sich dabei ihrerseits dazu verstanden,
Therme an Perdikkas zurückzugeben, worauf dieser sich sogleich .
mit Phormion und den Athenern zu einem Feldzuge gegen die
Chalkidier vereinigte. So wurden Sitalkes, Teres' Sohn, der
Thrakerkönig, und Perdikkas, Alexanders Sohn, König von
Makedonien, Bundesgenossen der Athener.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 2.29 focus

XXIX. Dans le même été, l’Abdéritain Nymphodore, fils de Pythès, dont la soeur avait épousé Sitalcès et qui jouissait d’un grand crédit auprès de ce prince, reçut des Athéniens le titre de proxène¹ et fut mandé à Athènes. Les Athéniens qui, jusque-là, avaient vu en lui un ennemi, cédèrent au désir de se faire un allié de Sitalcès, fils de Térès, roi des Thraces. Ce Térès, père de Sitalcès, est le premier fondateur de la puissance des Odryses² ; c’est lui qui a enveloppé dans leur vaste royaume la portion la plus considérable de la Thrace (car il y a aussi une grande partie des Thraces qui sont restés autonomes³). Ce Térès n’a rien de commun avec Térée qui avait épousé Procné, fille de Pandion d’Athènes ; et même le nom de Thrace s'applique dans les deux cas à des contrées différentes ; car Térée habitait Daulie ; ville de la Phocide actuelle, occupée alors par les Thraces. C’est là que les femmes commirent sur Itys⁴ cet attentat si fameux, et c’est pourquoi beaucoup de poëtes, en parlant du rossignol, le nomment l’oiseau de Daulie. Il est vraisemblable, d’ailleurs, que Pandion dut plutôt établir sa fille dans un pays voisin, en vue d’avantages réciproques, que chez les Odryses, à plusieurs jours de marche.

Térès, qui n’a pas même avec Térée la conformité du nom, fut le premier roi puissant des Odryses. C’est avec son fils Sitalcès que les Athéniens contractèrent alliance, dans le but de soumettre la presqu’ìle de Thrace et même Perdiccas. Nymphodore vintà Athènes, cimenta l’alliance avec Sitalcès, et obtint pour Sadocus, fils du roi, le droit de cité. En même temps il promit de mettre fin à la guerre de Thrace en décidant Sitalcès à envoyer aux Athéniens un corps de cavalerie thrace et des peltastes. Il réconcilia aussi Perdiccas avec les Athéniens en les engageant à lui rendre Thermé, et aussitôt Perdiccas marcha contre les Chalcidiens, de concert avec les Athéniens et Phormion. C’est ainsi que Sitalcès, fils de Térès, roi des Thraces, et Perdiccas, fils d’Alexandre, roi des Macédoniens, entrèrent dans l’alliance des Athéniens.

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.) — 2.29.1 focus

[1] In this summer, too, Nymphodorus son of Pythes, a man of Abdera, whose sister Sitalces had to wife, and possessing great influence with Sitalces, the Athenians made their proxenus¹ with that king, although they had hitherto regarded him as an enemy; and they summoned him to Athens, wishing to gain Sitalces, son of Teres and king of the Thracians, as their ally.

[2] Now this Teres, the father of Sitalces, was the first to found the great kingdom of the Odrysians, which extended over the larger part of Thrace;

[3] for a considerable portion of the Thracians are independent. This Teres is not in any way connected with Tereus who took from Athens to be his wife Procne the daughter of Pandion, nor indeed did they come from the same Thrace. Tereus dwelt at Daulia in the land now called Phocis, which was then occupied by Thracians, and it was in that land that the women² perpetrated their deed upon Itys. In fact many of the poets, when they refer to the nightingale, call it the bird of Daulia. Besides it was natural for Pandion to contract the marriage alliance for his daughter at so short a distance as Daulia with a view to mutual protection, rather than among the Odrysians, who are many days' journey distant. Teres, however, whose name was not the same as the other's, was the first king to attain great power among the Odrysians.

[4] And it was his son, Sitalces, whom the Athenians wanted to make their ally, wishing him to help in subduing the places on the coast of Thrace and Perdiccas.

[5] So Nymphodorus came to Athens, brought about the alliance with Sitalces, and got Sadocus son of Sitalces made an Athenian citizen; and he promised also to bring the war in Thrace to an end, saying that he would persuade Sitalces to send the Athenians a Thracian force of cavalry and targeteers.

[6] Moreover, he brought about a reconciliation between Perdiccas and the Athenians, whom he persuaded to restore Therme³ to him. Perdiccas immediately joined forces with the Athenians under Phormio⁴ and took the field against the Chalcidians.

[7] It was in this way that Sitalces son of Teres, king of the Thracians, became an ally of the Athenians, and also Perdiccas son of Alexander, king of the Macedonians.

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.) — 2.29.1 focus

[1] It was also in the course of the same summer that Nymphodorus son of Pythes, a man of Abdera, whose sister was the wife of Sitalces, and who had great influence with that monarch, was made their ¹ proxenus by the Athenians, who had before considered him hostile to them, and was sent for by them, because they wished Sitalces, son of Teres, king of the Thracians, to become their ally.

[2] Now this Teres, the father of Sitalces, was the first who founded the great kingdom of the Odrysae on a larger scale than those in the rest of Thrace;

[3] for indeed a large part of the Thracians are independent. This Teres is not at all connected with Tereus who married from Athens Procne, the daughter of Pandion; nor were they of the same part of Thrace. The latter lived in Daulis, a part of what is now called Phocis, which was then inhabited by Thracians. It was in this land that the women perpetrated the [cruel] deed to Itys, and by many of the poets, when they mention the nightingale, it is called the Daulian bird. Besides, it is probable that Pandion should have formed the connexion for his daughter [with one who lived] at that distance, with a view to mutual succour, rather than at the distance of several days' journey, [as it is] to the Odrysae. On the other hand, Teres, besides not having the same name, was the first king of the Odrysae that attained to any power.

[4] Sitalecs then, being this man's son, the Athenians made their ally, wishing him to join them in conquering the Thrace-ward towns and Perdiccas.

[5] So Nymphodorus came to Athens and concluded the alliance with Sitalces, and made his own son Sadocus a citizen of Athens, and undertook to bring to a close the war on the side of Thrace; for he said he would persuade Sitalces to send the Athenians a Thracian force of cavalry and targeteers.

[6] Moreover, he reconciled Perdiccas to the Athenians, and also persuaded them to restore Therme to him; and Perdiccas immediately joined in an expedition against the Chalcidians with the Athenians and Phormio.

[7] Thus Sitalces son of Teres, king of the Thracians, became an ally of the Athenians, as also did Perdiccas son of Alexander, king of the Macedonians.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 2.29.1 focus

[1] Atque eadem aestate Nymphodorum Pytbis filium, Abderiten, cujus sororem Sitalcesuxorem habebat, virum, qui magna auctoritate apud ipsum valebat, Athenienses, licet eum prius hostem esse judicassent, tamen hospitem publice fecerunt, eumquearcessiverunt, quod Sitalcen Teris filium, Thracum regem, sibi societate adjungere cope-rent.

[2] Hic autem Teres, Sitalcis pater, primus Odrysis magnum hoc regnum in majorem Thraciae partem condidit; magna enim Thracum pars sui juris est.

[3] Cum illo autem Tereo, qui Procnen Pandionis filiam ex Athenarum urbe uxorem duxerat, Teres iste nullo propinquitatis vinculo conjuuctus est, nec ex eadem Thracia fuerunt, sed ille quidem Tereus habitabat in urbe Daulia, quae est in agro, qui nunc Phocensis appellatur, quem tunc Thraces incolebant; et in hoc agro mulieres fadnus illud in Ityn perpetrarunt; quinetiam a multis poetis, qui lusciniae mentionem fecerunt, haec avis Daulias cognomento est appellata. Verisimile autem eet, Pandionem affinitatem junxisse potius in tam parvo locorum intervallo mutui auxilii causa, quam in multorum dierum itinere ad Odrysas usque. Sed Teres nec idem nomen habuit, et primus rex potentia valens apud Odrysas fuit

[4] Hujus igitur filium Sitalcen Athenienses in societatem adseiverunt, Thraciae oppida, et Per- diccam hujus «opera sibi adjungere cupientes.

[5] Atque profectus Athenas Nymphodorus Sitalcis societatem us conciliavit et Sadocum ipsius Sitalcis lilium Atheniensem civem fecit et recepit bellum, quod in Thracia gerebatur, componendum; se enim Sitalci persuasurum, ut exercitum Thracum, Athenieusibus mitteret equitibus cetratisque constantem.

[6] Perdiccam etiam Atheniensibus conciliavit, et ipsis persuasit, ut ei Thermen redderent. Et confestim Perdiccas cum Atheniensibus et Phormione arma Chalcidensibus intulit.

[7] Sic igitur et Sitalces Teris filius, Thracum rex, et Perdiccas Alexandri filius, Macedonum rex, societatis foedus cum Atheniensibus fecerunt.

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.) — 2.29 focus

Nella medesima estate gli Ateniesi ammessero al diritto di ospitalità, ed invitarono a portarsi da loro Nimfodoro figliolo di Piteo cittadino di Abdera , che aveva gran credito presso Si talee marito di sua sorella , col fine di farsi alleato Sitalce stesso re dei Traci, figliolo di Tere. Or questo Tere padre di Sitalce fu il primo a rendere l’impero degli Odrisii più considerabile degli altri della Tracia ; essendo che gran parte dei Traci vivono in libertà. Questo Tere però non aveva nulla che fare con quel Tereo che ebbe per moglie Procne figliola di Pandione d’Atene, avvegnaché non furono pure d’una medesima Tracia. Tereo certamente dimorava in Daulia del territorio ora denominato Focide , abitato allora dai Traci. È questo il paese ove le donne commisero il noto misfatto d’Iti ; per lo che molti poeti nel rammentare l' istoria del rusignuolo gli danno il nome d’uccello daulio. È poi probabile che per scambievole vantaggio Pandione strignesse il parentado della figliola con questo Tereo a lui più vicino , invece che coll’ altro degli Odrisii distante il viaggio di parecchie giornate. Tere dunque, che non por-

DigiLizeti by Goo^lc tava pure il medesimo nome dell’altro , fu il primo a regnare con piena autorità sopra gli Odrisii ; il cui figlio Sitalee gli Ateniesi fecero loro alleato, intendendo che gli aiutasse a ricuperare le città della Tracia, e a conciliar con esso loro Perdicca. Pervenuto Nimfodoro ad Atene concluse la confederazione di Sitalce , ed ottenne a Sadoco figlio di lui il diritto di cittadinanza ateniese : prese ancora l’incarico di por fine alla guerra di Tracia, promettendo arebbe persuaso Sitalce a mandare agli Ateniesi delle bande di cavalli traci e fanti armati di rotelle. Indusse a restituir Terma e rappattumò con gli Ateniesi Perdicca , il quale unì subito le sue armi con essi e con Formione ai danni dei Calcidesi. Ecco come Sitalce figliolo di Tere re dei Traci, e Perdicca di Alessandro re dei Macedoni, divennero alleati degli Ateniesi.

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Les proxènes ou hôtes publics, qu’on a quelquefois assimilés à nos consuls de commerce, étaient des agents que les différents États grecs désignaient dans les villes étrangères avec lesquelles ils entretenaient des relations. Les fonctions des proxènes consistaient essentiellement à recevoir et à héberger les ambassadeurs de l'État dont ils exerçaient la proxénie, et à les introduire dans les assemblées publiques de la ville où ils résidaient; ce qui suppose qu’ils étaient citoyens de cette dernière. La proxénie était ordinairement héréditaire. Ainsi: la famille d’Alcibiade exerça longtemps à Athènes la proxénie des Lacédémoniens. Voy. VI, lxxxix.

Itys, fils de Téréus et de Procné, fut tué par sa mère, qui fit cuire son corps et le donna à manger à Téréus, pour se venger de l’infidélité de celui-ci.

Nous n’avons à ce sujet aucune citation d’auteur grec; mais cette location se trouve dans Ovide (Uéroïdes, XV, 144, ad Liv. 106) et dans Catulle (lxv, 14), qui l’avaient sans doute empruntée aux Grecs.

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

Ἐκράτουν ... διέφθειραν —‘were successful and had disabled.’

φθάνουσιν ... προκαταφυγοῦσαι —aor. partic. here coincident in time with the historic pres. Cf. c. 2, 3 ἔλαθον ἐσελθόντες. αὐτοὺς— = τοὺς ἐν ταῖς ναυσί. ἴσχουσαι— ‘riding at anchor.’

κατὰ —shows the point of the coast. ἴσχω also takes ἐς or dat. παρεσκευάζοντο ἀμυνούμενοι—ὡς omitted, as in c. 18, 1. al.

Ὕστερον —)( φθάνουσιν. Cf. c. 5, 3, 80. ἐπαιά‐ νιζον—it was in honour of Apollo, a curious coincidence.

ἄμα πλέοντες —together.

Μετέωρος —in the middle of the gulf.

περὶ ἣν ... φθάσασα . . διωκούσῃ —‘several MSS. omit καὶ περιπλεύσασα. But φθάνειν περί τι does not appear sanctioned by usage.’ Linwood. Probably Thuc. meant περὶ ἣν to be governed by διωκούσῃ, and the ship was struck broadside when in the act of pursuing the enemy round the anchored vessel.

Διώκοντες .. αἱ μέν —cf. 1 above. In διώκοντες ... καθεῖσαι ... ἐπέστησαν ... δρῶντες ... βουλόμενοι, the first partic. is causal to καθεῖσαι, which is temporal to ἐπέστησαν· δρῶντες defines ἐπέστησαν as in c. 90, 1 ἀναγόμενοι ἐπλεον· βουλόμενοι is causal to ἐπέστησαν. ἐπέστησαν τοῦ πλοῦ—lit. stopped in their course. Cf. IV. 47 ἐπετάχυνον τῆς ὀδοῦ. πρὸς τὴν ἐξ ὀ. ἀντεξόρμησιν—refers to the 11 ships mentioned in 1 above, which ἴσχουσαι ἀντίπρῳροι παρεσκευάζοντο, ‘as the enemy were near and could charge them.’ Both ἐξ ὀλίγου and δῑ ὀλίγου mean ‘suddenly’ or ‘at a short distance.’ Cf. c. 11, 4, 85, 2, 89, 9.

βράχεα — brevia, Verg. Aen. I. 111; found only in Herod. except here.

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