Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Élie-Ami Bétant (Translator), 3.50

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Quant aux Mytiléniens que Pachès avait envoyés comme auteurs de la révolte, les Athéniens, d’après l’avis de Gléon, les mirent à mort. Ils étaient un peu plus de mille. Mytilène fut démantelée et livra ses vaisseaux. Pour l’avenir, les Lesbiens ne furent frappés d’aucun tribut; mais tout leur territoire, celui de Méthymne excepté, fut partagé en trois mille lots, dont trois cents furent réservés aux dieux et le reste distribué par la voie du sort à des colons tirés d’Athènes. Les Lesbiens continuèrent à cultiver leurs terres, mais ils durent payer une redevance annuelle de deux mines par lot¹. Les Athéniens s’emparèrent aussi de toutes les places que Mytilène possédait sur le continent, et les soumirent à leur domination. Tels furent les événements de Lesbos.

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).) — 3.50.1 focus

[1] τοὺς δ’ ἄλλους ἄνδρας οὓς ὁ Πάχης ἀπέπεμψεν ὡς αἰτιωτάτους ὄντας τῆς ἀποστάσεως Κλέωνος γνώμῃ διέφθειραν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι (ἦσαν δὲ ὀλίγῳ πλείους χιλίων), καὶ Μυτιληναίων τείχη καθεῖλον καὶ ναῦς παρέλαβον.

[2] ὕστερον δὲ φόρον μὲν οὐκ ἔταξαν Λεσβίοις, κλήρους δὲ ποιήσαντες τῆς γῆς πλὴν τῆς Μηθυμναίων τρισχιλίους τριακοσίους μὲν τοῖς θεοῖς ἱεροὺς ἐξεῖλον, ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺς ἄλλους σφῶν αὐτῶν κληρούχους τοὺς λαχόντας ἀπέπεμψαν· οἷς ἀργύριον Λέσβιοι ταξάμενοι τοῦ κλήρου ἑκάστου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ δύο μνᾶς φέρειν αὐτοὶ εἰργάζοντο τὴν γῆν.

[3] παρέλαβον δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ πολίσματα οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ὅσων Μυτιληναῖοι ἐκράτουν, καὶ ὑπήκουον ὕστερον Ἀθηναίων. τὰ μὲν κατὰ Λέσβον οὕτως ἐγένετο.

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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.) — 3.50.1 focus

[1] But those whom Paches had sent home as most culpable of the revolt, the Athenians, as Cleon had advised, put to death, being in number somewhat above a thousand. They also razed the walls of Mytilene and took from them all their galleys.

[2] After which they imposed on the Lesbians no more tribute; but having divided their land (all but that of the Methymnaeans) into three thousand parts, three hundred of those parts [of the choicest land] they consecrated to the gods.And for the rest, they sent men by lot out of their own city to possess it of whom the Lesbians, at the rent of two minae of silver yearly upon a lot, had the land again to be husbanded by themselves.

[3] The Athenians took in all such towns also as the Mytilenaeans were masters of in the continent, which were afterwards made subjects to the people of Athens. Thus ended the business touching Lesbos.

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.) — 3.50.1 focus

[1] The other party whom Paches had sent off as the prime movers in the rebellion, were upon Cleon's motion put to death by the Athenians, the number being rather more than a thousand. The Athenians also demolished the walls of the Mitylenians, and took possession of their ships.

[2] Afterwards tribute was not imposed upon the Lesbians; but all their land, except that of the Methymnians, was divided into three thousand allotments, three hundred of which were reserved as sacred for the gods, and the rest assigned by lot to Athenian shareholders, who were sent out to the island. With these the Lesbians agreed to pay a rent of two minae a year for each allotment, and cultivated the land themselves.

[3] The Athenians also took possession of the towns on the continent belonging to the Mitylenians, which thus became for the future subject to Athens . Such were the events that took place at Lesbos .

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 3.50 focus

Die übrigen Männer indessen, welche Paches, als am
Abfalle zumeist schuldig, geschickt hatte, ließen die Athener auf Kleon's
Vorschlag hinrichten; es waren ihrer aber einige über tausend. Auch
rissen sie der Mytilenäer Mauern nieder und nahmen ihre Schiffe weg.
Späterhin legten sie zwar den Lesbiern keine weiteren Steuern auf,
theilten aber all ihr Land, nur das Gebiet der Methymnäer
ausgenommen , in dreitausend Ackerloose. Davon schieden sie dreihundert
aus und heiligten sie den Göttern, aus die übrigen aber schickten sie
als Loosherren diejenigen aus ihrer Mitte, die das Loos getroffen
hatte Diesen mußten die Lesbier, die das Land selbst zu bebauen ¹
hatten, für jedes Ackerloos einen jährlichen Zins von zwei Minen [zu ²
sammen 48 Thlr. 6 Ggr.^ entrichten. Auch die kleinen Städte
nahmen die Athener weg, welche die Mytilenäer auf dem Festlande
besessen hatten, und dieselben gehorchten seitdem den Athenern. Diesen
Ausgang nahmen die Sachen mit Lesbos.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 3.50 focus

Jene anderen Mytilener aber, welche Paches als die an
dem Abfall vorzugsweise Schuldigen herübergeschickt hatte,
ließen die Athener auf Kleons Antrag hinrichten; es waren
etwas über tausend. Auch schleiften sie die Mauern von
Mytilene und ließen sich die Schiffe ausliefern. Hinterdrein
legten sie den Lesbiern zwar keine Steuern auf, teilten aber
die ganze Insel mit Ausnahme des Gebiets von Methymna in
dreitausend Landlose, von denen sie dreihundert als Tempelgut
für die Götter ausschieden, die übrigen aber mit athenischen
Kleruchen besetzten, denen die Lesbier, die das Land selbst be
bauten, von jedem Lose jährlich zwei Minen Zins zahlen
mußten. Auch die Besitzungen der Mytilener auf dem Fest
lande fielen in die Hände der Athener und standen von nun
an unter athenischer Herrschaft. So endete der Abfall von
Lesbos.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 3.50 focus

L. Les autres Mytiléniens que Pachès avait envoyés, comme les principaux auteurs de la défection, furent mis à mort sur l’avis de Cléon ; ils étaient un peu plus de mille¹ ; on rasa les fortifications des Mytiléniens et on confisqua leur flotte. Dans la suite, au lieu d’impo- ser un tribut aux Lesbiens, les Athéniens partagèrent leur territoire, celui de Méthymne excepté, en trois mille lots : trois cents furent réservés et consacrés aux dieux² ; le reste fut tiré au sort entre des citoyens d’Athènes qu’on envoya en prendre possession. Les Lesbiens, moyennant une redevance annuelle fixée à deux mines³ pour chaque lot, continuèrent à les cultiver. Les Athéniens s’emparèrent aussi des places que les Mytiléniens possédaient sur le continent et les soumirent à leur domination. Tels furent les événements de Lesbos⁴.

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.) — 3.50.1 focus

[1] The rest of the men, however, whom Paches¹ had sent to Athens as chief authors of the revolt, numbering somewhat more than a thousand,² were put to death by the Athenians on the motion of Cleon. They also pulled down the walls of Mytilene and took possession of the Mytilenaean fleet.

[2] Afterawards, instead of imposing a tribute upon the Lesbians, they divided all the land except that of the Methymnaeans into three thousand allotments, and reserving three hundred of these as sacred to the gods they sent out Athenian colonists, chosen by lot. to occupy the rest. With these the Lesbians made an arrangement to pay a rental of two minas a year³ for each lot, they themselves to cultivate the land.

[3] The Athenians also took possession of all the towns on the mainland which the Mytilenaeans controlled,⁴ and these were thereafter subject to the Athenians. Such was the course of events at Lesbos.

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.) — 3.50.1 focus

[1] The other party, whom Paches had sent off as the chief authors of the revolt, the Athenians put to death, according to the advice of Cleon, amounting to rather more than one thousand. They also dismantled the walls of the Mytilenaeans, and seized their ships.

[2] After this they did not impose any tribute on the Lesbians, but having divided the land, excepting that of the Methymnaeans, into three thousand portions, they set apart three hundred of them as consecrated to the gods, and to the rest sent out as shareholders those of their own citizens to whose lot they had fallen; with whom the Lesbians having agreed to pay in money two mince a year for each portion, farmed the land themselves.

[3] The Athenians also took possession of the towns on the continent of which the Mytilenaeans were masters, and they were afterwards subject to Athens. Such then was the issue of affairs as regarded Lesbos.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 3.50.1 focus

[1] Ceteros vero, quos Paches ut praecipuos defectionis auctores miserat, Athenienses ex Cleonis sententia morte mulctarunt; erant autem numero paulo plures mille. Et Mytilenes muros demoliti sunt, et naves abduxeruut.

[2] Postea vero tributum quidem nullum imposuerunt Lesbiis, sed agro, excepto Methymnaeorum, in ter mille sortes diviso , trecentas quidem eximias dis consecrarunt, in reliquas vero colonos de suis facta sortitione miserunt; quibus pecu- niam Lesbii constitutam in singnlas portiones duas minas cx pacto et convento quotannis persolventes agrum ipsi colebant.

[3] Oppidis etiam in continente sitis, quotquot Mytilenaei in sua potestate habebant, Athenienses potiti sunt, quae postea Atheniensium imperio parebant. Et apud Lesbum quidem ita res gestae sunt.

Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides First1KGreek (Thucydides. Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides. Gürsching, Heinrich, translator. Augsburg: Wirth, 1856.) — 2.46.1 focus

[1] Und nun, da ich als Festredner nach bestem Wissen dem Gesetze genügt, und die Veranstaltungen zur Ehre der Bestatteten theils schon beendigt, theils die alsbaldige Uebemahme der Erziehung ihrer Söhne bis zum Mannesalter vom Staate freigebig beschlossen ist — und solche Aufopferung jetzt und in Zukunft nicht ungelohnt zu lassen, ist er sich schuldig; denn je grösser der Ehrenpreis, der den Tapfern erwartet, desto mehr zuverlässige Männer hat der Staat —

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 3.50 focus

Agli altri però mandati da Pachete in Atene come colpevolissimi della ribellione diedero gli Ateniesi la morte secondo il parere di Cleone : ed erano poco più di mille. Demolirouo altresì le mura di Mitileue, e ricevettero la consegnazione delle navi : quindi, invece di imporre tributo ai Lesbii, ne divisero in tremila parti il territorio (eccetto quello dei Metimnei ) , e ne scelsero trecento da consacrarsi agli Dei : al possedimento delle altre mandarono quei de9 loro cittadini a’ quali erano toccate in sorte. Ma gli abitanti di Lesbo si tassarono di pagare ad essi ogni anno per ciascuna parte due mine , e coltivarono da sè il terreno. Ebbero gli Ateniesi per dedizione anche i castelli sulla terraferma de’quali eran padroni i Mitilenei, che di poi furono obbedienti ad Atene. Così passarono le cose di Lesbò.

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History of the Peloponnesian War

La mine valait cent drachmes ou quatre-vingt-dix francs. Cette redevance était au profit des colons athéniens. Par ce partage de leurs terres, les Lesbiens perdaient leur droit de propriété et devenaient les fermiers de leurs propres domaines. Leur état se trouvait donc de beaucoup pire que celui des sujets tributaires d’Athènes. Il se peut que la perspective de ce partage entrât pour quelque chose dans l’excès de rigueur déployé envers Lesbos par les Athéniens.

Commentary

Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3 (Thucydides, Book III. Marchant, Edgar C., editor. London: Macmillan and Company, 1909.) focus

ἀπέπεμψεν —to Athens; see cc. 28, 35, 48.

χιλίων —the number is astonishing, and nothing approaching it is suggested by anything in the preceding narrative. Hence it is thought that *<*>α= χιλίων is a corruption of Λ’= τριάκοντα.

κλήρους . . ποιήσαντες —i.e. the late owners became hereditary tenants and paid an annual sum to the Athenian ‘cleruchs.’ Thuc. (and Ephorus, as copied by Diodorus X II. 55 ) assume that all the land was thus divided, except that of Methymna: this would bring each κλῆρος to about 96 acres (as Chuton says); but, of course, not the whole of the κλῆρος would be under eultivation. Apparently all the land was owned by oligarchs. The new κλῆροι would, of eourse, cut across the boundaries of former estates.

κληρούχους —2700 poor citizens chosen by lot They doubtless served to form a garrison; but in 412 B.C. there cannot have been anything like this number of Athenians in Lesbos ( VIII. 22 ); it is assumed that many of the cleruchs subsequently returned to Athens.

ἑκάστου with κλήρου. The mid. denotes a reciprocal arrangement.

ἀργυρίον is prob. object of φέρειν, and

δύο μνᾶς with the gen. is in appos. to it.

τὰ ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ —several places called Ἀκταῖαι πόλεις—Antandros being one. These became tributary allies.

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