Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Élie-Ami Bétant (Translator), 5.2

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A l'expiration de la trêve, Cléon obtint des Athéniens d’être envoyé sur le littoral de la Thrace avec douze cents hoplites et trois cents cavaliers d’Athènes, un plus grand nombre d’alliés et trente vaisseaux. Il toucha en premier lieu à Scione, dont le siège durait encore ; et, après avoir renforcé son armée d’un certain nombre d’hoplites tirés des assiégeants, il alla descendre au port des Colophoniens¹, à quelque distance de Torone. Averti par des transfuges que Brasidas n’était pas dans la place et qu’elle avait peu de défenseurs, il marcha contre elle avec ses troupes de terre, et détacha dix vaisseaux pour pénétrer dans le port. Il s’approcha d’abord de la nouvelle enceinte que Brasidas avait élevée pour annexer le faubourg à la ville par le moyen d’une brèche pratiquée dans l’ancien mur.

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).) — 5.2.1 focus

[1] Κλέων δὲ Ἀθηναίους πείσας ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης χωρία ἐξέπλευσε μετὰ τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν, Ἀθηναίων μὲν ὁπλίτας ἔχων διακοσίους καὶ χιλίους καὶ ἱππέας τριακοσίους, τῶν δὲ ξυμμάχων πλείους, ναῦς δὲ τριάκοντα.

[2] σχὼν δὲ ἐς Σκιώνην πρῶτον ἔτι πολιορκουμένην καὶ προσλαβὼν αὐτόθεν ὁπλίτας τῶν φρουρῶν, κατέπλευσεν ἐς τὸν Κωφὸν λιμένα τῶν Τορωναίων ἀπέχοντα οὐ πολὺ τῆς πόλεως.

[3] ἐκ δ’ αὐτοῦ, αἰσθόμενος ὑπ’ αὐτομόλων ὅτι οὔτε Βρασίδας ἐν τῇ Τορώνῃ οὔτε οἱ ἐνόντες ἀξιόμαχοι εἶεν, τῇ μὲν στρατιᾷ τῇ πεζῇ ἐχώρει ἐς τὴν πόλιν, ναῦς δὲ περιέπεμψε δέκα 〈ἐς 〉 τὸν λιμένα περιπλεῖν.

[4] καὶ πρὸς τὸ περιτείχισμα πρῶτον ἀφικνεῖται, ὃ προσπεριέβαλε τῇ πόλει ὁ Βρασίδας ἐντὸς βουλόμενος ποιῆσαι τὸ προάστειον, καὶ διελὼν τοῦ παλαιοῦ τείχους μίαν αὐτὴν ἐποίησε πόλιν.

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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.) — 5.2.1 focus

[1] After the truce was expired, Cleon prevailed with the Athenians to be sent out with a fleet against the cities lying upon Thrace. He had with him of Athenians twelve hundred men of arms and three hundred horsemen, of confederates more, and thirty galleys.

[2] And first arriving at Scione, which was yet besieged, he took aboard some men of arms of those that kept the siege and sailed into the haven of the Colophonians, not far distant from the city of Torone.

[3] And there, having heard by fugitives that Brasidas was not in Torone nor those within sufficient to give him battle, he marched with his army to the city and sent ten of his galleys about into the haven.

[4] And first he came to the new wall, which Brasidas had raised about the city to take in the suburbs, making a breach in the old wall that the whole might be one 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.) — 5.2.1 focus

[1] Meanwhile Cleon prevailed on the Athenians to let him set sail at the expiration of the armistice for the towns in the direction of Thrace with twelve hundred heavy infantry and three hundred horse from Athens , a larger force of the allies, and thirty ships.

[2] First touching at the still besieged Scione , and taking some heavy infantry from the army there, he next sailed into Cophosa harbor in the territory of Torone , which is not far from the town.

[3] From thence, having learnt from deserters that Brasidas was not in Torone , and that its garrison was not strong enough to give him battle, he advanced with his army against the town, sending ten ships to sail round into the harbor.

[4] He first came to the fortification lately thrown up in front of the town by Brasidas in order to take in the suburb, to do which he had pulled down part of the original wall and made it all one city.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 5.2 focus

Kleon aber hatte die Athener zu einem Zuge gegen die
Thrakischen Gränzlande beredet und, nachdem der Waffenstillstand
abgelaufen, segelte er dahin ab mit zwölfhundert Schwerbewaffneten
und dreihundert Reitern aus den Athenern und einer noch größeren
Zahl von Bundesgenossen, auf dreißig Schiffen. Zuerst landete er
bei Skione, das noch belagert wurde, verstärkte aus den dortigen
Belagerungstruppen seine Schwerbewaffneten und segelte dann nach
dem Hasen der Kolophonier, der von der Toronäer Stadt nicht weit
abliegt. Als er da von Ueberläufern erfuhr, daß weder Brasidas ¹²³⁴⁵⁶
in Torone anwesend sei, noch auch die drinliegende Besahung den
Kampf mit ihm wagen könne, so marschirte er mit dem Heere zu
Land gegen die Stadt und ließ zehn Schiffe um den Hafen kreuzen.
Zuerst nun stieß er auf die Mauer, welche Brasidas um die Vorstadt
gebaut hatte, um auch diese mit einzubeziehen; und da er zugleich
auch den Theil der alten Mauer niedergerissen hatte, so war eine
zusammenhängende Stadt hergestellt worden.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 5.2 focus

Kleon, der die Athener bewogen hatte, ihn mit einem
Heere nach dem thrakischen Küstenlande zu schicken, ging nach
Ablauf des Waffenstillstandes mit zwölfhundert athenischen
Hopliten, dreihundert Reitern und zahlreichen Bundesgenossen
mit dreißig Schiffen dahin unter Segel. Nachdem er zuerst
Skione, das noch belagert wurde, angelaufen und von hier
eine Anzahl der vor der Stadt liegenden Hopliten mitge
nommen, landete er bei Torone in dem unweit der Stadt ge
legenen Hafen Kophos. Da er von Überläufern erfahren,
daß Brasidas selbst nicht in Torone wäre und die Besatzung
zu schwach, um den Ort zu halten, rückte er mit dem Land
heere vor die Stadt und ließ zehn Schiffe nach dem Hafen
herumfahren. Er gelangte zuerst bis an die neue Mauer, mit
welcher Brasidas die Stadt umgeben hatte, um die Vorstadt
mit einzubeziehen, wobei ein Stück der alten Mauer niedergelegt
und so das Ganze zu einer Stadt gemacht worden war.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 5.2 focus

II. Cléon, avec l’assentiment des Athéniens, fit voile, après l’armistice, pour l’Épithrace, avec douze cents hoplites athéniens, trois cents cavaliers, un plus grand ¹²³⁴ nombre d’alliés, et trente vaisseaux⁵. Il toucha d’abord à Scione, dont le siége durait encore, en retira une partie des hoplites qui gardaient les murs, et alla aborder au port des Colophoniens⁶ dépendant de Toroné, et à peu de distance de la ville. Instruit par des transfuges que Brasidas était absent de Toroné, et que la garnison n’était pas en force, il se dirigea de là, avec son infanterie, contre la ville, et envoya dix vaisseaux croiser devant le port. Il se présenta d’abord devant la nouvelle enceinte que Brasidas avait élevée, en renversant une partie de l’ancien mur, afin d’enfermer le faubourg dans la place et de faire du tout une seule ville.

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.) — 5.2.1 focus

[1] After the armistice had expired Cleon persuaded the Athenians to let him sail to the cities in Thrace, with twelve hundred Athenian hoplites and three hundred cavalry, and a larger force of the allies, and thirty ships.

[2] And touching first at Scione, which was still under siege, and taking on from there some hoplites of the garrison, he then sailed down to the port of Cophus, which is not far distant from the city of Torone.

[3] From there, on learning from deserters that Brasidas was not in Torone and that the inhabitants were not a match for him in battle, he advanced with his land-force against the city, but sent ten ships to sail round into the harbour.

[4] And first he arrived at the new wall which Brasidas had built round the city for the purpose of taking in the suburb, having pulled down a part of the old wall and made one city of Torone.

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.) — 5.2.1 focus

[1] After the armistice had expired, Cleon, having persuaded the Athenians to the measure, led an expedition against the Thrace-ward towns, with twelve hundred heavy-armed, and three hundred cavalry of the Athenians, a larger force of the allies, and thirty ships.

[2] After landing in the first place at Scione, which was still being besieged, and taking thence some heavy-armed from the garrison, he sailed into the port of the Colophonians, belonging to the Toronaeans, and at no great distance from their city.

[3] Thence, having learned from deserters both that Brasidas was not in Torone, and that those who were in it were not strong enough to give him battle, with his land forces he marched against the city, while he sent ten ships to sail round into the harbour.

[4] First, then, he came to the fortifications which Brasidas had raised anew round the city, from a wish to include the suburb, and so by taking down a part of the original wall had made it one city.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 5.2.1 focus

[1] Cleo vero post exactas inducias quum rem Atheniensibus persuasisset, in Thraciam navigavit, secum ducens mille et ducentos gravis armaturae milites Athenienses et trecentos equites, et ex sociis longe plures, naves autem triginta.

[2] Qui quum primum ad Scionen appulisset, quae adhuc obsidebatur, et quum illinc gravis armaturae milites ex praesidiariis assumpsisset, iu Colophonioruro portum, a Toronaeorum urbe non multum distantem, navigavit.

[3] Quum autem illic intellexisset ex transfugis, neque Brasidam Toronae esse, neque eos, qui intus erant, ad resistendum pares esse, cum exercitu quidem pedestri ad urbem contendit, naves vero decem circummisit, ut in Torones portum circumveherentur.

[4] Ac primum quidem venit ad munitionem, quam Brasidas urbi circumdederat, quod suburbana includere vellet, et diruta veleris muri parte unam urbem effecerat.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 5.2 focus

Spirata la tregua , Cleone , avuti dalla Repubblica milledugento soldati gravi ateniesi, trecento cavalli, e più degli alleati, parti per la Tracia con una flotta di trenta navi. Approdò primieramente a Scione tuttora assediata, ed aggiuntisi de’soldati di grave armatura che ivi stavano di presidio, navigò al porto de’Colofonii poco distante dalla città di Torona. Quindi inteso da’disertori che Brasida non si trovava in Torona, e che quelli che vi erau dentro non erano in istato di resistere , marciava colle genti da piè verso quella città, e spediva dieci navi per volteggiare dinanzi al porto. Da prima egli arriva nella circonvallazione colla quale Brasida , volendo comprendere il suburbio , aveva cinta intorno la città, e rotta una parte delle vecchie mura ne aveva fatta una città sola.

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History of the Peloponnesian War

Place maritime appartenant aux Toronéens. On ignore l’origine de son nom et le rapport qu’il pouvait avoir avec la ville de Colophon en Ionie.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 5.2

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