Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 8.108

[1] About the same time also returned Alcibiades to Samos with his thirteen galleys from Caunus and Phaselis, reporting that he had diverted the Phoenician fleet from coming to the Peloponnesians and that he had inclined Tissaphernes to the friendship of the Athenians more than he was before.

[2] Thence manning out nine galleys more, he exacted a great sum of money of the Hallicarnasseans, and fortified Cos. Being now almost autumn, he returned to Samos.

[3] The Peloponnesians being now in Hellespont, the Antandrians (who are Aeolians) received into the city men of arms from Abydos by land through mount Ida, upon injury that had been done them by Arsaces, a deputy lieutenant of Tissaphernes.

[4] This Arsaces, having feigned a certain war, not declared against whom, had formerly called out the chiefest of the Delians (the which in hallowing of Delos by the Athenians were turned out and had planted themselves in Adramyttium) to go with him to this war; and when under colour of amity and confederacy he had drawn them out, he observed a time when they were at dinner, and having hemmed them in with his own soldiers, murdered them with darts.

[5] And therefore, for this act's sake fearing lest he might do some unlawful prank against them also, and for that he had otherwise done them injury, they cast his garrison out of their citadel.

[1] About the same time Alcibiades returned with his thirteen ships from Caunus and Phaselis to Samos , bringing word that he had prevented the Phoenician fleet from joining the Peloponnesians, and had made Tissaphernes more friendly to the Athenians than before.

[2] Alcibiades now manned nine more ships, and levied large sums of money from the Halicarnassians, and fortified Cos. After doing this and placing a governor in Cos, he sailed back to Samos , autumn being now at hand.

[3] Meanwhile Tissaphernes, upon hearing that the Peloponnesian fleet had sailed from Miletus to the Hellespont , set off again back from Aspendus , and made all sail for Ionia .

[4] While the Peloponnesians were in the Hellespont , the Antandrians, a people of Aeolic extraction, conveyed by land across Mount Ida some heavy infantry from Abydos , and introduced them into the town; having been ill-treated by Arsaces, the Persian lieutenant of Tissaphernes. This same Arsaces had, upon pretence of a secret quarrel, invited the chief men of the Delians to undertake military service (these were Delians who had settled at Atramyttium after having been driven from their homes by the Athenians for the sake of purifying Delos ); and after drawing them out from their town as his friends and allies, had laid wait for them at dinner, and surrounded them and caused them to be shot down by his soldiers.

[5] This deed made the Antandrians fear that he might some day do them some mischief; and as he also laid upon them burdens too heavy for them to bear, they expelled his garrison from their citadel.

Um eben diese Zeit war auch Alkibiades mit den drei-,
zehn Schiffen von Kaunos und Phaselis nach Samos zurückgekehrt
und meldete, daß er die Vereinigung der Phönikischen Schiffe mit
denen der Peloponnesier abgewendet und den Thiffaphernes noch
mehr für die Athener gewonnen habe als vorher. Dann bemannte
er zu seinen Schiffen noch neun andere, trieb von der Stadt
Haltkarnaffos viel Geld ein und befestigte Kos. Hieraus und nachdem er
einen Statthalter auf Kos eingesetzt, schiffte er gegen den Spätherbst
wieder nach Samos zurück.

Tissaphernes nun, als er hörte, daß die Schiffe der
Peloponnesier von Milet nach dem HelleSpont abgesegelt seien, brach von
Aspendos aus und eilte nach Jonien. Während die Peloponnesier
noch im Hellespont waren, hatten die Antandrier, welche Aeolischer
Abstammung sind, von Argos her auf dem Landweg über das Jda-
Gebirg Schwerbewaffnete kommen lassen und dieselben in ihre Stadt
gebracht, da sie von dem Perser Arsakes, des Tissaphernes
Unterstatthalter, bedrückt wurden. Derselbe hatte nämlich auch den
Deliern, welche sich in Adramyttion,angesiedelt hatten, als sie damals
durch die Athener der Reinigung von Delos wegen vertrieben worden
waren als seinen Freunden und Bundesgenossen, ihre besten
Männer aus der Stadt gelockt, indem er Krieg gegen einen
geheimzuhaltenden Feind vorgab. Er hatte dann abgewartet, bis sie ihr
Frühmahl bereiteten, sie dabei von seinen Leuten umstellen und mit
Speeren zusammenschießen lassen. Jene fürchteten nun wegen dieser
That, daß er auch gegen sie etwas Gottloses im Schilde führe, und
weil er ihnen auch sonst unerträgliche Lasten aufgebürdet, so verjagten
sie seine Besatzung aus der Burg. ¹

Um dieselbe Zeit kam Alkibiades mit den dreizehn Schiffen
von Phaselis und Kaunos wieder in Samos an und berichtete,
daß es ihm gelungen sei, die Vereinigung der phönizischen
Flotte mit den Peloponnesiern abzuwenden und Tissaphernes
noch mehr als bisher auf die Seite der Athener zu bringen.
Auch bemannte er zu seinen vorigen Schiffen noch neun andere,
trieb damit von den Halikarnasiern eine schwere Kriegssteuer
ein und befestigte Kos. Nachdem er das erledigt und in Kos
einen Vogt eingesetzt hatte, kehrte er, als es bereits auf den
Herbst ging, mit seinen Schiffen nach Samos zurück.

Als Tissaphernes hörte, daß die peloponnesische Flotte von
Milet nach dem Hellespont gefahren sei, brach er von Aspendos
auf und reiste nach Ionien. Während der Anwesenheit der
Peloponnesier am Hellespont ließen sich die dem äolischen
Stamme angehörenden Bewohner von Antandros aus Abydos
zu Lande über das Ida-Gebirge Truppen von ihnen schicken
und nahmen sie in die Stadt auf, weil der Perser Arsakes,
Tissaphernes' Unterstatthalter, sie niederträchtig behandelte.
Auch die im Atramyttion angesiedelten, von den Athenern bei
der Reinigung von Delos ausgewiesenen Delier hatte er ja,
scheinbar in aller Freundschaft, vorgeblich um einen geheimen
Feind zu bekämpfen, zu einem Feldzuge eingeladen und sich
ihre besten Leute dazu ausgebeten, diese dann aber, als sie
grade beim Frühstück waren, von seinen Truppen umstellen
und niederschießen lassen. Weil er es schon einmal so gemacht,
befürchteten sie, er könnte auch ihnen einen solchen Streich
spielen, und da er sie überhaupt unerträglich bedrückte, ver­
trieben sie seine Besatzung aus der Burg.

CVIII. Vers la même époque, Alcibiade revint avec ses treize vaisseaux de Caune et de Phasélis à Samos, annonçant qu’il avait détourné la flotte phénicienne de se joindre aux Péloponnésiens et fortifié encore les bonnes dispositions de Tissaphernes pour les Athéniens. Il équipa neuf bâtiments, outre ceux qu’il avait déjà, leva à Halicamasse une forte contribution pécuniaire, entoura Cos d’une muraille, y installa des magistrats et revint à Samos vers l’automne.

Lorsque Tissaphernes apprit que la flotte péloponnésienne avait quitté Milet pour l’Hellespont, il partit d’Aspendos, et appareilla pour l’Ionie.

Pendant que les Péloponnésiens étaient dans l’Hellespont, les habitants d’Antandros, qui sont Éoliens, ayant à se plaindre du Perse Arsacès, lieutenant de Tissaphernes, firent venir par terre, à travers le mont Ida, des hoplites d’Abydos et les introduisirent dans leur ville. Arsacès avait indignement traité les Déliens qui s’étaient établis à Atramyttion, depuis leur expulsion de Délos par les Athéniens, à propos de la purification de cette île : sous prétexte de quelque vengeance secrète à exercer, il avait invité à une expédition les principaux d’entre eux, à titre d’amis et d’alliés, et, saisissant le moment où ils dînaient, il les avait fait entourer par ses gens et tuer à coups de flèches. Les habitants d’Antandros, effrayés de cette perfidie qui leur faisait redouter pour eux-mêmes quelque attentat du même genre, et ne pouvant plus supporter les charges qu’il leur imposait, chassèrent sa garnison de la citadelle.

[1] At about this same time Alcibiades sailed back to Samos with the thirteen ships ¹ from Caunus and Phaselis, reporting that he had prevented the coming of the Phoenician ships to join the Peloponnesians and that he had made Tissaphernes more friendly to the Athenians than before. He then manned nine ships in addition to those he had, and exacted much money of the Halicarnassians, and also fortified Cos.

[2] Having done these things and appointed a governor at Cos, when it was already nearing autumn he returned to Samos.
  As for Tissaphernes, on hearing that the Peloponnesian fleet had sailed from Miletus to the Hellespont, he broke up his camp at Aspendus and set out for Ionia.

[3] For while the Peloponnesians were in the Hellespont, the Antandrians, who are Aeolians, had brought some hoplites from Abydus overland by way of Mount Ida and introduced them into their city, since they were being unjustly treated by Arsaces the Persian, lieutenant of Tissaphernes.

[4] Now this was the man who, when the Delians settled at Atramytteium, ² at the time when they were removed from Delos by the Athenians for the purpose of purifying that island, professing a quarrel which he did not openly declare and proffering opportunity of military service to their leading men, had led them out on an expedition on a pretence of friendship and alliance, and then, waiting until they were at their midday meal, had surrounded them with his own troops and shot them down.

[5] The Antandrians, therefore, fearing that on account of this act of his he might some day commit some outrage upon them also, and because, furthermore, he was imposing upon them burdens which they were not able to bear, had driven his garrison out of their acropolis.

[1] About this same time, too, Alcibiades returned to Samos with his thirteen ships from Caunus and Phaselis, bringing word that he had prevented the Phoenician ships from joining the Peloponnesians, and had made Tissaphernes a more decided friend to the Athenians than before. Having then manned nine ships in addition to those he had already, he levied large sums of money from the Halicarnassians, and fortified Cos.

[2] After executing these measures, and placing a governor in Cos, it being now towards autumn, he sailed back to Samos. As for Tissaphernes, when he heard that the Peloponnesian squadron had sailed from Miletus to the Hellespont, he set out again from Aspendus, and proceeded to Ionia.

[3] Now while the Peloponnesians were in the Hellespont, the Antandrians, (of Aeolian extraction,) conveyed by land over Mount Ida some heavy-armed troops from Abydus, and introduced them into their city, in consequence of being ill-treated by Arsaces the Persian, Tissaphernes' lieutenant.

[4] This same man, pretending to have a quarrel which he had not yet avowed, and offering service to the chief men amongst them, had induced the Delians, who had settled at Atramyttium, when driven from their homes by the Athenians for the purpose of purifying Delos, to go out as though on terms of friendship and alliance with him; and then, having watched when they were at dinner, had surrounded them with his own troops, and shot them down.

[5] Since therefore they were afraid, on account of this deed, that he might some time or other commit some outrage on themselves too, and since he also imposed upon them burdens which they could not bear, they expelled his garrison from their citadel.

[1] Per haec eadem tempora Alcibiades etiam cum tredecim suis navibus e Cauno et Phaselide Samum rediit, nuntians, se Phoenissas naves avertisse, ne ad Peloponnesios venirent, et Tissaphernem movisse, ut Atheniensibus benevolentior esset, quam antea.

[2] Et intructis navibus novem, praeter eas, quas habebat, et ab Halicarnassensibus ingentem pecuniam exegit, et Con munivit. His autem peractis, et magistratu ibi constituto, Samum jam sub autumnum rediit.

[3] Et Tissaphernes, quum audisset, Peloponnesiorum classem a Mileto in Hellespontum profectam, ex Aspendo solvens in Ioniam properabat.

[4] Quum autem Peloponnesii in Hellesponto essent, Antandrii (sunt autem Aeoles) gravis armatura milites ex Abydo per montem Idam itinere pedestri clam deductos in urbem introduxerunt, quod ab Arsace Persa, Tissaphernis prafecto, injuria afficiebantur, qui Delios quoque, qui Atramyttium incoluerant, quo tempore. ab. Atheniensibus, Deli lustrandae causa, suis sedibus pulsi erant, occulto odio dissimulato, et illorum prastan-tissimis indicta expeditione, per amicitiae ac societatis speciem eduxerat, et quum eos prandentes observavisset et suis circumdedisset, sagittis perdiderat.

[5] Timentes igitur eum Antandrii propter hoc facinus, ne quid is in se quoque aliquando scelerate perpetraret, quum idem etiam alia iis imponeret, quae ferre non poterant, ejus presidium ex arce ejecerunt

Circa questi medesimi tempi Alcibiade da Cauno e Faselide ritornò con tredici navi a Samo, recando la nuova di aver distornato la flotta fenicia dal venire a soccorso dei Peloponnesi, e d’aver reso Tissaferne amico agli Ateniesi vie più di prima. Armò poi nove navi oltre quelle che aveva, riscosse molto denaroda gli Alicarnassii, e principiò a munire Co. Fatto questo, e stabiliti magistrati in Co, ritornò in Samo, ed era ornai verso l’autunno. Tissaferne, quando ebbe inteso che la flotta de’ Peloponnesi da Mileto era andata nell’ Ellesponto, si mosse da Aspendo alla volta della Ionia. Ora è da sapere che mentre i Peloponnesi erano nell’ Ellesponto, gli abitanti di Antandro, che sono Eoliesi, trovandosi oppressati da Astaco persiano luogotenente di Tissaferne, introdussero in città delle truppe gravi fatte venire da Abido per la via di terra attraverso il monte Ida. Questo Astaco medesimo dissimulando il suo odio segreto contro i Delii passati ad abitare in Atramittio (quando per purgar l’isola furon fatti spatriare dagli Ateniesi ) avea invitati i più prodi di loro ad una spedizione, e gli avea condotti in campagna sotto colore d’amicizia e di alleanza ; e colto il tempo che essi pranzavano , li fece accerchiare dalla sua gente, ed uccidere a furia di dardi. Per questo fatto adunque temeudo gli Antandrii che e’non fosse per commetter qualche barbarie anche contro loro , e vedendosi posti addosso de’carichi che non potevano sopportare , cacciaron via dalla rocca la guarnigione di lui.