Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Marie Charles Zévort (Translator), 2.26

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XXVI. Vers le même temps les Athéniens envoyèrent contre la Locride trente vaisseaux, chargés en même temps de garder l’Eubée. Cléopompe, fils de Clinias, qui les commandait, fit plusieurs descentes, ravagea quelques points du littoral et s’empara de Thronium, où il prit des otages. Il attaqua et battit à Alopé les Locriens venus au secours de cette place.

History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Marie Charles Zévort (Translator). Paris. 1852.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 2.26.1 focus

[1] ὑπὸ δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον τοῦτον Ἀθηναῖοι τριάκοντα ναῦς ἐξέπεμψαν περὶ τὴν Λοκρίδα καὶ Εὐβοίας ἅμα φυλακήν· ἐστρατήγει δὲ αὐτῶν Κλεόπομπος ὁ Κλεινίου.

[2] καὶ ἀποβάσεις ποιησάμενος τῆς τε παραθαλασσίου ἔστιν ἃ ἐδῄωσε καὶ Θρόνιον εἷλεν, ὁμήρους τε ἔλαβεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν Ἀλόπῃ τοὺς βοηθήσαντας Λοκρῶν μάχῃ ἐκράτησεν.

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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.) — 2.26.1 focus

[1] About the same time the Athenians sent likewise thirty galleys about Locris, which were to serve also for a watch about Euboea.

[2] Of these Cleopompus the son of Clinias had the conduct and, landing his soldiers in divers parts, both wasted some places of the sea coast and won the town of Thronium, of which he took hostages, and overcame in fight at Alope the Locrians that came out to aid it.

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.) — 2.26.1 focus

[1] About the same time the Athenians sent thirty ships to cruise round Locris and also to guard Euboea ; Cleopompus, son of Clinias, being in command.

[2] Making descents from the fleet he ravaged certain places on the sea-coast, and captured Thronium and took hostages from it. He also defeated at Alope the Locrians that had assembled to resist him.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 2.26 focus

Um dieselbe Zeit schickten die Athener auch dreißig Schiffe
in die Gewässer von Lokris und nm Euböa zn decken. Kleopompos,
des Kleinias Sohn, befehligte sie. Derselbe unternahm einige
Landungen , verheerte hie und da die Küste und nahm Thronion weg.
Von dieser Stadt ließ er sich Geißeln stellen und schlug eine zur Hülfe
herbeigeeilte Schaar Lokrer in einem Gefechte bei Alope. ¹

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 2.26 focus

Um dieselbe Zeit schickten die Athener dreißig Schiffe in
die lokrischen Gewässer, welche zugleich die Ausgabe hatten,
Euboia zu decken. Den Oberbefehl darüber führte Kleopompos,
Kleimas' Sohn. Er landete wiederholt an der Küste, ver
heerte einige Ortschaften und eroberte Thronion, wo er sich
von den Einwohnern Geiseln geben ließ; auch schlug er einen
lokrischen Heerhaufen, der sich ihm bei Alope entgegenstellte,
in die Flucht.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 2.26 focus

Vers la même époque, les Athéniens envoyèrent sur les côtes de Locride trente vaisseaux destinés à protéger l’Eu-bée. Leur chef était Cléopompos fils de Clinias. Il opéra des descentes, ravagea divers points du littoral, s’empara de Thro-nion où il prit des otages, et défit à Alopé un corps de Locriens qui essaya de lui résister.

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.) — 2.26.1 focus

[1] About this same time the Athenians sent out thirty ships to operate around Locris and at the same time to serve as a guard for Euboea.

[2] These were under the command of Cleopompus son of Clinias, who made descents upon various places along the seaboard and ravaged them, captured Thronium, some of whose inhabitants he took as hostages, and at Alope defeated in battle the Locrians who came to the defence of the town.

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.) — 2.26.1 focus

[1] About the same time they sent out thirty ships to cruise about Locris, and also to serve as a guard for Euboea.

[2] Their commander was Cleopompus, son of Clinias, who, making descents, ravaged certain places on the sea-coast, and captured Thronium, and took hostages from them; defeating also, in a battle at Alope, those of the Locrians who had come to the rescue.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 2.26.1 focus

[1] Atque sub hoc ipsum tempus Athenienses triginta naves emiserunt, ut Locridem obirent, simul etiam, ut Euboeam tuerentur;

[2] his autem praeerat Cleopompos Cliniae filius. Et exscensu passim facto quum nonnulla maritima loca vastavit, tum etiam Thronium cepit et obsides ab illis accepit, et apud Alopen Locros, qui auxilio venerant, proelio superavit.

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.) — 2.26 focus

Quasi al tempo stesso gli Ateniesi spedirono trenta navi a soccorso della Locride e ad un9 ora stessa a guardia dell9 Eubea, sotto il comando di Cleopompo figliolo di Clinia, il quale fatto più volte scala saccheggiò alcune terre marittime , espugnò Tronio d9 onde prese ostaggi, e ad Alope vinse in battaglia i Locresi che erano venuti a difenderla.

Commentary

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

Φυλακὴν —predicate, καὶ joining the two phrases which express the objects of the expedition. For περὶ of vague reference, cf. c. 7, 3.

Κλεόπομπος —was strategus again in 430; c. 58 (? 431/430 or 430/429. See note l.c.)

Θρόνιον —some way inland; the capital of the Epi- cnemidian Locrians, on whom see c. 9, 4.

τε —introduces the third fact.

αὐτῶν —the inhabitants of Thronium, the people being named instead of the plaee, as often.

Ἀλόπῃ —its ruins, like those of Thronium, are on the road from the modern Atalante to Thermopylae.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 2.26

Marie Charles Zévort (Translator)

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