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¹ Uni dieselbe Zeit, gegen Ende des Sommers, zogen auch
die Amprakioten mit eigener Macht und mit vielen Barbaren, die sie
ausgeboten hatten, gegen das amphilochische Argos und die übrig?
Landschaft Amphilochia zu Felde. Der Anfang ihrer Feindschaft
gegen die Argiver hatte diese Veranlassung. Das amphilockische Argos
und den ganzen Staat Amphilochia gründete nach seiner Rückkehr von
Troja, da er an den Zuständen von Argos keinen Gefallen fand,
Amphilochos, des Amphiaraos Sohn, am Meerbusen von Amprakia und
gab ihm nach seiner Vaterstadt den gleichen Namen Argos. Diese
Stadt war die größte in Amphilochia und hatte auch die reichsten
Einwohner. Um viele Geschlechter später aber geriethen sie durch
Unglückssälle in Bedrängniß und luden ihre amprakischen Nachbarn
ein, sich unter ihnen niederzulassen, und damals lernten sie ihre
jetzige hellenische Sprache von den Amprakioten, die sich unter ihnen
ansiedelten; die übrigen Amphilochier aber sind Barbaren. Nach
einiger Zeit nun trieben die Amprakioten die Argiver aus und
nahmen die Stadt selbst in Besitz, worauf sich die Amphilochier den
Akarnanern ergaben und beide die Athener zu Hülfe riefen, die ihnen den
Feldherrn Phormio mit dreißig Schiffen zusandten. Nach Phormio's
Ankunft nahmen sie die Stadt Argos mit Gewalt und verkauften die
Amprakioten in die Sklaverei, und seitdem bewohnten Amphilochier
und Akarnaner die Stadt gemeinsam. Danach kam zuerst die
Bundesgenossenschast zwischen Athenern und Akarnanern zu Stande.
Seiden, aber damals ihre Leute als Sklaven verkaust worden waren,
nährten die Amprakioten Haß gegen die Argiver, und später
unternahmen sie in diesem Kriege den eben erwähnten Zug mit eigener
Macht und mit Hülsstruppen der Chaoner und anderer benachbarter
Barbaren. Sie rückten vor Argos und machten sich des Landes
Meister, die Stadt aber konnten sie trotz ihrer Bestürmung nicht
nehmen, und so zogen sie wiederum ab und gingen ein jeder Stamm in
seine Heimath. Das war es, was in diesem Sommer geschehen ist.

History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Adolf Wahrmund (Translator). Stuttgart. 1864.

Current edition First1KGreek

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs (German) (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.)

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 2.68.1 focus

[1] κατὰ δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρόνους, τοῦ θέρους τελευτῶντος, καὶ Ἀμπρακιῶται αὐτοί τε καὶ τῶν βαρβάρων πολλοὺς ἀναστήσαντες ἐστράτευσαν ἐπ’ Ἄργος τὸ Ἀμφιλοχικὸν καὶ τὴν ἄλλην Ἀμφιλοχίαν.

[2] ἔχθρα δὲ πρὸς τοὺς Ἀργείους ἀπὸ τοῦδε αὐτοῖς ἤρξατο πρῶτον γενέσθαι.

[3] Ἄργος τὸ Ἀμφιλοχικὸν καὶ Ἀμφιλοχίαν τὴν ἄλλην ἔκτισε μὲν μετὰ τὰ Τρωικὰ οἴκαδε ἀναχωρήσας καὶ οὐκ ἀρεσκόμενος τῇ ἐν Ἄργει καταστάσει Ἀμφίλοχος ὁ Ἀμφιάρεω ἐν τῷ Ἀμπρακικῷ κόλπῳ, ὁμώνυμον τῇ ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδι Ἄργος ὀνομάσας

[4] (καὶ ἦν ἡ πόλις αὕτη μεγίστη τῆς Ἀμφιλοχίας καὶ τοὺς δυνατωτάτους εἶχεν οἰκήτορας),

[5] ὑπὸ ξυμφορῶν δὲ πολλαῖς γενεαῖς ὕστερον πιεζόμενοι Ἀμπρακιώτας ὁμόρους ὄντας τῇ Ἀμφιλοχικῇ ξυνοίκους ἐπηγάγοντο, καὶ ἡλληνίσθησαν τὴν νῦν γλῶσσαν τότε πρῶτον ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀμπρακιωτῶν ξυνοικησάντων· οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι Ἀμφίλοχοι βάρβαροί εἰσιν.

[6] ἐκβάλλουσιν οὖν τοὺς Ἀργείους οἱ Ἀμπρακιῶται χρόνῳ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἴσχουσι τὴν πόλιν.

[7] οἱ δ’ Ἀμφίλοχοι γενομένου τούτου διδόασιν ἑαυτοὺς Ἀκαρνᾶσι, καὶ προσπαρακαλέσαντες ἀμφότεροι Ἀθηναίους, οἳ αὐτοῖς Φορμίωνά τε στρατηγὸν ἔπεμψαν καὶ ναῦς τριάκοντα, ἀφικομένου [δὲ] τοῦ Φορμίωνος αἱροῦσι κατὰ κράτος Ἄργος καὶ τοὺς Ἀμπρακιώτας ἠνδραπόδισαν, κοινῇ τε ᾤκισαν αὐτὸ Ἀμφίλοχοι καὶ Ἀκαρνᾶνες.

[8] μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ἡ ξυμμαχία πρῶτον ἐγένετο Ἀθηναίοις καὶ Ἀκαρνᾶσιν.

[9] οἱ δὲ Ἀμπρακιῶται τὴν μὲν ἔχθραν ἐς τοὺς Ἀργείους ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ σφῶν αὐτῶν πρῶτον ἐποιήσαντο, ὕστερον δὲ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ τήνδε τὴν στρατείαν ποιοῦνται αὑτῶν τε καὶ Χαόνων καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν τῶν πλησιοχώρων βαρβάρων· ἐλθόντες τε πρὸς τὸ Ἄργος τῆς μὲν χώρας ἐκράτουν, τὴν δὲ πόλιν ὡς οὐκ ἐδύναντο ἑλεῖν προσβαλόντες, ἀπεχώρησαν ἐπ’ οἴκου καὶ διελύθησαν κατὰ ἔθνη. τοσαῦτα μὲν ἐν τῷ θέρει ἐγένετο.

Translations (10)

The History of the Grecian War Perseus (Thucydides. The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas. translator. London: John Bohn, 1843.) — 2.68.1 focus

[1] About the same time, in the end of summer, the Ambraciotes, both they themselves and divers barbarian nations by them raised, made war against Argos of Amphilochia and against the rest of that territory.

[2] The quarrel between them and the Argives arose first from hence.

[3] This Argos and the rest of Amphilochia was planted by Amphilochus the son of Amphiaraus after the Trojan war, who, at his return, misliking the then state of Argos, built this city in the Gulf of Ambracia and called it Argos after the name of his own country.

[4] And it was the greatest city and had the most wealthy inhabitants of all Amphilochia.

[5] But many generations after, being fallen into misery, they communicated their city with the Ambraciotes, bordering upon Amphilochia; and then they first learned the Greek language now used from the Ambraciotes that lived among them.

[6] For the rest of the Amphilochians were barbarians.

[7] Now the Ambraciotes in process of time drave out the Argives and held the city by themselves. Whereupon the Amphilochians submitted themselves to the Acarnanians, and both together called in the Athenians who sent thirty galleys to their aid and Phormio for general. Phormio, being arrived, took Argos by assault and, making slaves of the Ambraciotes, put the town into the joint possessions of the Amphilochians and Acarnanians.

[8] And this was the beginning of the league between the Athenians and Acarnanians.

[9] The Ambraciotes therefore, deriving their hatred to the Argives from this their captivity, came in with an army partly of their own and partly raised amongst the Chaonians and other neighboring barbarians now in this war. And coming to Argos, were masters of the field; but when they could not take the city by assault, they returned and disbanding went every nation to his own. These were the acts of the summer.

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.) — 2.68.1 focus

[1] About the same time towards the close of the summer, the Ambraciot forces, with a number of barbarians that they had raised, marched against the Amphilochian Argos and the rest of that country.

[2] The origin of their enmity against the Argives was this.

[3] This Argos and the rest of Amphilochia were colonized by Amphilochus, son of Amphiaraus. Dissatisfied with the state of affairs at home on his return thither after the Trojan war, he built this city in the Ambracian gulf, and named it Argos after his own country.

[4] This was the largest town in Amphilochia, and its inhabitants the most powerful.

[5] Under the pressure of misfortune many generations afterwards, they called in the Ambraciots, their neighbors on the Amphilochian border, to join their colony; and it was by this union with the Ambraciots that they learnt their present Hellenic speech, the rest of the Amphilochians being barbarians.

[6] After a time the Ambraciots expelled the Argives and held the city themselves.

[7] Upon this the Amphilochians gave themselves over to the Acarnanians; and the two together called the Athenians, who sent them Phormio as general and thirty ships; upon whose arrival they took Argos by storm, and made slaves of the Ambraciots; and the Amphilochians and Acarnanians inhabited the town in common.

[8] After this began the alliance between the Athenians and Acarnanians.

[9] The enmity of the Ambraciots against the Argives thus commenced with the enslavement of their citizens; and afterwards during the war they collected this armament among themselves and the Chaonians, and other of the neighboring barbarians. Arrived before Argos , they became masters of the country; but not being successful in their attacks upon the town, returned home and dispersed among their different peoples.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 2.68 focus

Um dieselbe Zeit, gegen Ende des Sommers, zogen die
Amprakier in Gemeinschaft mit zahlreichen Barbaren, die sie
dazu auf die Beine gebracht hatten, gegen Amphilochien, ins
besondere das amphilochische Argos, zu Felde. Mit der Ent
stehung ihrer Feindschaft gegen die Argeier hängt es so zu
sammen: das amphilochische Argos wie Amphilochien überhaupt
wurde von Amphilochos, dem Sohne des Amphiaraos, dem
nach der Rückkehr auS dem Trojanischen Kriege die Zustände
in Argos verleidet waren, am Amprakischen Meerbusen ge
gründet und von ihm nach seiner alten Heimat benannt. Argos
aber war die größte Stadt in Amphilochien und hatte die
reichsten Einwohner. Als es später nach Verlaufvieler Menschen-
alter infolge von Unglücksfällen mit ihnen zurückgegangen war,
luden sie die Amprakier aus der Nachbarschaft ein, zu ihnen
in die Stadt zu ziehen, und erst von dieser Mischung mit den
Amprakiern kommt es, daß dort jetzt Griechisch gesprochen
wird; denn die übrigen Amphilochier sind keine Griechen.
Nachmals vertrieben die Amprakier die Argeier und machten
sich allein zu Herren der Stadt. Infolgedessen suchten die
Amphilochier Schutz bei den Akarnaniern, und beide riefen nun
die Athener zu Hilfe, die ihnen auch dreißig Schiffe unter
Phormion schickten. Nach Phormions Ankunft nahmen sie
Argos mit Sturm und verkauften die Amprakier als Sklaven,
und seitdem wohnten Amphilochier und Akarnanier miteinander
in der Stadt. Darauf erst kam es zu dem Bündnis zwischen
den Athenern und den Akarnaniern. Jener Verkauf ihrer Lands
leute in die Sklaverei aber war der erste Grund der Feind
schaft der Amprakier gegen Argos, und später in diesem Kriege
unternahmen sie dann in Gemeinschaft mit Chaoniern und
einigen anderen barbarischen Nachbarstämmen diesen Feldzug.
Sie rückten vor Argos und brachten das platte Land in ihre
Gewalt, machten auch einen Angriff auf die Stadt, konnten
sie aber nicht nehmen. So zogen sie wieder ab, und die ver
schiedenen Stämme gingen in ihre Heimat zurück. Das waren
die Ereignisse dieses Sommers.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 2.68 focus

LXVIII. Vers la même époque, à la fin de l’été, les Ambraciotes, unis à un grand nombre de barbares soulevés par eux, attaquèrent Argos Amphilochique¹ et le reste de l'Amphilochie. Voici quelle avait été l’origine première de leur haine contre les Argiens : Amphilochus, fils d’Amphiaraüs, avait fondé Argos Amphilochique et colonisé le reste du pays appelé Amphilochie ; ce fut à son retour de Troie que, mécontent de ce qui s’était passé à Argos, il alla s’établir sur le golfe d’Ambracie et donna à la colonie nouvelle le nom de sa patrie. Argos était la ville la plus grande de l’Amphilochie et elle avait de très riches habitants. Mais plus tard, après nombre de générations, de grands désastres accablèrent les Argiens et les forcè- rent à appeler dans leur ville une colonie d’Ambraciotes, voisins de l’Amphilochie. C’est à cette époque qu’ils commencèrent à apprendre des Ambraciotes, admis à partager leur ville, la langue grecque qu’ils parlent aujourd’hui : le reste de l’Amphilochie est barbare. Avec le temps, les Ambraciotes chassèrent les Argiens et restèrent en possession de la ville. Après cet événement, les Amphilochiens se donnèrent aux Acarnanes, et les deux peuples réunis invoquèrent l'appui d’Athènes, qui leur envoya trente vaisseaux, sous le commandement de Phormion. A l’arrivée de Phormion, Argos fut emportée de vive force, et les Ambraciotes réduits en esclavage ; Amphilochiens et Acarnanes habitèrent la ville en commun, et de cette époque date l’alliance entre les Athéniens et les Acarnanes. Les Ambraciotes, réduits en servitude, conçurent tout d’abord une violente haine contre les Argiens, et plus tard ils firent, avec les Chaoniens² et d’autres barbares du voisinage l’expédition dont j’ai parlé. Arrivés près d’Argos, ils se rendirent maîtres du pays et attaquèrent la ville ; mais ils ne purent la prendre et se séparèrent pour rentrer chacun dans leur pays. Tels sont les événements de cet été.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 2.68 focus

A la même époque, c’est-à-dire sur la fin de l’été; les Ambraciotes, renforcés d’une foule de barbares, firent une expédition contre Argos Amphilochicon et le reste de l’Amphi-lochie. L’origine de leur inimitié contre les Argiens était ancienne. Argos Amphilochicon et toute TAmphilochie furent colonisés après la guerre de Troie, par Amphilochos fils d’Am-phiaraos, qui, de retour dans ses foyers et mécontent de la tonrnure des affaires à Argos¹, alla fonder, sur le golfe Am-bracique, une ville à laquelle il donna le nom de sa patrie. Cette ville devint la plus grande de l’Amphilochie et eut une riche population. Mais, après un laps de plusieurs, générations, les Argiens, victimes de diverses calamités, invitèrent les 'Ambraciotes leurs voisins à leur envoyer une colonie. Ce fut alors seulement qu’ils apprirent de ces nouveaux concitoyens la langue grecque dont ils se servent aujourd’hui : le reste de l’Amphilochie çst barbare. Avec le temps, les Ambraciotes chassèrent les Argiens et se mirent en possession de la ville ; ce qui engagea les Amphilochiens à se donner aux Acarnaniens. Les deux peuples réunis invoquèrent le secours d’Athènes, qui leur envoya le générial Phormion avec trente vaisseaux. A l’aide de ce renfort, ils prirent d’assaut Argos et réduisirent les Ambraciotes en servitude. Dès lors les Amphilochiens et les Acarnaniens habitèrent en commun cette ville. Ce fut à la suite de ces faits que les Acarnaniens entrèrent dans l'alliance d’Athènes et que les Ambraciotes conçurent contre les Argiens une haine implacable, à cause de l’esclavage où les leurs avaient été réduits. Plus tard, dans le coure de la présente guerre, les Ambraciotes s’unirent aux Chaoniens et à d’autreç barbares du voisinage pour faire l’expédition dont nous venons de parler. Ils s’approchèrent d’Argos et en occupèrent le territoire; mais n’ayant pu, malgré plusieurs assauts, prendre la place, ils opérèrent leur retraite et chacun regagna ses foyers. Tels furent les événements de l’été.

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.) — 2.68.1 focus

[1] About the same time, as the summer was ending, the Ambraciots themselves, with many of the barbarians whom they had summoned to their standard, made an expedition against the Amphilochian Argos and the rest of Amphilochia.

[2] And enmity between them and the Argives first began from the following circumstance.

[3] Amphilochus son of Amphiaraus, when he returned home after the Trojan war, was dissatisfied with the state of affairs at Argos,¹ and therefore founded Amphilochian Argos on the Ambracian gulf, and occupied the country of Amphilochia, calling the town Argos after the name of his own fatherland.

[4] And this city was the largest in Amphilochia and had the wealthiest inhabitants.

[5] But many generations later the Amphilochians, under the stress of misfortunes, invited in the Ambraciots, who bordered on Amphilochia, to share the place with them, and these first became Hellenes and adopted their present dialect in consequence of their union with the Ambraciots;

[6] but the rest of the Amphilochians are still barbarians. Now in course of time the Ambraciots expelled the Argives and themselves seized the city.

[7] But the Amphilochians, when this happened, placed themselves under the protection of the Acarnanians, and together they called in the Athenians, who sent to them Phormio as general with thirty ships. On the arrival of Phormio they took Argos by storm and reduced the Ambraciots to slavery, and Amphilochians and Acarnanians settled there together.

[8] It was after this that the alliance between the Athenians and the Acarnanians was first established.

[9] The Ambraciots first conceived their enmity toward the Argives from this enslavement of their own countrymen; and afterwards in the course of the war they made this expedition, which consisted, besides themselves, of Chaonians and some of the other barbarian tribes of the neighbourhood. And when they came to Argos, although they dominated the country, they were unable to take the city by assault; they therefore went home and the several tribes disbanded. Such were the events of the summer.

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.) — 2.68.1 focus

[1] About the same time, when the summer was drawing to a close, the Ambraciots, with their own forces and many of the barbarians whom they had raised, made an expedition against Argos in Amphilochia, and the rest of that country.

[2] Now their enmity against the Argives first arose from the following circumstances.

[3] Argos in Amphilochia and The rest of the country was colonized by Amphilochus the son of Amphiaraus, when he returned home after the Trojan war, and was not pleased with the state of things at Argos;

[4] [and he built it] on the Ambracian Gulf, and called it Argos after the name of his own country.

[5] This was the largest city of Amphilochia, and had the most powerful inhabitants. But many generations afterwards, being pressed by misfortunes, they called in the Ambraciots, who bordered on Amphilochia, as joint-inhabitants; and from the Ambraciots who joined them they were taught the Greek language which they now speak, the rest of the Amphilochians being barbarians.

[6] Now the Ambraciots in process of time drove out the Argives, and held the city by themselves.

[7] Upon this the Amphilochians gave themselves up to the Acarnanians; and both together having called in the Athenians, who sent them Phormio for a general and thirty ships, on the arrival of Phormio they took Argos by storm, and made slaves of the Ambraciots;

[8] while the Amphilochians and Acarnanians occupied the town in common.

[9] And it was after this event that the alliance between the Athenians and Acarnanians was first made. The Ambraciots then first conceived their enmity to the Argives from this enslavement of their people; and afterwards, during the war, formed this armament from themselves and the Chaonians, and some other of the neighboring barbarians. Having come to Argos, they obtained command of the country; but being unable to take the city by assault, they retired homeward, and disbanding returned to their different nations. These were the events of the summer.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 2.68.1 focus

[1] Iisdem temporibus, extrema jam aestate, et Am* braciotac, quum ipsi, tum etiam multi barbari, quos ex suis sedibus exciverant, expeditionem fecerant adversus Argoe Amphilochicum, ceteramque Amphilochiam.

[2] Inimicitiae autem, quae ipsis cum Argivis intercedebant, hinc initium duxerunt.

[3] Argos Amphilochicum, et reliquam Amphilochiam condidit post bellum Trojanum domum reversus et parum contentus rerum statu, qui Argis erat, Amphilochus Amphiarai filius in sinu Ambracico, de eodem patriae suae nomine Argos appellans.

[4] Atque erat haec urbs omnium in Amphilochia sitarum maxima, et potentis-simoe habebat incolas.

[5] Sed mullis post saeculis calamitatibus afflicti Ambraciotas agro Amphilochico finitimos in civitatis societatem arcessiverunt, linguamque Graecam, quae nunc est in usu, tunc primum didicerunt ex Ambraciolis, qui iu eadem urbe cum ipsis sedes fixerant; at reliqui Amphilochi barbari sunt.

[6] Ambraciotae igitur progressu temporis Argivos uvbe pellunt ipsique retinent urbem.

[7] Amphilochi vero, quum hoc accidisset, dediderunt sese Acarnanibus , et utrique Athenienses in auxilium advocarunt, qui Phormionem ducem et triginta naves ipsis miserunt. Quum autem Phormio eo pervenisset, Argos per vim ceperunt, et Ambraciotas in servitutem abstraxerunt, urbemque Amphilochi et Acarnanes communiter incoluerunt.

[8] Postea vero societas inter Athenienses et Acarnanes primum est inita.

[9] Ambraciotae autem inimicitias cum Argivis primum propter servitutem sibi impositam susceperunt; postea vero in hoc bello hanc expeditionem fecerunt, exercitu ex suis militibus et Chaonibus et aliis quibusdam finitimis barbaris/collecto; et ad Argos profecti agrum quidem in sua potestate habebant, sed urbem aggressi quum expugnare non possent, domum redierunt, et alii ab aliis dirempti ad suam quique gentem reverterunt. Atque Iure quidem aestate ista snnt gesta.

Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides First1KGreek (Thucydides. Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides. Gürsching, Heinrich, translator. Augsburg: Wirth, 1856.) — 2.64.1 focus

[1] So biete ich denn, obschon ich, wie anfangs gesagt, den mächtigsten Staat vertrete, der eher zum Angriff als zur Abwehr berufen erscheint, in Erwägung der Folgen die Hand zum Nachgeben. Warum auch in thörichter Rachsucht sich selber den grössten Schaden zufügen oder in der Verblendung der Leidenschaft hinsichtlich des Schicksals, dem man nicht gebieten kann, sich ebenso als eigenen Herren dünken, wie in seinen eigenen Entschliessungen, und nicht lieber der Billigkeit sich fügen? Folget nun auch ihr meinem Beispiel, eh' ihr euch dazu vor dem Feinde, nicht mehr vor Landsleuten bequemen müsst. Denn das ist keine Schande, dem eigenen Volksgenossen sich zu fügen, nicht blos der Dorier dem Dorier, oder der Chalcidenser seinem Stammverwandten, sondern wir alle als Nachbarn, als Bewohner der einen, von der Natur umgrenzten Heimat, als Träger des gemeinsamen Namens Sikelioten. Unsere Kriege, wenn es sein soll, müssen wir fortan für uns allein führen, oder auch sie beilegen, wie es uns gemeinsam recht dünkt, wider den Fremdling aber, wenn er kommt, in vernünftiger Eintracht zusammenhalten, so gewiss die Niederlage der Einzelnen dem Ganzen Gefahr bringt; Bundesgenossen aber oder Schiedsrichter sollen nie mehr ins Land gerufen werden. Bei diesem Verfahren werden wir für jetzt Sicilien der frohen Aussicht nicht berauben, der Athener und des Bürgerkrieges mit einemmale los zu werden, und in Zukunft in unabhängiger Freiheit und vom Ausland weniger behelligt darin wohnen.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 2.68 focus

Circa il medesimo tempo , sul cader dell'estate, gli Ambracioti propio, e con essi molti barbari cui avevano sommossi, marciarono contro Argo amfilochio e contro il restante dell’Amfilochia. La loro inimicizia contro gli Argivi ebbe origine di qui. Dopo i fatti troiani Amfiloco figliolo di Auifiarao tornato a casa, non piacendogli lo stato delle cose d’Argo , avea fondato Argo amfilochio ed il rimanente dell’Amfilochia nel seno ambracico, chiamandola Argo, col medesimo nome della sua patria. Fu questa la città principale dell’Amfilochia , ed era abitata dalle famiglie più potenti. Ma questi abitanti molte generazioni dopo stretti da calamità invitarono a far corpo di cittadinanza con loro gli Ambracioti che erano a confine dell’Amfilochia ; ed allora per la prima volta furono dagli Ambracioti, che si erano riuniti di abitazione con loro, avvezzati al greco linguaggio che ora usano ; mentre il resto degli Amiilochii sono barbari. Questi Ambracioti dunque in progresso di tempo cacciano gli Argivi, e ritengono per sè la città : dopo questa espulsione gli Amfilochii si danno agli Acamani, ed entrambi chiamarono in soccorso gli Ateniesi, i quali spedirono loro Formione ammiraglio con trenta navi. all' arrivo di Formione, essendo stata presa d’assalto Argo e gli Ambracioti messi in servitù , vi passarono ad abitare in comune gli Amfilochii e gli Acamani; e fu allora per la prima volta stretta lega tra gli Ateniesi e gli Acarnani. Gli Ambracioti a cagione della schiavitù di quella lor gente avevano da prima preso in odio gli Argivi; e finalmente colgono Vopportunità di guerra per far questa spedizione essi stessi insieme co5 Caoni e pochi altri barbari di quelle circostanze. Andati adunque contro Argo si impadronirono della campagna : ma poiché , dato l'assalto alla città , non venne lor faUo di espugnarla, ritornarono a casa, e popolo per popolo si separarono. Tali sono i fatti accaduti in quest’estate.

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

Ἀναστήσαντες —cf. c. 96, 1. πολλοὺς is attracted to the partic, and stands for πολλοί, by a common idiom.

Ἄργος —the Peloponnesians were very anxious to weaken the influence of Athens on the west coast, as they wanted to improve their means of communication with Sicily.

Ἤρξατο πρῶτον —c. 36, 1, 48, 1. the account which follows is inserted to clear up an uncertainty which existed in Thuc.'s time with regard to the history of the northern Argos.

Ἀ. τὴν ἄλλην —Intr. p. xxxvi.

ἀρεσκόμενος τῇ — the pass. of ἀρέσκω is only found in Herod. and Thuc. of Attic writers.

τῇ ... καταστάσει —he found that his brother Alcmaeon had killed their mother Eriphyle. Emigration was then the last resource of the discontented.

ὀνομόσας —the time of the partic. is not here past relatively to the verb ἔκτισε, but is comcident with it. M. T. 150.

Μεγίστη .. δυνατωτάτους —cf. c. 64, 3; μέγεθος of the size, δύναμις of the influence of a state.

Ὑπὸ ξ. . πιεζόμενοι —c. 47, 4.

ἡλληνίσθησαν — ‘adopted the Greek language, which they now speak.’

τὴν νῦν γ. —cognate accus.

ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀ. ξυνοικησάντων —‘as the result of this joint settlement.’ Cf. c. 49, 4 and 2, 1. Ambracia was a colony of Corinth.

Ἀργείους — = οἱ Ἀμφίλοχοι of 7.

χρόνῳ — = χρόνῳ ὕστερον.

Φορμίωνα —some time before the Peloponnesian war.

Ἀμπρακιώτας —those in Argos.

αἱροῦσι ... καὶ ἠνδραπόδισαν —contrast c. 67, 3. See 2 below.

Ἡ ξ. —c. 9, 4. It was very important to Athens.

Ἔχθραν ... ἐποιήσαντο —act. of ἔχθρα ἐγένετο in 2 above.

ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ —c. 65, 7.

Χαόνων —see c. 80, 5.

τἡν δὲ πόλιν —put before ὡς for the sake of the antithesis.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 2.68

Adolf Wahrmund (Translator)

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