Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Adolf Wahrmund (Translator), 4.113

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Bei diesem Ueberfall ihrer Stadt gerieth die Mehrzahl
der Toronäer, welche um Nichts gewußt hatten, in große Verwirrung;
die aber, welche das Ganze eingefädelt hatten, und die, welchen das
Ereigniß sonst nach Wunsch kam, machten sogleich mit den
Eingedrungenen gemeinsame Sache. Von den Athenern aber — denn es
übernachteten zufällig grade gegen fünfzig Schwerbewaffnete auf dem
Markte — fielen einige im Handgemenge, und die übrigen, als sie
merkten, was vorging, flohen theils zu Land, theils aus die Schiffe,
deren zwei auf Wache standen, und retteten sich in das Kastell
Lekythos, welches sie im alleinigen Besitz hatten, und das nach der
Meerseite hin auf einem hohen Punkte der Stadt gelegen und durch eine
fchmale Landenge von derselben getrennt war. Hieher flüchteten sich
zu ihnen auch diejenigen Toronäer, welche zu ihnen in näherer
Beziehung standen.

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).) — 4.113.1 focus

[1] τῶν δὲ Τορωναίων γιγνομένης τῆς ἁλώσεως τὸ μὲν πολὺ οὐδὲν εἰδὸς ἐθορυβεῖτο, οἱ δὲ πράσσοντες καὶ οἷς ταῦτα ἤρεσκε μετὰ τῶν ἐσελθόντων εὐθὺς ἦσαν.

[2] οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι (ἔτυχον γὰρ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ὁπλῖται καθεύδοντες ὡς πεντήκοντα) ἐπειδὴ ᾔσθοντο, οἱ μέν τινες ὀλίγοι διαφθείρονται ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν, τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν οἱ μὲν πεζῇ, οἱ δὲ ἐς τὰς ναῦς, αἳ ἐφρούρουν δύο, καταφυγόντες διασῴζονται ἐς τὴν Λήκυθον τὸ φρούριον, ὃ εἶχον αὐτοὶ καταλαβόντες, ἄκρον τῆς πόλεως ἐς τὴν θάλασσαν ἀπειλημμένον ἐν στενῷ ἰσθμῷ.

[3] κατέφυγον δὲ καὶ τῶν Τορωναίων ἐς αὐτοὺς ὅσοι ἦσαν σφίσιν ἐπιτήδειοι.

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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.) — 4.113.1 focus

[1] When the town was taken, the most of the Toronaeans were much troubled, because they were not acquainted with the matter; but the conspirators, and such as were pleased with it, joined themselves presently with those that entered.

[2] The Athenians (of which there were about fifty men of arms asleep in the market-place), when they knew what had happened, fled all, except some few that were slain upon the place, some by land, some by water in two galleys that kept watch there, and saved themselves in Lecythus, which was a fort which they themselves held, cut off from the rest of the city to the seaward in a narrow isthmus.

[3] And thither also fled all such Toronaeans as were affected to them.

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.) — 4.113.1 focus

[1] The capture of the town was effected before the great body of the Toronaeans had recovered from their surprise and confusion;

[2] but the conspirators and the citizens of their party at once joined the invaders. About fifty of the Athenian heavy infantry happened to be sleeping in the market-place when the alarm reached them. A few of these were killed fighting; the rest escaped, some by land, others to the two ships on the station, and took refuge in Lecythus, a fort garrisoned by their own men in the corner of the town running out into the sea and cut off by a narrow isthmus;

[3] where they were joined by the Toronaeans of their party.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 4.113 focus

Infolge dieser Überrumpelung geriet die Mehrzahl der
Einwohner, welche um die Sache nicht wußte, gänzlich außer
Fassung. Die Eingeweihten aber und alle, denen sie nach
Sinne war, schlugen sich gleich auf die Seite der eingedrungenen
Feinde. Von den durch den Lärm geweckten Athenern, - denn
etwa fünfzig Hopliten hatten auf dem Markte im Schlafe ge
legen, - fielen einige im Handgemenge; die übrigen retteten
sich, teils zu Lande, teils auf zwei dort Wache haltende Schiffe
und fanden Zuflucht in dem Kastell Lekythos, welches, an
einer vorspringenden Spitze der Stadt belegen, nur durch eine
schmale Landenge mit ihr zusammenhängt und allein von Athenern
besetzt war. Ebendahin flüchteten sich auch die Toroner, die
es mit den Athenern hielten.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 4.113 focus

CXIII. Pendant l’occupation de la ville, la plupart des Toronéens, n’étant instruits de rien, étaient dans la stupeur ; les auteurs du complot, au contraire, et ceux qui approuvaient, accouraient se joindre aux nouveaux venus. Quand les Athéniens, couchés sur la place au nombre de cinquante hoplites environ, s’aperçurent de la surprise, quelques-uns se défendirent et furent tués ; les autres se sauvèrent, ceux-ci à pied, ceux-là sur deux vaisseaux stationnaires, et se réfugièrent à Lécythos. C’était un poste qu’ils avaient établi en occupant, du côté de la mer, l’extrémité de la ville isolée sur un isthme étroit.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 4.113 focus

Pendant qu’on prenait la ville, les habitants, dont la plupart ignoraient le complot, étaient en grand émoi. Les traîtres au contraire et ceux qui les approuvaient se joignirent sur-le-champ au corps d’occupation. Une cinquantaine d’hoplites athéniens se trouvaient couchés sur la place publique. A la première alerte, les uns se mirent en défense et périrent les armes à la main ; les autres se sauvèrent ou par terre ou sur deux vaisseaux qui étaient en station. Ils se réfugièrent dans le fort de Lécythos que les Athéniens possédaient, et qui occupe une langue de terre séparée du reste de la ville par un isthme étroit. Ceux des Toronéens qui leur étaient dévoués cherchèrent unasile auprès d’eux.

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.) — 4.113.1 focus

[1] While the capture was being effected, most of the Toronaeans, who knew nothing of the plot, were in a tumult, but the conspirators and such as were in sympathy with the movement at once joined those who had entered.

[2] When the Athenians became aware of it—for about fifty of their hoplites happened to be sleeping in the market-place—though some few of them were slain in hand-to-hand conflict, the rest fled, some by land, others to the two ships which were on guard, and got safely into the fort of Lecythus, which had been occupied and was held by their own men. It is the citadel of the city, projecting into the sea—a separate section¹ on a narrow isthmus.

[3] And such of the Toronaeans as were friendly to the Athenians took refuge there also.

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.) — 4.113.1 focus

[1] While the capture of Torone was being effected, the mass of the people, knowing nothing of the matter, was confounded; but the conspirators, and such as were pleased with the proceedings, straightway joined those who had entered the town.

[2] When the Athenians (for there happened to be about fifty heavy-armed sleeping in the market-place) were aware of it, some few of them were killed in close combat; of the rest, some fled by land, others to their ships, (for there were two keeping guard there,) and escaped to Lecythus, the fort which they held themselves, having occupied a corner of the town running out into the sea, and cut off by its position on a narrow isthmus.

[3] As many of the Toronaeans also as were on their side, took refuge with them.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 4.113.1 focus

[1] At Toronaeorum, dum urbs caperetur, major quidem pars rerum ignara tumultuabatur, proditionis vero auctores, et quibus haec placebant, statim se conjunxerunt cum iis, qui ingressi erant.

[2] Athenienses vero (erant enim gravis armaturae milites ad quinquaginta, qui in foro dormiebant) quum hoc sensissent, aliquot quidem ipsorum, qui in eorum manus inciderant, caesi sunt, reliqui vero partim itinere pedestri, partim ad duas naves, quae excubias agebant, fuga se recipientes, evaserunt in Lecythum praesidium , quod ipsi summum urbis pccupatum tenebant ad mare versus in angusto isthmo conclusum.

[3] Confugerunt autem ad eos et Toronaeorum, quotquot eorum erant studiosi. \

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 4.113 focus

Nella presa della quale grande era lo sCQmpiglio del maggior numero dei Toronesi ignari del fatto; laddove i cospiratori e quelli die ciò gradivano, furono subito col vincitore. Quanto poi agli Ateniesi (circa cinquanta dei quali armati alla grave dormivano = per avventura nel foro), poiché intesero il fatto, alcuni pochi che capitarono nelle mani dei Brasidiani furono uccisi ; gli altri, parte per la via di terra, parte ricovratisi sulle due navi che vi stavano a guardia, scamparono nel forte di Lecito , che essi medesimi tenevano fino da quaudo occuparono l'estremità della città verso il mare, rinserrata nel piccolo istmo. Cola si rifugiarono anche tutti quei Toronesi che parteggiavano per Atene.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 4.113

Adolf Wahrmund (Translator)

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