Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Adolf Wahrmund (Translator), 5.106

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Melier: „Wir aber finden grade hierin den stärksten
Grund des Vertrauens, daß sie nämlich eben ihres Vortheils willen
ihr eigenes Pflanzvolk, die Melier, nicht werden verrathen wollen,
um ihren Freunden unter den Hellenen Mißtrauen gegen sich
einzuflößen, ihren Feinden aber zu nützen."

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).) — 5.106.1 focus

ΜΗΛ.

ἡμεῖς δὲ κατ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἤδη καὶ μάλιστα πιστεύομεν τῷ ξυμφέροντι αὐτῶν, Μηλίους ἀποίκους ὄντας μὴ βουλήσεσθαι προδόντας τοῖς μὲν εὔνοις τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀπίστους καταστῆναι, τοῖς δὲ πολεμίοις ὠφελίμους.

Translations (9)

The History of the Grecian War Perseus (Thucydides. The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas. translator. London: John Bohn, 1843.) — 5.106.1 focus

[1] Mel. Nay, for this same opinion of theirs, we now the rather believe that they will not betray their own colony, the Melians, and thereby become perfidious to such of the Grecians as be their friends and beneficial to such as be their enemies.

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.) — 5.106.1 focus

‘But it is for this very reason that we now trust to their respect for expediency to prevent them from betraying the Melians, their colonists, and thereby losing the confidence of their friends in Hellas and helping their enemies.’

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 5.106 focus

Melier: „Doch; grade dieser Denkart wegen rechnen
nnr um so fester darauf, daß sie um ihres eigenen Vorteils
willen sich hüten werden, ihren Feinden zu Gefallen das Ver
trauen ihrer Freunde in Griechenland dadurch zu vershcerzen,
daß sie uns Melier, ihr Pflanzvolk, im Stiche lassen.'

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 5.106 focus

CVI. L es M éliens. « C’est précisément là ce qui nous donne bon espoir : dans leur propre intérêt, ils ne voudront pas, en trahissant Mélos, une de leurs colonies, mettre en défiance ceux des Grecs qui leur sont favorables, et servir leurs ennemis.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 5.106 focus

Les Méliens. C’est là précisément ce qui nous rassure : ans leur propre intérêt, ils ne voudront pas abandonner leur olonie de Mélos, de peur de s’aliéner ceux des Grecs qui leur ont favorables, et de servir ainsi la cause de leurs ennemis.

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.) — 5.106.1 focus

[1] MEL. “But we find in this very thing our strongest ground of confidence—that in their own interest the Lacedaemonians will not be willing to betray the Melians who are their colonists, and so incur, on the one hand, the distrust of all the Hellenes who are well-disposed towards them, and, on the other, give aid to their enemies.”

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.) — 5.106.1 focus

[1] Mel.

But it is on this very ground that we now rely on their sense of interest, and believe that they will not be tray us Melians, who are their colonists, and so lose the confidence of those Greeks who wish them well, while they help those who are hostile to them.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 5.106.1 focus

[1] Mel. Nos vero ob hoc ipsum jam vel maxime in eorum utilitate hanc fiduciam ponimus, nolle eos proditis Meliis, qui sunt ipsorum coloni, amicis quidem Graecis se infidos praestare, hostibus vero utiles.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 5.106 focus

Melii. « E noi appunto per questo confidiamo soprattutto che i Lacedemoni per interesse non vogliano abbandonare i Melii, colonia loro, e rendersi così sospetti di poca fede ai Greci loro amici, ed utili ai nemici ».

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 5.106

Adolf Wahrmund (Translator)

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