Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Adolf Wahrmund (Translator), 6.51

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Als nun in dieser Stadt eine Volksversammlung gehalten
wurde, erklärten die Katanäer, sie würden zwar das Heer nicht
aufnehmen, luden aber die Feldherren ein, in ihre Stadt zu kommen,
wenn sie ihnen etwas zu sagen hätten. Während nun Alkibiades
eine Rede hielt und die Bürger der Stadt der Volksversammlung
ihre Aufmerksamkeit zuwandten, erbrachen die Soldaten unbemerkt
ein schlecht eingesetztes kleines Thor in der Mauer, drangen in die
Stadt ein und erfüllten den Markt. Da überkam diejenigen unter
den Katanäern,- welche eS mit den.,Syrakusanern hielten, als sie das
Heer in der Stadt sahen, sogleich große Furcht und sie schlichen sich
weg, ihrer nicht viel an der Zahl, die Andern aber beschlossen
Bundesgenosjenschaft mit den Athenern-und hießen sie das übrige Heer
aus Rhegion herüberbringen; und die Andern fuhren dann nach
Rhegion zurück, gingen jetzt mit ihrer Gesammtmacht unter Segel
nach Katana, und nachdem sie hier angekommen, richteten sie.eln
Lager ein...

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).) — 6.51.1 focus

[1] καὶ ἐκκλησίας γενομένης τὴν μὲν στρατιὰν οὐκ ἐδέχοντο οἱ Καταναῖοι, τοὺς δὲ στρατηγοὺς ἐσελθόντας ἐκέλευον, εἴ τι βούλονται, εἰπεῖν. καὶ λέγοντος τοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου, καὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει πρὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τετραμμένων, οἱ στρατιῶται πυλίδα τινὰ ἐνῳκοδομημένην κακῶς ἔλαθον διελόντες, καὶ ἐσελθόντες ἠγόραζον ἐς τὴν πόλιν.

[2] τῶν δὲ Καταναίων οἱ μὲν τὰ τῶν Συρακοσίων φρονοῦντες, ὡς εἶδον τὸ στράτευμα ἔνδον, εὐθὺς περιδεεῖς γενόμενοι ὑπεξῆλθον οὐ πολλοί τινες, οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι ἐψηφίσαντό τε ξυμμαχίαν τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις καὶ τὸ ἄλλο στράτευμα ἐκέλευον ἐκ Ῥηγίου κομίζειν.

[3] μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο διαπλεύσαντες οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐς τὸ Ῥήγιον, πάσῃ ἤδη τῇ στρατιᾷ ἄραντες ἐς τὴν Κατάνην, ἐπειδὴ ἀφίκοντο, κατεσκευάζοντο τὸ στρατόπεδον.

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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.) — 6.51.1 focus

[1] An assembly being called at Catana, though they refused to receive the army they admitted the generals and willed them to speak their minds. And whilst Alcibiades was in his oration and the citizens at the assembly, the soldiers, having secretly pulled down a little gate which was but weakly built, entered the city and were walking up and down in the market.

[2] And the Catanaeans, such as favoured the Syracusians, seeing the army within, for fear stole presently out of the town, being not many. The rest concluded the league with the Athenians and willed them to fetch in the rest of the army from Rhegium.

[3] After this, the Athenians went back to Rhegium, and rising from thence, came to Catana with their whole army together.

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.) — 6.51.1 focus

[1] An assembly being held here, the inhabitants refused to received the armament, but invited the generals to come in and say what they desired; and while Alcibiades was speaking and the citizens were intent on the assembly, the soldiers broke down an ill-walled-up postern-gate without being observed, and getting inside the town, flocked into the marketplace.

[2] The Syracusan party in the town no sooner saw the army inside than they became frightened and withdrew, not being at all numerous; while the rest voted for an alliance with the Athenians and invited them to fetch the rest of their forces from Rhegium .

[3] After this the Athenians sailed to Rhegium , and put off, this time with all the armament, for Catana , and fell to work at their camp immediately upon their arrival.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 6.51 focus

Unterdessen wurde in Katana eine Volksversammlung ge
halten und beschlossen, das Heer nicht einzulassen, jedoch den
Feldherren zu gestatten, in die Stadt zu kommen und ihr An
liegen vorzubringen. Während nun Alkibiades dort redete
und die Einwohner durch die Volksversammlung in Anspruch
genommen waren, erbrachen die Soldaten ein schlecht einge
bautes Mauerpförtchen, drangen in die Stadt und erschienen
auf dem Markte. Als die nicht sehr zahlreichen Anhänger
der Syrakuser in Katana das eingedrungene fremde Kriegs
volk erblickten, gerieten sie so in Schrecken, daß sie sich gleich
aus dem Staube machten, die anderen aber beschlossen, sich
mit den Athenern zu verbünden, und forderten sie auf, auch
ihre übrige Kriegsmacht von Rhegion kommen zu lassen.
Hierauf brachen die Athener, nachdem ein Schiff die Meldung
nach Rhegion gebracht, mit der ganzen Flotte von dort
nach Katana auf und richteten hier, als sie angelangt, ihr
Lager ein.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 6.51 focus

LI. Les Catanéens convoquèrent une assemblée, et, sans admettre l’armée, engagèrent les généraux à entrer pour exposer leurs intentions. Pendant qu’Alcibiade parlait et que l’attention des habitants se portait vers l’assemblée, les soldats démolirent, sans être vus, une petite porte mal murée, entrèrent dans la ville et se répandirent sur la place. Ceux des Catanéens qui étaient favorables à Syracuse, voyant les soldats à l’intérieur, furent saisis de terreur et se sauvèrent au plus vite; mais c’était le petit nombre. Les autres décrétèrent l’alliance avec les Athéniens et les engagèrent à faire venir de Rhégium le reste de l’armée. Les Athéniens firent ensuite voile pour Rhégium; de là ils revinrent, avec toute l’armée, débarquer à Catane et y prirent leurs campements.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 6.51 focus

Les Catanéens tinrent une assemblée, et, sans recevoir l’armée athénienne, ils permirent aux généraux d’entrer pour faire connaître leurs desseins. Pendant qu’Alcibiade parlait et que l’attention des citoyens était absorbée, les soldats enfoncèrent clandestinement une petite porte mal construite, pénétrèrent dans la ville et se répandirent sur l’agora. A leur aspect les partisans de Syracuse prirent peur et s’esquivèrent au plus vite. C’était le petit nombre; les autres votèrent l’alliance avec les Athéniens, et les pressèrent d’amener de Rhégion le reste de l’armée. Là-dessus les Athéniens retournèrent à Rhégion, d’où la flotte entière mit à la voile pour Catane. Arrivés en ce lieu, ils y établirent un camp.

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.) — 6.51.1 focus

[1] An assembly being held there, the Catanaeans would not receive the army but bade the generals come in and say what they wanted. While, then, Alcibiades was speaking, and the attention of the people in the city was wholly directed to the assembly, the soldiers, breaking unobserved through a posterngate that had been badly built into the wall, entered and were walking about in the market-place.

[2] Those Catanaeans who were partisans of the Syracusans, seeing the soldiers inside, at once became much frightened and slipped away, not in any large numbers; the others voted alliance with the Athenians and bade them bring the rest of their army from Rhegium.

[3] After this the Athenians sailed back to Rhegium, then putting out from there with their whole armament for Catana, on their arrival they set about arranging their camp.

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.) — 6.51.1 focus

[1] An assembly having been held there, the inhabitants did not admit the armament, but told the generals to come in and say what they wished. While Alcibiades was speaking, and the attention of those in the city was turned to the assembly, the soldiers, without being observed, broke through a postern which had been ill built up in the wall, and entering the city stationed themselves in the market-place.

[2] When those of the Catanaeans who favoured the Syracusans saw the army within the walls, being immediately very much alarmed, they secretly went out of the place, as they formed but a small party; while the rest voted for an alliance with the Athenians, and begged them to fetch the rest of their forces from Rhegium.

[3] After this the Athenians sailed to Rhegium, and having now put out with all their armament for Catana, on their arrival there established themselves in their camp.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 6.51.1 focus

[1] Catanaei vero convocata concione copias quidem urbe non recipiebant, sed duces ingressos dicere jubebant, si quid vellent. Quum autem Alcibiades orationem haberet et oppidani in illam concionem essent conversi, milites quandam portulam male obstructam clam diruta aedificii materia aperuerunt et in urbem ingressi in foro versabantur.

[2] Catanaeorum vero ii, qui cum Syracusanis sentiebant, quum exercitum in urbe animadvertissent, confestim terrore perculsi clam profugerunt non admodum multi; ceteri vero decreverunt societatem cum Atheniensibus, et reliquum exercitum a Rhegio acciri jubebant.

[3] Postea vero Athenienses ad Rhegium reversi jam cum omnibus copiis solventes Catanam postquam pervenerunt, castra faciebant.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 6.51 focus

I Catanesi teuuta adunanza non vollero dar ricovero all’esercito in città, ma introdotti i generali intimarono loro di dire quel che volessero. Ed essendosi Alcibiade iàtto a parlare, tutta la gente di città si rivolse verso l’assemblea ; per lo che i soldati furtivamente sfondarono una postierla mal rimurata, ed entrati in città si fermarono aeUa piazza. Laonde que’ pochi tra’ Catanesi che pareggiavano per Siracusa, impauriti subito oltre modo al veder dentro l’esercito, si trafugarono; e gli altri fermarono alleanza cou gli Ateniesi, e gli confortarono di condur da Reggio il rimanente dell’esercito. Dopo di che gli

Ateniesi navigarono a Reggio, donde con tutto l’esercito si mossero alla volta di Catana , ed arrivati che furono vi piantarono il campo.

Commentary

Commentary on Thucydides: Book 6 (Thucydides, Book VI. Marchant, Edgar C., editor. London: Macmillan and Company, 1909.) focus

πρὸς τὴν ἐ. τετραμμένων —‘had their attention oc cupied with’; τρέπεσθαι πρός of persons is ‘to concentrate one's attention on,’ or ‘to appeal to the help of,’ ‘resort to.’ The aor. is ἐτραπόμην, ἐτρεψάμην being trans.

ἐνῳκοδομημένην κακῶς —sc. τῷτείχει: ‘not built firmly into the wall.’ The meaning is explained by Eur. Phoen. 114 ἆρα πύλαι, κλῄθροις χαλκόδετ’ ἔμβολα, λαινέοισιν Ἀμφίονος ὀργάνοις τείχεος ἥρμοσται ;— i.e., according to Bernadakis, ‘are the gates, the brass-bound barriers ( ἔμβολα) in the gate-ways ( κλῄθροις), fitted firm in the holes ( ὀργάνοις) in the stone of Amphion's wall?’ so that ὄργανα are the dowels into which the bar ( μόχλος) was fitted. Now in the present case the ὄργανα were so worn, or badly made, that though the bar was across the gate and was fastened, it could be removed without the key ( βαλανάγρα).

ἠγόραζον = ἐν άγορᾷ διέτριβον (Schol.), ‘to learn what was going on’ (Arnold), just as at Athens it was customary to loiter there, especially before and after a meeting of the Ecclesia. The people coming from the Ecclesia would find the army in the Agora.

οὐ πολλοί τινες —c. 1, 1 n.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.51

Adolf Wahrmund (Translator)

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