Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 1.103

[1] Those in Ithome, when they could no longer hold out, in the tenth year of the siege rendered the place to the Lacedaemonians upon condition of security to depart out of Peloponnesus and that they should no more return, and whosoever should be taken returning to be the slave of him that should take him.

[2] For the Lacedaemonians had before been warned by a certain answer of the Pythian oracle to let go the suppliant of Jupiter Ithometes.

[3] So they came forth, they and their wives and their children. And the Athenians, for hatred they bore to the Lacedaemonians, received them and put them into Naupactus; which city they had lately taken from the Locrians of Ozolae.

[4] The Megareans also revolted from the Lacedaemonians and came to the league of the Athenians because they were holden down by the Corinthians with a war about the limits of their territories. Whereupon Megara and Pegae were put into the hands of the Athenians, who built for the Megareans the long walls from the city to Nisaea and maintained them with a garrison of their own. And from hence it was chiefly that the vehement hatred grew of the Corinthians against the Athenians.

[1] Meanwhile the rebels in Ithome , unable to prolong further a ten years' resistance, surrendered to Lacedaemon ; the conditions being that they should depart from Peloponnese under safe conduct, and should never set foot in it again:

[2] any one who might hereafter be found there was to be the slave of his captor. It must be known that the Lacedaemonians had an old oracle from Delphi , to the effect that they should let go the suppliant of Zeus at Ithome .

[3] So they went forth with their children and their wives, and being received by Athens from the hatred that she now felt for the Lacedaemonians, were located at Naupactus , which she had lately taken from the Ozolian Locrians.

[4] The Athenians received another addition to their confederacy in the Megarians; who left the Lacedaemonian alliance, annoyed by a war about boundaries forced on them by Corinth . The Athenians occupied Megara and Pegae, and built the Megarians their long walls from the city to Nisaea , in which they placed an Athenian garrison. This was the principal cause of the Corinthians conceiving such a deadly hatred against Athens .

Als die in Jthome sich nicht mehr halten konnten, im ¹
vierten Jahr der Belagerung, kamen sie imt den Lakedamomern.
in einem Vertrag übereiii, daß sie aus dem Peloponnes unter
steherem Geleite abziehen und ihn nie wieder betreten sollten; wenn aber
doch einer betroffen werde, so solle cr des; Sklave sein, der ihn zuerst
ergreife. Auch die Lakedämonier nämlich hatten früher schon einen
Spruch des Pythischen Gottes erhalten: den Schutzflehenden des ZeuS
von Jthome sollt ihr ziehen lassen. Jene zogen also aus mit Weib
und Kind, und die Athener nahmen sie aus, jetzt schon anS Haß gegen
die Lakedämonier, und wiesen ihnen NaupaktoS (Lepanto) zum Wohnsitz ²
an (462 v. Chr.), welches sie erst kürzlich den Ozolischen Lokrern
abgenommen hatten. Damals fielen auch die Megarer von den ³
Lakedämoniern ab, weil die Korinther wegen der Gränzgebiete sie
bekriegten, und'traten in die Bundesgenossenschaft der Athener, und
diese besetzten Megara und Pegä und bauten den Megarern die langen
Mauern von ihrer Stadt bis nach Nisäa und übernahmen selbst deren
Bewachung, und hierin vorzüglich lag der Ansang des erbitterten
Hasses der Korinther gegen die Athener ^).

CIII. Après dix ans de siége, ceux d’Ithome, à bout de ressources, capitulèrent avec les Lacédémoniens ¹ . Les conditions étaient qu’ils sortiraient du Péloponnèse sous la foi des traités et n’y rentreraient jamais ; que si quelqu’un d’eux y était surpris, il serait esclave de celui qui l’aurait arrêté. Un oracle de la pythie avait précédemment ordonné aux Lacédémoniens de laisser aller le suppliant de Jupiter Ithoméen. Ils sortirent donc avec leurs enfants et leurs femmes ; les Athéniens, en haine des Lacédémoniens, les accueillirent et les établirent à Naupacte ² qu’ils venaient de prendre récemment sur les Locriens Ozoles.

Les Mégariens vinrent aussi se joindre aux Athéniens ; ils s’étaient séparés des Lacédémoniens, parce que les Corinthiens leur faisaient la guerre pour une question de limites. Les Athéniens occupèrent Mégare et Pèges ; ils construisirent chez les Mégariens les longs murs ; qui s’étendent de la ville à Nisée ³ , et en prirent eux-mêmes la garde. C’est surtout de là que date la haine violente des Corinthiens contre les Athéniens.

Après dix ans de siège, les révoltés d’Ithome, réduit aux abois, capitulèrent avec les Lacédémoniens. Ils s’engagèrent, sous la foi d’un traité, à sortir du Péloponèse et à n’y jamais rentrer, sous peine pour celui qui serait pris de devenir l’esclave de quiconque le saisirait. Précédemment il était venu de Delphes un oracle ordonnant aux Lacédémoniens de laisser aller le suppliant de Jupiter Ithomatas ¹ . Ils sortirent donc avec leurs enfants et leurs femmes. Les Athéniens, en haine des La. cédémoniens, accueillirent ces fugitifs, et leur cédèrent la ville de Naupacte, qu’ils avaient prise depuis peu sur les Locriens-Ozoles.

Les Mégariens entrèrent aussi dans l’alliance d’Athènes et se détachèrent de Lacédémone, à cause de la guerre que leur fais saient les Corinthiens pour des limites territoriales. Ainsi les Athéniens devinrent maîtres de Mégare et de Pagæ ² ; ils construisirent pour les Mégariens les longs murs qui vont de la ville à Niséa ³ , et en prirent eux-mêmes la garde. Ce fut le principal motif de la haine implacable des Corinthiens contre les Athéniens.

[1] In the tenth year ¹ the rebels on Ithome found that they could hold out no longer and surrendered to the Lacedaemonians on condition that they should leave the Peloponnesus under a truce and should never set foot in it again;

[2] and if any of them should be caught there, he was to be a slave of his captor.

[3] Moreover, before this time the Lacedaemonians also received a Pythian oracle, which bade them let go the suppliant of Ithomean Zeus. So the Messenians left the Peloponnesus, themselves and their children and wives; and the Athenians received them, in consequence of the enmity to the Lacedaemonians already existing, and settled them at Naupactus, which they happened to have lately taken from its possessors, the Ozolian Locrians.

[4] And the Megarians also entered into alliance with the Athenians, revolting from the Lacedaemonians because the Corinthians were pressing them hard in a war about boundaries; and thus the Athenians secured Megara and Pegae, ² and they built for the Megarians the long walls which run from the city to Nisaea and held it with a garrison of their own troops. And it was chiefly because of this act that the vehement hatred of the Corinthians for the Athenians first arose.

[1] Those in Ithome, in the tenth year, when they could hold out no longer, surrendered to the Lacedaemonians on condition of their going out of the Peloponnese under truce, and never setting foot on it again;

[2] and that if any one were caught doing so, he should be the slave of him who caught him. The Lacedaemonians had also before this a Pythian response made to them,

[3] So they went out, themselves, and their children, and their wives; and the Athenians received them, on the strength of the hatred they now felt for the Lacedaemonians, and settled them at Naupactus, which they had lately taken from the Locri Ozolae who held it.

[4] The Megareans also came over into alliance with the Athenians, having revolted from the Lacedaemonians, because the Corinthians were pressing them with war about the boundaries of their territory. And the Athenians received possession of Megara and Pegae, and built for the Messenians the long walls from the city to Nisaea, and themselves manned them. And it was chiefly from this that their excessive hatred of the Athenians first began to be felt by the Corinthians.

[1] Illi vero, qui Ithomae erant, decimo anno, quum diutius resistere non possent, compositionem cum Lacedaemoniis fecerunt, his conditionibus, ut fide publica tuti ex Peloponneso excederent, nec unquam amplius in eam reverterentur; si quis autem deprehenderetur, qjus, qui cum prehendisset, servus esset.

[2] Erat etiam oraculum quoddam Pythium Lacedaemoniis ante redditum, ut Jovis Itho-mete supplicem dimitterent.

[3] Exierunt autem ipsi et liberi et uxores; et Athenienses ipsos excipientes propter odium, quo jam Lacedaemonios persequebantur, Naupacti collocarunt, quam a Locris Ozolis occupatam nuper ceperant.

[4] At Megarenses etiam, a Lacedaemoniis defectione facta, quod eos Corinthii propter agri fines bello premerent , Atheniensium partibus sese adjunxerunt; et Atlienien-ses tenuerunt Megara,et Pegas; et longos muros Megarensibus ab urbe ad Nisaeam usque aedificarunt, eosque ipsi tuebantur. Atque hinc praecipue natum est vehemens illud Corinthiorum odium in Athenienses.

[1] Diesen Grundsätzen, die wir von unsern Vätern überkommen und selber stets bewährt erfunden haben, lasst uns nicht ungetreu werden und nicht binnen weniger Stunden über so viel Menschenleben und Eigenthum, über Staatenglück und Ehre einen übereilten Beschluss fassen, sondern uns Zeit nehmen. Wir haben den Vortheil der Macht, um nichts zu versäumen. Nach Athen also sendet wegen Potidäas und wegen der Beschwerden der Bundesgenossen, besonders da sie eine gerichtliche Entscheidung nicht ablehnen. Wer diese anbietet, den hat man kein Recht als bereits Verurtheilten anzugreifen. Aber zugleich rüstet euch auch zum Kriege. Dies ist das Beste, was ihr beschliessen könnt, und wird bei dem Feind am meisten Eindruck machen.

Quelli d' Itome dopo dieci anni d’assedio non potendo più reggersi, capitolarono coi Lacedemoni di uscir con salvocondotto dal Peloponneso per non mettervi mai più piede ; e chiunque vi fosse preso rimanesse schiavo di chi lo arrestasse. Inoltre i Lacedemoni avevano di prima avuto in risposta dall7 oracolo Pitico « lasciassero partire il supplichevole a nome di Giove Itomita ». Partirono adunque coloro coi figlioli e colle mogli ; e gli Ateniesi, perché già odiavano i Lacedemoni, gli accolsero e diedero loro stanza a Naupatto tolto di poco ai Locri Ozolii che P occupavano. Anche i Megaresi stretti dalla guerra coi Corintii per controversie su i confini del territorio, staccaronsi dai Lacedemoni e ricorsero alTalleaqza degli Ateillesi : i quali per questo modo acquistarono Megara e Pege , e fabbricarono ai Megaresi le mura lunghe, dalla città sino a Nisea, ove tenevano presidio da loro stessi. Da ciò ebbe principalmente origine l’odio implacabile dei Corinti! contro gli Ateniesi.