Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 1.134

[1] Now the ephori, when they had distinctly heard him, for that time went their way, and knowing now the certain truth intended to apprehend him in the city. It is said that when he was to be apprehended in the street, he perceived by the countenance of one of the ephori coming towards him what they came for; and when another of them had by a secret beck signified the matter for good will, he ran into the close of the temple of Pallas Chalcioeca and got in before they overtook him (now the temple itself was hard by) and, entering into a house belonging to the temple to avoid the injury of the open air, there stayed.

[2] They that pursued him could not then overtake him; but afterwards they took off the roof and the doors of the house and, watching a time when he was within, beset the house and mured him up and, leaving a guard there, famished him.

[3] When they perceived him about to give up the ghost, they carried him, as he was, out of the house, yet breathing; and being out he died immediately.

[4] After he was dead, they were about to throw him into the Caeada where they use to cast in malefactors; yet afterwards they thought good to bury him in some place thereabouts. But the oracle of Delphi commanded the Lacedaemonians afterward both to remove the sepulchre from the place where he died (so that he lies now in the entry of the temple, as is evident by the inscription of the pillar) and also (as having been a pollution of the sanctuary) to render two bodies to the goddess of Chalcioeca for that one. Whereupon they set up two brazen statues and dedicated the same unto her for Pausanias.

[1] The Ephors listened carefully, and then departed, taking no action for the moment, but, having at last attained to certainty, were preparing to arrest him in the city. It is reported that, as he was about to be arrested in the street, he saw from the face of one of the Ephors what he was coming for; another, too, made him a secret signal, and betrayed it to him from kindness. Setting off with a run for the temple of the goddess of the Brazen House, the enclosure of which was near at hand, he succeeded in taking sanctuary before they took him, and entering into a small chamber, which formed part of the temple, to avoid being exposed to the weather, lay still there.

[2] The Ephors, for the moment distanced in the pursuit, afterwards took off the roof of the chamber, and having made sure that he was inside, shut him in, barricaded the doors, and staying before the place, reduced him by starvation.

[3] When they found that he was on the point of expiring, just as he was, in the chamber, they brought him out of the temple, while the breath was still in him, and as soon as he was brought out he died.

[4] They were going to throw him into the Kaiadas, where they cast criminals, but finally decided to inter him somewhere near. But the god at Delphi afterwards ordered the Lacedaemonians to remove the tomb to the place of his death—where he now lies in the consecrated ground, as an inscription on a monument declares—and, as what had been done was a curse to them, to give back two bodies instead of one to the goddess of the Brazen House. So they had two brazen statues made, and dedicated them as a substitute for Pausanias.

Als die Ephoren dies Alles deutlich gehört hatten,
entfernten sie sich, um ihn in der Stadt verhaften zu lassen; denn sie
hatten jetzt eine sichere Ueberzeugung gewonnen. Da er nun auf der
Straße ergriffen werden sollte, so merkte er, wie erzählt wird, an der
Miene eines Ephoren, der auf ihn zuging, was dieser im Schilde ¹
führe, und da auch ein Anderer ihm aus Freundschaft versteckter Weise
einen Wink gab, so lief er schnell zum Tempel der Athene
Chalkioikos und erreichte denselben noch rechtzeitig, denn dieser heilige Grund
befand sich ganz in der Nähe. Dort trat er, um nicht dem Wetter
ausgesetzt zu sein, in ein kleines Gebäude, welches zum Tempel
gehörte, und verhielt sich daselbst ruhig. Jene kamen zu spät, um ihn
noch ergreifen zu können, und ließen das Dach und die Thüren
wegnehmen und hielten ihn scharf bewacht. Als sie abgepaßt hatten, daß
er in's Innere des Tempels getreten war, ließen sie ihn einmauern
und hielten ihn umlagert, bis er ausgehungert war, und als er in
dem Gebäude eben den Geist aufgeben wollte, bemerkten sie es und
brachten ihn noch lebend heraus, kaum außen aber verschied er aus
der Stelle. Sie wollten ihn zuerst in die Käadische Schlucht werfen,
wie die andern Verbrecher, dann aber besannen sie sich anders und
gruben ihn in der Nähe ein. Später jedoch befahl den
Spartanern der delphische Gott, sein Grab an die Stelle zu versetzen, wo er
gestorben sei, — und noch jetzt ruht er in dem Tempelhof, wie eine
Schrift auf den Säulen anzeigt, — und da sie durch ihr Verfahren
einen Frevel begangen hätten, so sollten sie der Chalkioikos statt
eines Körpers zwei andere zur Sühne darbringen. Die
Lakedämonier ließen nun zwei eherne Bildsäulen verfertigen und stellten sie
gleichsam anstatt des Paufanias als Weihgeschenke auf.

CXXXIV. Après avoir tout entendu par eux-mêmes, Les éphores se retirèrent, et, désormais bien convaincus du crime, ils résolurent d’arrêter Pausanias dans la ville. On raconte qu’il allait être pris sur le chemin, mais que, voyant un des éphores s’avancer, il comprit à son air dans quel but il venait à lui ; sur un signe secret d’un autre éphore, qui l’avertit par bienveillance, il les prévint et courut se réfugier dans le temple de Pallas Chalcioeque. Ce temple était tout près ; il entra dans un petit réduit qui en dépendait, afin de ne point souffrir des intempéries de l’air, et s’y tint en repos. Les éphores, dans le premier moment, ne purent l’atteindre ; mais ensuite, l’ayant découvert dans ce réduit, ils enlevèrent le toit et les portes, l’y renfermèrent en murant les issues, et restèrent à l’assiéger par la faim. Lorsqu’ils s’aperçurent, à sa position dans le réduit, qu’il allait rendre le dernier soupir, ils le tirèrent du temple, respirant encore ; et il mourut aussitôt. On allait le jeter dans le Céada, où l’on précipite les criminels ; mais on se décida ensuite à l’ensevelir dans le voisinage. Plus tard, l’oracle de Delphes ordonna aux Lacédémoniens de transporter son tombeau au lieu où il était mort. (On le voit encore aujourd’hui sous les portiques en avant du temple, ainsi que l’indique une inscription gravée sur des colonnes.) L’oracle déclara aussi qu’il y avait sacrilège, et qu’ils eussent à donner à Pallas Chalcioeque deux corps au lieu d’un : les Lacédémoniens firent faire deux statues d’airain et les consacrèrent, comme expiation de la mort de Pausanias.

Après avoir entendu tout au long cet entretien, les éphores se retirèrent; dès lors, pleinement convaincus, ils préparèrent dans la ville l’arrestation de Pausanias. On raconte qu’au moment d’être saisi dans la rue, il comprit à l’air d’un des éphores qui s’avançaient quel était leur dessein ; et que, sur un signe imperceptible que lui fit par affection un autre de ces magistrats, il courut vers le temple de la déesse à la maison d’airain, dont l’enceinte était voisine, et parvint à s’y réfugier. Pour ne pas être exposé aux injures du temps, il entra dans une cellule attenante au temple et y resta en repos. Au premier instant, les éphores ne purent l'atteindre; mais ensuite, l’ayant découvert dans ce réduit, ils enlevèrent le toit et les portes, l’enfermèrent dans l’intérieur, l’y murèrent, et le tinrent assiégé par la faim. Lorsqu’ils virent qu’il était près de mourir dans le lieu sacré, ils l’en retirèrent avant qu’il eût rendu le dernier eoupir ; et à peine fut-il dehors, qu’il expira. On fut sur le point de le jeter dans le Céade ¹ , comme on fait pour les malfaiteurs ; ensuite on résolut de l’enterrer dans le voisinage. Plus tard, le dieu de Delphes ordonna aux Lacédémoniens de transférer sa sépulture à l’endroit même où il était mort; et maintenant elle se voit à l’entrée de l’enceinte, comme l’indique l’inscription gravée sur les colonnes ; le dieu déclara aussi qu’ils avaient commis un sacrilège, et enjoignit aux Lacédémoniens de rendre à la déesse deux corps pour un. Ils firent faire deux statues d’airain, qu’ils consacrèrent au lieu et place de Pausanias; mais, comme le dieu avait jugé qu’il y avait eu un sacrilège, les Athéniens sommèrent les Lacédémoniens de l’expier/

[1] When the ephors had heard all the details they went back home for the present, but inasmuch as they now had certain knowledge, they were planning to make the arrest in the city. And the story goes that when Pausanias was about to be arrested in the street, he saw the face of one of the ephors as he was approaching and realised for what purpose he was coming, and that another ephor out of friendship warned him by giving a covert nod, whereupon he set off on a run for the temple of Athena of the Brazen House, and reached the refuge first, as the sacred precinct was near by. Entering then into a building of no great size belonging to the temple, that he might not suffer from exposure under the open sky, he kept quiet.

[2] For the moment then the ephors were distanced in their pursuit, but afterwards they took the roof off the building and, watching until he was inside and shutting off his retreat, walled up the doors; then they invested the place and starved him to death.

[3] And when he was about to expire, imprisoned as he was in the building, ¹ they perceived his condition and brought him out of the temple still breathing; but when he was brought out he died immediately.

[4] It was their first intention to cast him into the Caeadas, ² where they throw malefactors; but afterwards they decided to bury him somewhere near the city. But the god at Delphi afterwards warned the Lacedaemonians by oracle to transfer him to the place where he died (and he now lies in the entrance to the precinct, as an inscription on some columns testifies), and that they should recompense Athena of the Brazen House with two bodies in place of one, since their act had brought a curse upon them. So they had two bronze statues made and dedicated them to Athena to be a substitute for Pausanias.

[1] After hearing him accurately, the ephors then went away, and having now certain knowledge [of his guilt], were preparing to arrest him in the city. But it is said that when he was just going to be arrested in the street, from seeing the face of one of the ephors as he approached him, he understood for what purpose he was coming; and on another of them making a secret nod, and out of kindness showing him [their object], he set off running to the temple of Minerva of the Brazen-House, and reached his place of refuge first; for the sacred ground was near at hand. To avoid suffering from exposure to the open air, he entered a building of no great size, which formed part of the temple, and remained quiet in it.

[2] The ephors were at the moment distanced in the pursuit; but afterwards they took off the roof of the building; and having watched him in, and cut him off from egress, they barricaded the doors; and sitting down before the place, reduced him by starvation.

[3] When he was on the point of expiring in his present situation in the building, on perceiving it, they took him out of the temple while still breathing;

[4] and when he was taken out, he died immediately. They were going therefore to cast him, as they do malefactors, into the Caeadas; but afterwards they thought it best to bury him some where near But the god at Delphi subsequently ordered the Lacedaemonians to remove the tomb to where he died, (and he now lies in the entrance to the sacred ground, as monumental columns declare in writing;) and as what had been done was a pollution to them, he ordered them to give back two bodies instead of one to the goddess of the Brazen-House. So they had two brazen statues made, and dedicated them as a substitute for Pausanias.

[1] Tunc vero ephori, his diligenter auditis, abierunt, et rem plane jam compertam habentes eum in urbe comprehendere parabant. Fama autem est, ipsum, cum in via jam in eo esset, ut comprehenderetur, conspecto unius ephororum ad se accedentis vultu intellexisse qua de causa veniret; et cnm alius pro benevolentia nutu clandestino rem significasset, ad templum Palladis Chalcicec* cursu se proripuisse et fuga antevertisse; erat autem fanum vicinum. Et in exiguam templi aediculam ingressus, ne sub dio agens tempestatis injurias pateretur, in ea se continebat.

[2] Illi vero in praesenti quidem assequi non potuerunt; sed postea et aediculae tectum sustulerunt et valvas, cum eum intus esse observassentet ingressum circumdedissent, muro obstruxerunt; eumque obsidentes fame expugnarunt.

[3] Et quum animam jam esset efflaturus, ut erat in aedicula, illi hoc l videntes eum ex templo educunt adhuc spirantem et quum eductus esset, obiit confestim.

[4] Atque iu Caeadem eum dejecturi eraot, quo facinorosos homines dejicere solent; sed postea visum est eum in aliquo loco propinquo defodere. Sed deus Delphicus oraculum postea reddidit Lacedaemoniis, ut sepulcrum eo transferrent, ubi animam efflaverat; (et nunc in fani vestibulo situs est, quod columnae literis incisis declarant;) et quia hoc ipsorum facinus piaculo non careret, ut duo corpora pro uno Palladi Chalcioeca1 darent. Illi vero duas statuas aeneas fecerunt, quas pro Pausania deae consecrarunt.

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Gli efori udito il tutto diligentemente e chiariti ormai con sicurezza , cercavano di arrestar Pausania in città. Dicesi che essendo per essere arrestato in istrada, ed avanzandosi un eforo incontro a lui , dall' aria del viso comprendesse a chè veniva ; e che avvertito con furtivo cenno da un altro eforo il quale lo amava, corresse alla volta del tempio di Minerva Calcieca , e vicino com' era il sacro recinto , prima d' esser giunto dagli efori, vi si ricovrasse. Per non patire incomodo stando allo scoperto, éntrò in una celletta appartenente al tempio , ed ivi si tratteneva. Quei che lo inseguivano non poterono per allora raggiungerlo : ma avendo osservato essere egli nella celletta e coltovelo dentro, ne tolsero il tetto e le imposte dell? uscio che rimurarono, ed ivi fermatisi lo assediarono colla fame. Poscia accortisi che così come si trovava nella celletta , era sul punto di esalar l' anima, lo traggono prima che spirasse fuori del luogo sacro, donde appena tolto morì. Volevano gettarlo nel Ceade} ove solevano gettarsi i malfattori, ma poi presero consiglio di sotterrarlo lì vicino. Appresso il Nume di Delfo ordinò ai Lacedemoni che lo dovessero seppellire nel luogo ove era morto : ed ora giace nel vestibulo del sacro recinto come può vedersi per l’epitaffio. Ordinò ancora che, siccome per quel fatto avevano commesso sacrilegio, così dovessero rendere alla Dea Calcieca due corpi in cambio di quel solo : infatti fecero essi due statue di bronzo e dedlcaroule alla Dea in compensazione di Pausania.