Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 1.66

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Dies aber wurde die zweite Veranlassung zum Kriege
zwischen den Athenern und den Peloponnesiern, weil die Ko
rinther den Athenern nicht vergeben konnten, daß sie ihre
Pflanzstadt Potidäa und die darin befindlichen Korinther und
Peloponnesier belagerten, die Athener aber sich dadurch gekränkt
fühlten, daß die Peloponnesier eine steuerpflichtige Stadt ihres
Bundes zum Abfall verleitet und mit den Potidäern offen gegen
sie gefochten hatten. Förmlich ausgebrochen aber war der
Krieg damit noch nicht, sondern das Schwert steckte einstweilen
noch in der Scheide, denn bis dahin hatten die Korinther
nur auf eigene Hand gehandelt.

History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Theodor Braun (Translator). Leipzig. 1917.

Current edition First1KGreek

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs (German) (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.)

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 1.66.1 focus

[1] τοῖς δ’ Ἀθηναίοις καὶ Πελοποννησίοις αἰτίαι μὲν αὗται προυγεγένηντο ἐς ἀλλήλους, τοῖς μὲν Κορινθίοις ὅτι τὴν Ποτείδαιαν ἑαυτῶν οὖσαν ἀποικίαν καὶ ἄνδρας Κορινθίων τε καὶ Πελοποννησίων ἐν αὐτῇ ὄντας ἐπολιόρκουν, τοῖς δὲ Ἀθηναίοις ἐς τοὺς Πελοποννησίους ὅτι ἑαυτῶν τε πόλιν ξυμμαχίδα καὶ φόρου ὑποτελῆ ἀπέστησαν, καὶ ἐλθόντες σφίσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ προφανοῦς ἐμάχοντο μετὰ Ποτειδεατῶν. οὐ μέντοι ὅ γε πόλεμός πω ξυνερρώγει, ἀλλ’ ἔτι ἀνοκωχὴ ἦν· ἰδίᾳ γὰρ ταῦτα οἱ Κορίνθιοι ἔπραξαν.

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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.) — 1.66.1 focus

[1] These were the quarrels between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians. The Corinthians quarrelled the Athenians for besieging Potidaea and in it the men of Corinth and Peloponnesus. The Athenians quarrelled the Peloponnesians for causing their confederate and tributary city to revolt, and for that they had come thither and openly fought against them in the behalf of Potidaea. Nevertheless the war brake not openly forth as yet, and they yet abstained from arms; for this was but a particular action of the Corinthians.

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.) — 1.66.1 focus

[1] The Athenians and Peloponnesians had these antecedent grounds of complaint against each other: the complaint of Corinth was that her colony of Potidaea , and Corinthian and Peloponnesian citizens within it, were being besieged; that of Athens against the Peloponnesians that they had incited a town of hers, a member of her alliance and a contributor to her revenue, to revolt, and had come and were openly fighting against her on the side of the Potidaeans. For all this, war had not yet broken out: there was still truce for a while; for this was a private enterprise on the part of Corinth .

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 1.66 focus

Das also waren die noch hinzugekommenen
gegenseitigen Klagpunkte zwischen Athenern und Peloponnesiern: seitens der
Korinther, daß jene ihre Pflanzstadt Potidäa und in derselben
korinthische und peloponnesische Männer belagerten; seitens der Athener
gegen die Peloponnesier, daß sie eine verbündete und zinspflichtige
Stadt zum Abfall verleitet und mit den Potidäern ganz offen gegen
sie zu Felde gezogen seien. Doch war hiemit der Krieg noch nicht
förmlich ansgebrochen, sondern man hielt von beiden Seiten noch
zurück, da die Korinther bis jetzt nur auf eigene Faust gehandelt
hatten.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 1.66 focus

LXVI. Tels étaient les griefs réciproques des Athéniens et des Péloponnésiens : les Corinthiens reprochaient aux Athéniens de tenir Potidée, leur colonie, assiégée avec les Corinthiens et les Péloponnésiens qui y étaient enfermés. Les Athéniens accusaient les Péloponnésiens d’avoir fait révolter une ville leur alliée et leur tributaire, et d’être venus ouvertement se joindre aux Potidéates pour les combattre. Cependant la guerre n’était pas encore déclarée et le traité subsistait toujours ; car en tout cela les Corinthiens avaient agi seuls.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 1.66 focus

Tels furent, entre Athènes et le Péloponèse, les griefs qui précédèrent la guerre. Les Corinthiens se plaignaient que leur colonie de Potidée, avec les soldats de Corinthe et du Péloponèse qu’elle renfermait, fût assiégée par les Athéniens. Ceux-ci à leur tour accusaient les Péloponésiens d’avoir insurgé une ville alliée et tributaire d’Athènes et d’être venus les combattre ouvertement, de concert avec les Potidéates. Néanmoins, la rupture n'avait pas encqre éclaté; la trêve subsistait toüjours; car les Corinthiens n’avaient pas agi en vertu d’une délibération publique.

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.) — 1.66.1 focus

[1] As between the Athenians and the Peloponnesians, then, these additional grounds of complaint had arisen on either side, the Corinthians being aggrieved because the Athenians were besieging Potidaea, a colony of theirs with men in it from Corinth and the Peloponnesus, the Athenians, because the Peloponnesians had brought about the revolt of a city that was an ally and tributary of theirs, and then had come and openly fought with the Potidaeans against themselves. As yet, however, the war had not openly broken out, but there was still a truce for in these things the Corinthians had acted only on their own authority.

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.) — 1.66.1 focus

[1] The Athenians then and Peloponnesians had had these previous grounds of complaint against each other; the Corinthians, because Potidaea, which was a colony of their own, and men of Corinth and from the Peloponnese in it, were being besieged; the Athenians against the Peloponnesians, because they had caused the revolt of a city which was their ally and tributary, and had come and openly fought with them in conjunction with the Potidaeans. The war however had not yet positively broken out, but at present there was a suspension of hostilities; for the Corinthians had done these things on their own responsibility alone.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 1.66.1 focus

[1] Atque hac quidem accesserant Atheniensibus et Peloponnesiis causae, quibus alteri in alteros accenderentur, Corinthiis quidem, quod Potidaeam, suam coloniam, et viros Corinthios ac Peloponnesios, qui in ea erant, obsiderent; Atheniensibus vero contra Peloponnesios, quod illi civitatem sociam et vectigalem ad defectionem impulissent, et eo profecti pro Potidaeatis aperte seeum pugnarent. Nondum tamen bellum quidem conflatum erat, sed ab armis adhuc abstinebatur. Corinthii enim haee privalim egerant.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 1.66 focus

Ma le accuse insorte scambievolmente prima della guerra tra Ateniesi e Peloponnesi erano queste. I Corintii accusavano gli Ateniesi dell’ assedio col quale strìngevano Potidea loro colonia e quei Corintii e Peloponnesi che vi si trovavano : gli Ateniesi accusavano i Peloponnesi d’aver ribellata quella città confederata e tributaria d’Atene, e andati colà di aver portato scopertamente le armi contro loro d’accordo co' Potideati. Nondimeno non era per anche scoppiata la guerra , anzi durava tuttora la tregua ; perchè queste cose avevano fatte i Corintii in particolare.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 1.66

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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