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Bei Doberos, wo das Heer sich sammelte, machte man
Anstalt, von hier oben in das von Perdikkas beherrschte untere
Makedonien einzufallen. Zu den Makedoniern gehörten nämlich
auch die Lyukester und Elimioten und andere Stämme des
Oberlandes, welche ihnen zugetan und untergeben sind, aber
eigene Könige haben. Das heutige Makedonien an der Küste
hatten Alexander, der Vater des Perdikkas, und dessen Vor
fahren, ursprünglich Temeniten aus Argos, zuerst an sich ge
bracht und ihrer Herrschaft unterworfen, indem sie die Pierer
mit Waffengewalt aus Pierieu vertrieben, die sich später jen
seits des Strymon am Pangaion in Phagres und anderen
Orten niederließen, wie denn auch jetzt noch der Landstrich
vom Pangaion abwärts bis an die See der Pierische Grund
heißt. Aus der noch immer Bottiaia genannten Landschaft
aber verdrängten sie die Bottiaier, die jetzt Nachbarn der Chal-
kidier sind. In Päonien erwarben sie am Axios einen schmalen
Strich Landes, der abwärts bis nach Pella und an die See
reicht, und jenseits des Axios bis an den Strymon das Gebiet,
welches Mygdonien genannt wird, aus dem sie die Edoner
vertrieben. Aus der jetzt Eordia heißenden Landschaft ver
drängten sie die Eorder, von denen die meisten umkamen und
nur wenige sich bei Physka wieder ansiedelten, und die Al
moper aus Almopia. Aber auch noch andere Stämme unter
warfen sich diese Makedonier, welche noch jetzt unter ihrer
Herrschaft tsehen, so Anthemus, Grestonia, Bisaltia und viele,
die selbst auch zu den Makedoniern gehören. Alles das heißt
jetzt Makedonien, und darüber war Perdikkas König, als Sital
kes seinen Zug dahin unternahm.

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.)

Editions (1)

Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 2.99.1 focus

[1] ξυνηθροίζοντο οὖν ἐν τῇ Δοβήρῳ καὶ παρεσκευάζοντο, ὅπως κατὰ κορυφὴν ἐσβαλοῦσιν ἐς τὴν κάτω Μακεδονίαν, ἧς ὁ Περδίκκας ἦρχεν.

[2] τῶν γὰρ Μακεδόνων εἰσὶ καὶ Λυγκησταὶ καὶ Ἐλιμιῶται καὶ ἄλλα ἔθνη ἐπάνωθεν, ἃ ξύμμαχα μέν ἐστι τούτοις καὶ ὑπήκοα, βασιλείας δ’ ἔχει καθ’ αὑτά.

[3] τὴν δὲ παρὰ θάλασσαν νῦν Μακεδονίαν Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Περδίκκου πατὴρ καὶ οἱ πρόγονοι αὐτοῦ, Τημενίδαι τὸ ἀρχαῖον ὄντες ἐξ Ἄργους, πρῶτοι ἐκτήσαντο καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν ἀναστήσαντες μάχῃ ἐκ μὲν Πιερίας Πίερας, οἳ ὕστερον ὑπὸ τὸ Πάγγαιον πέραν Στρυμόνος ᾤκησαν Φάγρητα καὶ ἄλλα χωρία (καὶ ἔτι καὶ νῦν Πιερικὸς κόλπος καλεῖται ἡ ὑπὸ τῷ Παγγαίῳ πρὸς θάλασσαν γῆ), ἐκ δὲ τῆς Βοττίας καλουμένης Βοττιαίους, οἳ νῦν ὅμοροι Χαλκιδέων οἰκοῦσιν·

[4] τῆς δὲ Παιονίας παρὰ τὸν Ἀξιὸν ποταμὸν στενήν τινα καθήκουσαν ἄνωθεν μέχρι Πέλλης καὶ θαλάσσης ἐκτήσαντο, καὶ πέραν Ἀξιοῦ μέχρι Στρυμόνος τὴν Μυγδονίαν καλουμένην Ἠδῶνας ἐξελάσαντες νέμονται.

[5] ἀνέστησαν δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῆς νῦν Ἐορδίας καλουμένης Ἐορδούς, ὧν οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ ἐφθάρησαν, βραχὺ δέ τι αὐτῶν περὶ Φύσκαν κατῴκηται, καὶ ἐξ Ἀλμωπίας Ἄλμωπας.

[6] ἐκράτησαν δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν οἱ Μακεδόνες οὗτοι, ἃ καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἔχουσι, τόν τε Ἀνθεμοῦντα καὶ Κρηστωνίαν καὶ Βισαλτίαν καὶ Μακεδόνων αὐτῶν πολλήν. τὸ δὲ ξύμπαν Μακεδονία καλεῖται, καὶ Περδίκκας Ἀλεξάνδρου βασιλεὺς αὐτῶν ἦν ὅτε Σιτάλκης ἐπῄει.

Translations (10)

The History of the Grecian War Perseus (Thucydides. The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas. translator. London: John Bohn, 1843.) — 2.99.1 focus

[1] Being all together at Doberus, they made ready to fall in from the hill's side into the lower Macedonia, the dominion of Perdiccas.

[2] For there are in Macedonia the Lyncestians and the Elimeiotae and other highland nations, who, though they be confederates and in subjection to the other, yet have their several kingdoms by themselves.

[3] But of that part of the now Macedonia which lieth toward the sea, Alexander, the father of this Perdiccas, and his ancestors the Temenidae, who came out of Argos, were the first possessors and reigned in the same, having first driven out of Pieria the Pierians, which afterwards seated themselves in Phagres and other towns beyond Strymon at the foot of Pangaeum (from which cause that country is called the Gulf of Pieria to this day which lieth at the foot of Pangaeum and bendeth toward the sea), and out of that which is called Bottia, the Bottiaeans, that now border upon the Chalcideans.

[4] They possessed besides a certain narrow portion of Paeonia near unto the river Axius reaching from above down to Pella and to the sea. Beyond Axius they possess the country called Mygdonia as far as to Strymon, from whence they have driven out the Edonians.

[5] Furthermore, they drave the Eordians out of the territory now called Eordia (of whom the greatest part perished, but there dwell a few of them yet about Physca) and the Almopians out of Almopia.

[6] The same Macedonians subdued also other nations and hold them yet, as Anthemus, Crestonia, and Bisaltia, and a great part of the Macedonians themselves. But the whole is called Macedonia and was the kingdom of Perdiccas the son of Alexander when Sitalces came to invade it.

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.) — 2.99.1 focus

[1] Assembling in Doberus, they prepared for descending from the heights upon Lower Macedonia , where the dominions of Perdiccas lay;

[2] for the Lyncestae, Elimiots, and other tribes more inland, though Macedonians by blood and allies and, dependents of their kindred, still have their own separate governments.

[3] The country on the sea coast, now called Macedonia, was first acquired by Alexander, the father of Perdiccas, and his ancestors, originally Temenids from Argos . This was effected by the expulsion from Pieria of the Pierians, who afterwards inhabited Phagres and other places under Mount Pangaeus, beyond the Strymon (indeed the country between Pangaeus and the sea is still called the Pierian gulf) of the Bottiaeans, at present neighbors of the Chalcidians, from Bottia,

[4] and by the acquisition in Paeonia of a narrow strip along the river Axius extending to Pella and the sea; the district of Mygdonia, between the Axius and the Strymon, being also added by the expulsion of the Edonians.

[5] From Eordia also were driven the Eordians, most of whom perished, though a few of them still live round Physca, and the Almopians from Almopia.

[6] These Macedonians also conquered places belonging to the other tribes, which are still theirs—Anthemus, Crestonia, Bisaltia, and much of Macedonia proper. The whole is now called Macedonia , and at the time of the invasion of Sitalces, Perdiccas, Alexander's son, was the reigning king.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 2.99 focus

¹ In Doberos also sammelten sie sich und schickten sich an,
vom Gebirge herab in das tiefer liegende Makedonien einzufallen,
über welches Perdikkas herrshcte. Denn zu den Makedoniern gehören
auch die Lynkester und die Elimioten und die andern Völker im
Binnenlande, welche diesen verbündet und tributpflichtig sind, dabei aber
ihre eigenen Fürsten haben. Das jetzige Makedonien an der Seeküste
aber hatten des Perdikkas Vater Alexandros und dessen Vorsahren,
ursprünglich Temeniden aus Argos, erworben und ihrer Herrschaft
unterworfen, indem sie durch Waffengewalt aus Pieria die Pierer
vertrieben, welche sich später am Fuße des Pangäos hin jenseits des
Strymonflufses in Phagres und anderen Platzen ansiedelten, — und
noch jetzt wird das Land, welches vom Fuß des Pangäos sich gegen
das Meer hin erstreckt, der Pierische Grund genannt. Aus der
sogenannten Landschaft Bottia aber verjagten sie die Bottiäer, welche jetzt
neben den Chalkidiern wohnen. Von Päonien erwarben sie den
schmalen Strich, welcher sich am Axiosflusse ^Vistritza^ auswärts bis
Pella und zum Meere erstreckt, und jenseits des Axios bis zum
Strymon hin besitzen sie die sogenannte Landschaft Mygdonia, aus
welcher sie die Edoner ausgetrieben haben. Sie haben aber auch
aus dem Gau, der jetzt Eordia heißt, die Eorder verjagt, deren
Mehrzahl dabei umkam, und nur ein kleiner Theil von ihnen hat sich
in der Gegend um Physka wieder angesiedelt. So auch aus
Almopia die Almoper. Aber auch noch andere Landschaften haben
sich diese Makedonier unterworfen, die sie jetzt noch besitzen, wie
Anthemus, Grestonia und Bisaltia und viele Gaue der eigentlichen
Makedonier. Das Alles nun wird Makedonia genannt, und darüber
war Perdikkas, des Alexander Sohn, König, als damals Sitalkes
seinen Feldzug unternahm.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 2.99 focus

XCIX. Les troupes réunies à Dobères se disposèrent à descendre des hauteurs dans la basse Macédoine, où régnait Perdiccas. Car on comprend aussi dans la Macédoine¹ les Lyncestes, les Élimiotes et autres peuples du haut pays, sujets et alliés des Macédoniens propres, mais gouvernés par des rois à eux. La Macédoine maritime d’aujourd’hui fut conquise, à l’origine, par Alexandre², père de Perdiccas, et par ses ancêtres les Téménides³, originaires d'Argos. Ils y établirent leur domination par la défaite des Pières⁴, qu’ils chassèrent de la Piérie. Ceux-ci s’établirent plus tard à Phagrès et dans d’autres villes, au pied du Pangée, de l’autre côté du Strymon. Aujourd'hui même on appelle encore golfe Piérique la contrée qui s’étend au pied du Pangée, sur les bords de la mer.

Ces princes chassèrent également du pays appelé Bottiée les Bottiéens, qui confinent maintenant aux Chalcidiens ; en Pannonie ils conquirent, sur les bords du fleuve Axius, une bande étroite s’étendant des montagnes jusqu’à Pella et à la mer. L’expulsion des Édoniens leur soumit la contrée nommée Mygdonie, au delà de l’Axius, jusqu’au Strymon. De la région connue maintenant sous le nom d’Éordie, ils chassèrent les Éordiens. Cette nation fut détruite en grande Partie ; le peu qui échappa s’établit aux environs de Physca⁵. Ils expulsèrent aussi de l’Amolpie les Amolpes. Enfin ces Macédoniens établirent leur domination sur d’autres contrées qui leur obéissent encore aujourd’hui, l’Anthémoüs, la Grestonie, la Bisaltie⁶, et même la plus grande partie de la Macédoine proprement dite. L’ensemble de cet empire est appelé Macédoine ; Perdiccas, fils d’Alexandre, y régnait lorsque Silalcès l’attaqua.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 2.99 focus

Rassemblés à Dobéros, ces différents corps se disposèrent à envahir par les montagnes la basse Macédoine, où régnait Perdiccas. A la Macédoine appartiennent aussi les Lyn-cestes, les Élimiotes, ainsi que plusieurs peuplades de l’intérieur, alliées et sujettes des Macédoniens, mais qui ont leurs rois particuliers. Quant au pays situé le long de la mer et appelé maintenant Macédoine, la conquête en fut faite par Alexandre, père de Perdiccas, et par ses ancêtres les Témé-nides ¹, originaires d’Argos. Ils y établirent leur domination par la défaite des Pières, qu’ils expulsèrent de la Piérie. Ceux-ci allèrent habiter Phagrès et quelques autres places au pied du mont Pangée, de l’autre côté du Strymon. De nos jours encore, le pays situé au pied du Pangée, le long de la mer, s’appelle golfe Piérique. Ils chassèrent aussi de la Bottie les Bottiéens, qui habitent actuellement dans le voisinage des Chalcidéens. Ils conquirent sur les Péoniens une langue de terre, le long du fleuve Axios, depuis les montagnes jusqu’à Pella et à la mer. L’expulsion des Èdoniens leur valut le pays qu’on appelle Mygdonie et qui s’étend au delà de l’Axios jusqu’au Strymon. De l’Êordie ils expulsèrent pareillement les Éordiens ; cette nation fut exterminée, le peu qui échappa s’établit aux environs de Physca. De l’Almopie ils chassèrent les Almopes. Enfin ces Macédoniens subjuguèrent tous les autres peuples qui leur obéissent présentement, savoir Anthé-monte, la Grestonie, la Bisaltie et une grande partie de la Macédoine proprement dite. L’ensemble de ces pays porte le nom de Macédoine et avait pour roi Perdiccas fils d’Alexandre, lors de l'invasion de Sitalcès.

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.) — 2.99.1 focus

[1] So Sitalces' army was being mustered at Doberus and preparing to pass over the mountain crest and descend upon lower Macedonia, of which Perdiccas was ruler.

[2] For the Macedonian race includes also the Lyncestians, Elimiotes, and other tribes of the upper country, which, though in alliance with the nearer Macedonians and subject to them, have kings of their own;

[3] but the country by the sea which is now called Macedonia, was first acquired and made their kingdom by Alexander, the father of Perdiccas, and his forefathers, who were originally Temenidae from Argos. They defeated and expelled from Pieria the Pierians, who afterwards took up their abode in Phagres and other places at the foot of Mount Pangaeus beyond the Strymon (and even to this day the district at the foot of Mount Pangaeus toward the sea is called the Pierian Valley), and also, from the country called Bottia, the Bottiaeans, who now dwell on the borders of the Chalcidians;

[4] they acquired, further, a narrow strip of Paeonia extending along the river Axius¹ from the interior to Pella and the sea; and beyond the Axius they possess the district as far as the Strymon which is called Mygdonia, having driven out the Edonians.

[5] Moreover, they expelled from the district now called Eordia the Eordians, most of whom were destroyed, but a small portion is settled in the neighbourhood of Physca;

[6] and also from Almopia the Almopians. These Macedonians also made themselves masters of certain places, which they still hold, belonging to the other tribes, namely, of Anthemus, Grestonia, Bisaltia, as well as of a large part of Macedonia proper. But the whole is now called Macedonia, and Perdiccas son of Alexander was king when Sitalces made his invasion.

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.) — 2.99.1 focus

[1] They mustered, then, at Doberus, and made their preparations for bursting from the highland down upon the lower Macedonia, which formed the dominion of Perdiccas.

[2] For under the name of Macedonians are included also the Lyncestae and Elemiotae, and other highland tribes, which are in alliance with the lowlanders and subject to them, but have separate kingdoms of their own.

[3] But the Macedonia along the coast, now properly so called, was first acquired and governed by Alexander, the father of Perdiccas, and his ancestors, who were originally of the family of Temenus of Argos. These expelled by force of arms the Pierians from Pieria, who afterwards lived under Mount Pangaeus, beyond the Strymon, in Phagres and some other places (and even now the country under Pangaeus down to the sea continues to be called the Pierian Gulf). They also drove out of the country called Bottia, the Bottiaeans, who now live on the confines of the Chalcidians;

[4] while in Paeonia they acquired a narrow strip of territory along the river Axius, stretching down to Pella and the sea-coast; and beyond the Axius, as far as the Strymon, they occupy what is called Mygdonia, having expelled the Edonians from it.

[5] Again, they drove out the Eordians from what is now called Eordia, (of whom the greater part perished, though a small division of them is settled about Physca,) as also the Almopians from Almopia.

[6] Those Macedonians, moreover, subdued [the places belonging to] the other tribes, which they still continue to hold, such as Anthemus, Crestonia, Bisaltia, and much of the country that belonged to the original Macedonians. The whole of it is called Macedonia, and Perdiccas, son of Alexander, was king of the country when Sitalces invaded it.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 2.99.1 focus

[1] Doberam igitor omoes conveniebant et se parabant, ut per montium juga descendentes irruptionem facerent in inferiorem Macedoniam, quae Perdiccae imperio P»rebat.

[2] Nam Macedonum sunt et Lyncestae et Elimiotae et aliae gentes in locis superioribus, quae illis quidem sunt sociae et subjectae, sed tamen regna singolae separatim habent.

[3] Illam vero maritimam Macedoniam, quae nunc est, Alexander Perdiccae pater et ejus majores, qui Temnidae antiquitus erant, ex urbe Argis oriundi, primi possederunt, et regnarunt, quum prius proelio superatos expulissent ex Piena quidem Pieres, qui postea sub Pangaeo trans Strymonem incoluerunt Phagretem et alia loca (et ad hoc usque tempus regio, quae sub Pangaeo jacens ad mare vergit, smus Piericus appellatur), ex ea vero, quae Botlia vocatur, Bottiaeos, qui nunc agrum Chalcidensibus finiti-mum incolunt;

[4] Paeoniae autem secundum Axium fluvium, angustam quamdam regionem a locis montanis ad Pellam usque et mare pertingentem possederunt; et trans Axium ad Strymonem usque eam, que Mygdonia nominatur, ejectis Edonis incolunt.

[5] Ex ilia etiam, quae nune Eordia vocatur, ejecerunt Eordos, quorum plerique perie- runt, exigua tamen quaedam ipsorum pars circa Physcam consedit, et ex Almopia Almopas.

[6] Hi Macedones alias etiam gentes in suam potestatem redegerunt, quas nunc etiam in sua potestate habent, Anthemuntem et Grestoniam et Bisaltiam et magnam ipsorum Macedonum partem. Haec autem universa Macedonia vocatur, et Perdiccas Alexandri filius horum erat rex, quo tempore Sitalces ipsi bellum inferebat.

Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides First1KGreek (Thucydides. Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides. Gürsching, Heinrich, translator. Augsburg: Wirth, 1856.) — 2.64.1 focus

[1] So biete ich denn, obschon ich, wie anfangs gesagt, den mächtigsten Staat vertrete, der eher zum Angriff als zur Abwehr berufen erscheint, in Erwägung der Folgen die Hand zum Nachgeben. Warum auch in thörichter Rachsucht sich selber den grössten Schaden zufügen oder in der Verblendung der Leidenschaft hinsichtlich des Schicksals, dem man nicht gebieten kann, sich ebenso als eigenen Herren dünken, wie in seinen eigenen Entschliessungen, und nicht lieber der Billigkeit sich fügen? Folget nun auch ihr meinem Beispiel, eh' ihr euch dazu vor dem Feinde, nicht mehr vor Landsleuten bequemen müsst. Denn das ist keine Schande, dem eigenen Volksgenossen sich zu fügen, nicht blos der Dorier dem Dorier, oder der Chalcidenser seinem Stammverwandten, sondern wir alle als Nachbarn, als Bewohner der einen, von der Natur umgrenzten Heimat, als Träger des gemeinsamen Namens Sikelioten. Unsere Kriege, wenn es sein soll, müssen wir fortan für uns allein führen, oder auch sie beilegen, wie es uns gemeinsam recht dünkt, wider den Fremdling aber, wenn er kommt, in vernünftiger Eintracht zusammenhalten, so gewiss die Niederlage der Einzelnen dem Ganzen Gefahr bringt; Bundesgenossen aber oder Schiedsrichter sollen nie mehr ins Land gerufen werden. Bei diesem Verfahren werden wir für jetzt Sicilien der frohen Aussicht nicht berauben, der Athener und des Bürgerkrieges mit einemmale los zu werden, und in Zukunft in unabhängiger Freiheit und vom Ausland weniger behelligt darin wohnen.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 2.99 focus

Facevano pertanto la massa a Dobero, e disponevano di assaltare dalla parte montuosa la Macedonia inferiore , di cui era padrone Perdicca ; poiché sono compresi tra' Macedoni anche i Lincesti e gli Elimioti ed altri popoli più dilungi dal mare, i quali sebbene confederati de’ Macedoni e loro soggetti, pure hanno ognuno il suo regno. Ma quella che di presente si chiama Macedonia marittima l' acquistarono e vi regnarono i primi Alessandro padre di Perdicca e i suoi maggiori discendenti da Temene, che ab antico venivano da Argo in questo modo. Primieramente superarono in battaglia e scacciarono dalla Pieria i Pierii, che poi presero stanza in Fagrete sotto il monte Pangeo al di là dello Strimone, ed in altri luoghi (onde ancora si chiama seno pierico quella terra che dalle falde del Pangeo si stende alla marina), quindi dalla Bottia iBottiesi che ora abitano ai confini dei Calcidesi. Acquistarono ancora luugo il fiume Axio una lingua di terra della Peonia, che dallalto della montagna va sino a Pella ed al mare ; e di là dall’Axio fino allo Strimone posseggono quella che si chiama Migdonia, d’onde scacciarono gli Edoni. Cacciarono inoltre da quella adesso chiamata Evordia gli Evordi (la maggior parte dei quali restò trucidata, ed una piccola porzione passò a stanziare intorno a Flisca), e dalTAlmopia gli Almopi. Finalmente questi nuovi Macedoni ridussero in loro potestà altri popoli, e li ritengono ancora, come Antemunte, Grestonia, Bisaltia, con gran parte del territorio che apparteneva ai veri Macedoni. Tutto questo corpo di stati è compreso sotto il nome di Macedonia, di cui era re Perdicca figliolo di Alessandro, quando Sitalce vi portò le armi.

Commentary

Commentary on Thucydides Book 2 (Thucydides, Book II. Marchant, Edgar C., editor. London: Macmillan and Company, 1891.) focus

Ἐν —would be ἐς had not the muster at Doberus already been referred to.

κατὰ κορυφὴν — = ἄνωθεν, κατὰ via like κατὰ κράτος, expressing the manner; cf. c. 76, 4. τὴν κάτω Μ.—τὸ παράλιον. Schol.

Τῶν γὰρ —‘for, besides the lower Macedonians, there are also Macedonians in the upper country, amongst whom are iucluded the L. and E.’ Note in Jowett.

Λιγκησταὶ — the district called Lyncestis.

Ἐλιμιῶται —divided from Thessaly by the Cambunian mountains.

βασιλείας —‘have kings of their own.’ J.

Τὴν δὲ περὶ —not παρά, because the regions en umerated below are not merely those actually on the coast, but comprise ἡ κάτω γῆ generally.

Τημενίδαι —hence Philip and Alexander claimed to be Greeks, and their claim was generally admitted.

ἐβασίλευσαν —ingressive.

Πιερίας —between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaic Gulf, the origiual home of the muses and birth-place of Orpheus.

ὑπὸ τὸ Πάγγαιον —after this both the Pieres and Orpheus were connected with Thrace.

κόλπος —see L. and S.

οἰκοῦσιν —their new home was Bottice. They originally dwelt near Pella.

Στενήν —the Paeonians had possessed ‘a narrow strip on the bank of the Axius, down to Pella and the sea.’ Grote points out that this would leave hardly any room for the Bottiaeans, who dwelt north of the Pierians, between the mouth of the Haliacmon (the Indjeh Kara-su) and that of the Axius. Probably Thuc. is mistaken in saying μέχρι θαλάσσης, and the Paeonians did not extend so far east.

Μυγδονίαν — Herod. VII. 123 says the Axius divided Bottia on the south from Mygdonia on the north. Iu this region lived also the Edonians, Crestonians, and Bisaltae (6 below), but the Mygdonians must have been the most important.

Ἐορδίας —east of Lyncestis. N.W. of the Elimiots.

Φύσκαν —somewhere between the Strymon and Axius.

κατῴκηται —c. 96, 1.

Ἀλμωπίας —some where near Eordia and Pieria.

Οὗτοι —= οἱ κάτω; the tribes who were led by the Temenidae and conquered all lower Macedonia, the part which has been described from 3 above. Contrast Μακεδόνες αὐτοὶ below, = the original Macedonians before the conquests, οἱ ἄνω, who remained partially independent, c. 99, 2.

αὐτῶν — those just mentioned were not of Macedonian stock.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 2.99

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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