Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 3.19

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Da die Athener für die Belagerung mehr Geld nötig
hatten, brachten sie, damals zum ersten Male, eine Kriegssteuer
auf im Betrage von zweihundert Talenten, sandten auch, um
Steuern bei den Bundesgenossen zu erheben, zwölf Schiffe aus,
welche Lysikles selbfünfter befehligte. Der machte mit seinen
Schiffen die Runde, um überall Geld einzutreiben, wurde dann
aber, als er dabei auch nach Karien kam und über Myus
durch die Maiandrosebene bis zur Sandoshöhe vordrang,
von den Karern und Anaiiten überfallen und mit vielen seiner
Leute ershclagen.

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).) — 3.19.1 focus

[1] προσδεόμενοι δὲ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι χρημάτων ἐς τὴν πολιορκίαν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσενεγκόντες τότε πρῶτον ἐσφορὰν διακόσια τάλαντα, ἐξέπεμψαν καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἀργυρολόγους ναῦς δώδεκα καὶ Λυσικλέα πέμπτον αὐτὸν στρατηγόν.

[2] ὁ δὲ ἄλλα τε ἠργυρολόγει καὶ περιέπλει, καὶ τῆς Καρίας ἐκ Μυοῦντος ἀναβὰς διὰ τοῦ Μαιάνδρου πεδίου μέχρι τοῦ Σανδίου λόφου, ἐπιθεμένων τῶν Καρῶν καὶ Ἀναιιτῶν αὐτός τε διαφθείρεται καὶ τῆς ἄλλης στρατιᾶς πολλοί.

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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.) — 3.19.1 focus

[1] The Athenians, standing in need of money for the siege, both contributed themselves and sent thither two hundred talents of this their first contribution, and also dispatched Lysicles and four others with twelve galleys to levy money amongst the confederates.

[2] But Lysicles, after he had been to and fro and gathered money in divers places, as he was going up from Myus through the plains of Maeander in Caria as far as to the hill Sandius, was set upon there by the Carians and Anaeitans and himself with a great part of his soldiers slain.

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.) — 3.19.1 focus

[1] The Athenians needing money for the siege, although they had for the first time raised a contribution of two hundred talents from their own citizens, now sent out twelve ships to levy subsidies from their allies, with Lysicles and four others in command.

[2] After cruising to different places and laying them under contribution, Lysicles went up the country from Myus , in Caria , across the plain of the Meander, as far as the hill of Sandius; and being attacked by the Carians and the people of Anaia, was slain with many of his soldiers.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 3.19 focus

Da nun die Athener noch mehr Geld brauchten um die
Belagerung fortzusetzen, so legten sie sich damals zum ersten Mal eine
außerordentliche Steuer auf, die sie bis auf zweihundert Talente
brachten, und schickten auch zwölf Schiffe aus um bei den
Bundesgenossen Geld einzutreiben. Auf diesen befehligte selbfünft Lysikles.
Der nun, umherfchiffeud, betrieb sowohl anderwärts die Geldsammlung,
und landete auch in Karien und zog in der Ebene des Mäander
auswärts bis zum Sandischen Hügel. Die Karer und Ana'e'ter aber
griffen ihn an und er selbst fiel, und mit ihm auch ein großer Theil
seiner Leute.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 3.19 focus

XIX. Le besoin d’argent pour ce siége força alors pour la première fois, les Athéniens à contribuer euxmêmes pour une somme de deux cents talents¹. Ils envoyèrent aussi, pour lever des contributions chez les alliés, douze vaisseaux, sous les ordres de Lysiclès et de quatre autres commandants. Déjà Lysiclès avait parcouru différentes côtes, levant partout le tribut² ; parti de Myonte, en Carie, il traversait la plaine du Méandre et était arrivé à la colline Sandius³, lorsqu’il tomba dans une embuscade dressée par les Cariens et les Anéïtes⁴, et périt avec une grande partie de son armée.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 3.19 focus

Le besoin d’argent pour ce siège força les Athéniens à s’imposer alors pour la première fois une contribution de deux cents talents ¹. Ils envoyèrent, pour lever le tribut chez les alliés, douze vaisseaux commandés par Lysiclès, lui cinquième. Ce général fit une tournée pour s’acquitter de sa mission ; mais, s'étant avancé en Carie à travers la plaine du Méandre, depuis Myonte jusqu’à la colline de Sandios², il fut assailli par les Cariens et les Anéites ³, et périt avec une grande partie de ses soldats.

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.) — 3.19.1 focus

[1] Now the Athenians, finding themselves in need of additional funds for the siege, having then for the first time resorted to a property tax¹ upon themselves to the amount of two hundred talents, also sent to the allies twelve ships under the command of Lysicles and four others, to collect money from them.

[2] He cruised about and collected money at various places; but on his way inland from Myus in Caria through the plain of the Meander, after he had reached the hill of Sandius, he was attacked by the Carians and the Anaeitans and slain, together with many of his army.

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.) — 3.19.1 focus

[1] The Athenians, being in want of money for the siege, although they had among themselves for the first time raised a contribution of two hundred talents, despatched to their allies also twelve ships to levy subsidies, and Lysicles with five others in command of them.

[2] Accordingly he levied them in various places, cruising about; and having gone up the country from Myus in Caria, across the plain of the Maeander, as far as the hill of Sandius, he was both slain himself and many of the army besides, in an attack made by the Carians and the people of Anaea.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 3.19.1 focus

[1] ceterum Athenienses quum pecuniis ad obsidionem indigerent et ipsi pecunias tunc primum contulissent CC. talenta, dimiserunt etiam ad socios duodecim naves pecuniae colligendae gratia, et Lysiclem ducem cum quatuor collegis.

[2] Ille vero, quum ex aliis locis pecunias exigebat et circui-bat, tum etiam in Caria ex Myunte urbe per Maeandri campum usque ad Sandium collem ascendit, et quum a Caribus et Anaeitis impetus in ipsum factus esset, periit et ipse et magnus reliqui exercitus numerus.

Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides First1KGreek (Thucydides. Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides. Gürsching, Heinrich, translator. Augsburg: Wirth, 1856.) — 2.35.1 focus

[1] Wenn es bisher bei den Rednern an dieser Stätte fast allgemeiner Brauch geworden, den Mann zu rühmen, der mit der Bestattung diese Rede verband, weil an dem Grabe gefallener Krieger ein ehrendes Wort sich zieme, so würde ich es für hinreichend gehalten haben, dass man Helden der That mit einer festlichen Handlung ehre, — wie das denn der Staat durch die Bestattung gethan hat, deren Zeugen ihr so eben gewesen — und würde die Verherrlichung so vieler Männer nicht einem Einzelnen und der zufälligen Wirkung seines Vortrags anheimgegeben haben.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 3.19 focus

Gli Ateniesi che avean bisogno di nuovo denaro per l’assedio, contribuirono del proprio, allora per la prima volta , la tassa di dugento talenti, e spedirono agli alleati dodici navi raccogliendo denaro con Lisicle capitano e quattro aggiunti. Andaudo egli in giro con le navi esigeva il contingente da’ diversi luoghi ; ma mentre da Miunte della Caria, traversando la pianura del Meandro, saliva fino al colle Sandio, assalito da’Carii e dagli Aneiti, vi resta ucciso con molti altri del suo esercito.

Commentary

Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3 (Thucydides, Book III. Marchant, Edgar C., editor. London: Macmillan and Company, 1909.) focus

καὶ αὐτοί —bringing their own contribution into connexion with that levied from the allies.

τότε πρῶτον —probably meaning that the extraordinary war-tax was aetually levied for the first time (cf. τότε πρῶτον in I. 96 ) in 428 B.C., though the arrangements for it existed before. Some think that Thuc. means for the first time in this war. There is no evidence that the tax had ever been levied before. (About the details of the εἰσφορά before the age of Demosth. little is known, but the burden fell mainly on the rich, being ‘a progressive income-tax on property.’ The amount was fixed by the Ecclesia. Gilbert, Inn. Gesch. 129 f. gives good reasons for supposing that Cleon took the initiative in promoting the vote before the Eeclesia. See also Neil on Aristoph. Eq. 771 , 923.)

διακόσια τάλαντα —in apposition to ἐσφοράν.

ἀργυρολόγους ναῦς —to eollect an ἐσφορά—not, in this ease, arrears of tribute. The sending out of such ships is expressly attributed to Cleon in Eq. 1070. (

Λυσικλέα —this Lysicles does not belong to the family of Habronichus ( I. 91 ), but is the προβατοπώλης of obscure origin whose connexion with Aspasia brought him into prominenee; Aristoph. Eq. 132 , 765, Plutarch, Per. 24.)

πεμπτὸν αὐτόν —meaning that Lysicles had the ehief command. The large number of στρατηγοί sent is probably due to the difficulty and delicacy of the mission.

Αναιιτῶν —cf. c. 32.

ἄλλης —‘as well.’

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 3.19

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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