Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 4.102

[1] The same winter, Brasidas with the confederates in Thrace made war upon Amphipolis, a colony of the Athenians, situated on the river Strymon.

[2] The place whereon the city now standeth, Aristagoras of Miletus had formerly attempted to inhabit when he fled from king Darius, but was beaten away by the Edonians. Two-and-thirty years after this, the Athenians assayed the same, and sent thither ten thousand of their own city, and of others as many as would go; and these were destroyed all by the Thracians at Drabescus.

[3] In the twenty-ninth year after, conducted by Agnon, the son of Nicias, the Athenians came again, and having driven out the Edonians, became founders of this place, formerly called the Nine-ways. His army lay then at Eion, a town of traffic by the seaside subject to the Athenians, at the mouth of the river Strymon, five-andtwenty furlongs from the city. Agnon named this city Amphipolis because it was surrounded by the river Strymon, that runs on either side it. When he had taken it in with a long wall from river to river, he put inhabitants into the place, being conspicuous round about both to the sea and land.

[1] The same winter Brasidas, with his allies in the Thracian places, marched against Amphipolis , the Athenian colony on the river Strymon.

[2] A settlement upon the spot on which the city now stands, was before attempted by Aristagoras, the Milesian (when he fled from king Darius), who was however dislodged by the Edonians; and thirty-two years later by the Athenians, who sent thither ten thousand settlers of their own citizens, and whoever else chose to go. These were cut off at Drabescus by the Thracians.

[3] Twenty-nine years after, the Athenians returned (Hagnon, son of Nicias, being sent out as a leader of the colony) and drove out the Edonians, and founded a town on the spot, formerly called Ennea-hodoi or Nine Ways.

[4] The base from which they started was Eion , their commercial seaport at the mouth of the river, not more than three miles from the present town, which Hagnon named Amphipolis , because the Strymon flows round it on two sides, and he built it so as to be conspicuous from the sea and land alike, running a long wall across from river to river, to complete the circumference.

Im selben Winter zog Brasidas mit den Bundesgenossen
auS den thrakischen Grenzlanden gegen die Stadt Amphipolis am
Strymon-Flusse, einen Pflanzort der Athener. Eben denselben Platz,
auf welchem die Stadt sieht, hatte schon früher der Milesier
Aristagoras, als er vor dem König DareioS flüchtig war^), anzubauen
versucht, war aber von den Edonern verdrängt worden. Danach, zwei
und dreißig Jahre später^), hatten auch die Athener zehntausend
Ansiedler aus ihrer Mitte und wer sonst wollte, dahingesendet, die
aber bei DrabeskoS von den Thrakern aufgerieben wurden. Und ^{1 2}
wiederum, im neun und zwanzigsten Jahre danach^), schickten die ³
Athener Ansiedler dahin unter Führung des Hagnon, Sohnes des
Nikias. Diese vertrieben dann die Edoner aus der Gegend und
gründeten diese Stadt an dem Orte, der früher Neunwege
(EnneaHodoi) genannt worden war. Sie kamen aber damals flußaufwärts von
Eion, das, an der Mündung des Flusses gelegen, ihnen als
Seehandelshafen diente und fünf und zwanzig Stadien von der Stadt
entfernt ist, der Hagnon den Namen Amvhipolis (Ningstadt) gab,
weil der Strymon sie im Halbkreis umfloß und er selbst vom einen
Arme des Flusses zum andern eine lange Mauer gezogen hatte. Er
baute sie aber so, daß sie über das Festland und das Meer weithin
sichtbar ist.

CII. Le même hiver, Brasidas marcha avec les alliés de Thrace contre Amphipolis, colonie d’Athènes, sur le Strymon. Une première tentative de colonisation avait été faite, sur l’emplacement de la ville actuelle, par Aristagoras, de Milet, fuyant devant le roi Darius ; mais il avait été chassé par les Édoniens. Trente-deux ans plus tard, les Athéniens y avaient envoyé dix mille colons, soit Athéniens, soit étrangers, sans distinction d’origine ; lesThraces les exterminèrent à Drabesque. Après un nouvel intervalle de vingt-neuf ans, les Athéniens revinrent sous la conduite d’Hagnon, fils de Nicias, chargé d’établir la colonie. Ils chassèrent les Édoniens, et s’établirent au lieu nommé précédemment les Neuf-Voies. Ils étaient partis d’Eion, comptoir maritime qu’ils possédaient à l’embouchure du fleuve, à vingt-cinq stades de la ville actuelle. Hagnon lui donna le nom d’Amphipolis, parce que, le Strymon formant un coude en cet endroit et embrassant comme d’une ceinture l’emplacement de la ville, il l’isola au moyen d’une muraille allant du fleuve au fleuve, et bâtit dans une double exposition, d’une part sur la mer, de l’autre sur le continent ¹ .

Le même hiver, Brasidas, avec les alliés du littoral de la Thrace, marcha contre Amphipolis, colonie athénienne, située sur le fleuve Strymon. Arist agoras de Milet, fuyant le roiDarius, avait fait un premier essai de colonisation sur l’emplacement de cette ville ; mais il avait été chassé par les Édoniens ¹ . Trente-deux ans plus tard, Athènes y envoya dix mille colons, composés d’Athéniens et des étrangers qui voulurent s’y joindre. Ils furent taillés en pièces à Drabescos par les Thraces ² . Au bout de vingt-neuf ans, les Athéniens revinrent sous la conduite d’Hag-non,fils de Nicias. Ils chassèrent les Édoniens, et bâtirent une ville dans le lieu appelé précédemment les Neuf-Voies. Leur point de départ fut Éïon, comptoir maritime qu’ils possédaient à l’embouchure du fleuve, à vingt-cinq stades de la ville actuelle. Hagnon la nomma Amphipolis parce que, voulant achever d’enceindre la place baignée de deux côtés par le Strymon, il ferma d’un long mur l’ouverture du demi cercle décrit par le fleuve, et construisit la ville de manière à ce qu’elle fût aperçue de la meret du continent ³ .

[1] During the same winter, Brasidas, with his allies in Thrace, made an expedition against Amphipolis, the Athenian colony on the river Strymon.

[2] This place, where the city now stands, Aristagoras ¹ the Milesian had tried to colonize before, ² when fleeing from the Persian king, but he had been beaten back by the Edonians. Thirty-two years afterwards the Athenians also made another attempt, sending out ten thousand settlers of their own citizens and any others who wished to go; but these were destroyed by the Thracians at Drabescus.

[3] Again, twenty-nine years later, the Athenians, sending out Hagnon son of Nicias as leader of the colony, drove out the Edonians and settled the place, which was previously called Ennea-Hodoi or Nine-Ways. Their base of operations was Eion, a commercial seaport which they already held, at the mouth of the river, twenty-five stadia distant from the present city of Amphipolis, ³ to which Hagnon gave that name, because, as the Strymon flows round it on both sides, he cut off the site by a long wall running from one point of the river to another, and so established a city which was conspicuous both seaward and landward.

[1] The same winter, Brasidas with his allies Thrace-ward marched against Amphipolis, the Athenian colony on the river Strymon.

[2] On the site on which the town now stands a settlement was before attempted by Aristagoras the Milesian, when flying from king Darius; but he was driven away by the Edonians: and then by the Athenians, two-and-thirty years later, who sent ten thousand settlers of their own citizens, and whoever else would go; who were cut off by the Thracians at Drabescus.

[3] Twenty-nine years after, the Athenians went again, Hagnon son of Nicias being sent out as leader of the colony, and expelled the Edonians, and founded a town on the spot which before was called They set out for the purpose from Eion, which they occupied themselves at the mouth of the river, on the coast, at a distance of five-and-twenty stades from the present town, which Hagnon named ¹ Amphipolis, because, as the river Strymon flows round it on both sides, ² with a view to enclosing it, he ran a long wall across from river to river, and built the town so as to be conspicuous both towards the sea and towards the land.

[1] Eadem hieme Brasidas cum sociis, quos habebat in Thracia, Amphipoli ad Strymonem fluvium sitae, Atheniensium coloniae, bellum intulit.

[2] Hunc autem locum, in quo nunc urbs est sita, primum quidem et Aristagoras Milesius, quum regem Dareum fugeret, colonia deducta condere temptavit, sed ab Edonis expulsus est; deinde vero et Athenienses duobus et (riginta post annis huc missis decem millibus incolarum, tum suorum tum aliorum, quotquot ire voluerant, qui apud Drabescum a Thracibus interfecti sunt.

[3] Rursus ethun Athenienses undetricesimo anno eo profecti Hagnone Niciae filio coloniae duce emisso, expulsis Edonis hanc urbem condiderunt, quae prius Novem viae vocabantur.

[4] Eione autem ut belli sede proficiscebantur, quam ipsi maritimum emporium in fluvii ostio situm tenebant, quinque et viginti stadiis distans ab urbe, quae nunc est, quam Hagno vocavit Amphipolin, quod quum a Strymone allueretur ab utroque latere, muro longo a fluvio ad fluvium ducto, quia ab eo tota cingebatur, circumseptam, et ad mare versus et ad continentem conspicuam condidit.

Nel medesimo inverno Brasida con i confederati di Tracia marciò contro Ami ipoli colonia degli Ateniesi sul fiume Strìmone. Quivi appunto nel sito ove ora risiede la città si era prima provato a fondare una colonia anche Aristagora di Miletop quando era fuggiasco dal re Dario ; ma ne fu bruttamente scacciato dagli Edonii. Medesimamente trentadue anni dopo vi si provarono gli Ateniesi, avendovi spediti per prendervi stanza diecimila tra di loro e di altri volontari, i quali furono trucidati a Drabesco dai Tracii. E nuovamente, passali ventinove anni , vi andarono gli Ateniesi con Agnone figliolo di Nicia speditovi a fondar la colonia , e cacciatine gli Edonii fabbricarono il castello che prima chiamavasi le Nove Strade. Erano essi partiti da Eione, terra marittima e di commercio clic avevano all7 imboccatura del fiume , distante venticinque stadii dalla città presente, alla quale Agnone diede il nome di Amfipoli, o vogliam dire città a due facce, perchè la cinse con mura lunghe da un ramo all'altro del fiume , il quale, coi due rami) onde è diviso, abbracciandola , la bagna intorno da ambe le parti : e così la fabbricò in modo che avesse il prospetto della marina e della terraferma.