Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 4.109

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In demselben Winter eroberten die Megarer ihre langen
Mauern wieder und zerstörten sie bis auf den Grund, Brasidas
aber zog nach der Einnahme von Amphipolis mit den Bundes
genossen nach der Halbinsel Akte. Diese erstreckt sich vom
Durchstich des Königs in südlicher Richtung und endet mit
dem ins Ägäische Meer vorspringenden Athosgebirge. An
Städten gibt eS dort Sane, eine Kolonie von Andros, un
mittelbar am Durchstich auf der Euboia gegenüberliegenden
Küste; außerdem noch Thyssos, Kleonai, Akrothooi, Olophyros
und Dion, in denen ein barbarisches, zweisprachiges Mischvolk
wohnt, das zum Teil auch aus Chalkidiern, in der Hauptsache
aber aus Pelasgern, und zwar jenen vormals auf Lemnos und
in Athen heimischen Thprsenen, und aus Bisaltern, Krestonern
und Edonern besteht. Die von ihnen bewohnten Städte sind
aber alle nur klein. Die meisten gingen zu Brasidas über,
Widerstand leisteten nur Sane und Dion, weshalb er mit
seinem Heere dort stehen blieb und ihr Gebiet verheerte.

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).) — 4.109.1 focus

[1] τοῦ δ’ αὐτοῦ χειμῶνος Μεγαρῆς τε τὰ μακρὰ τείχη, ἃ σφῶν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι εἶχον, κατέσκαψαν ἑλόντες ἐς ἔδαφος, καὶ Βρασίδας μετὰ τὴν Ἀμφιπόλεως ἅλωσιν ἔχων τοὺς ξυμμάχους στρατεύει ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀκτὴν καλουμένην.

[2] ἔστι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως διορύγματος ἔσω προύχουσα, καὶ ὁ Ἄθως αὐτῆς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν τελευτᾷ ἐς τὸ Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος.

[3] πόλεις δὲ ἔχει Σάνην μὲν Ἀνδρίων ἀποικίαν παρ’ αὐτὴν τὴν διώρυχα, ἐς τὸ πρὸς Εὔβοιαν πέλαγος τετραμμένην, τὰς δὲ ἄλλας Θυσσὸν καὶ Κλεωνὰς καὶ Ἀκροθῴους καὶ Ὀλόφυξον καὶ Δῖον·

[4] αἳ οἰκοῦνται ξυμμείκτοις ἔθνεσι βαρβάρων διγλώσσων, καί τι καὶ Χαλκιδικὸν ἔνι βραχύ, τὸ δὲ πλεῖστον Πελασγικόν, τῶν καὶ Λῆμνόν ποτε καὶ Ἀθήνας Τυρσηνῶν οἰκησάντων, καὶ Βισαλτικὸν καὶ Κρηστωνικὸν καὶ Ἠδῶνες· κατὰ δὲ μικρὰ πολίσματα οἰκοῦσιν.

[5] καὶ οἱ μὲν πλείους προσεχώρησαν τῷ Βρασίδᾳ, Σάνη δὲ καὶ Δῖον ἀντέστη, καὶ αὐτῶν τὴν χώραν ἐμμείνας τῷ στρατῷ ἐδῄου.

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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.) — 4.109.1 focus

[1] The same winter the Megareans, having recovered their long walls holden by the Athenians, razed them to the very ground. Brasidas, after the taking of Amphipolis, having with him the confederates, marched with his army into the territory called Acte.

[2] This Acte is that prominent territory which is disjoined from the continent by a ditch made by the king; and Athos, a high mountain in the same, determineth at the Aegean sea.

[3] Of the cities it hath, one is Sane, a colony of the Andrians, by the side of the said ditch on the part which looketh to the sea towards Euboea;

[4] the rest are Thyssus, Cleone, Acrothoi, Olophyxus, and Dion, and are inhabited by promiscuous barbarians of two languages. Some few there are also of the Chalcidean nation; but the most are Pelasgic, of those Tyrrhene nations that once inhabited Athens and Lemnos, and of the Bisaltic and Chrestonic nations, and Edonians, and dwell in small cities.

[5] The most of which yielded to Brasidas; but Sane and Dion held out, for which cause he stayed with his army and wasted their territories.

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.) — 4.109.1 focus

[1] The same winter the Megarians took and razed to the foundations the long walls which had been occupied by the Athenians; and Brasidas after the capture of Amphipolis marched with his allies against Acte,

[2] a promontory running out from the king's dike with an inward curve, and ending in Athos , a lofty mountain looking towards the Aegean sea.

[3] In it are various towns, Sane, an Andrian colony, close to the canal, and facing the sea in the direction of Euboea ; the others being Thyssus, Cleone, Acrothoi, Olophyxus,

[4] and Dium, inhabited by mixed barbarian races speaking the two languages. There is also a small Chalcidian element; but the greater number are Tyrrheno-Pelasgians once settled in Lemnos and Athens , and Bisaltians, Crestonians, and Edonians; the towns being all small ones.

[5] Most of these came over to Brasidas; but Sane and Dium held out and saw their land ravaged by him and his army.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 4.109 focus

In demselben Winter nahmen die Megarer ihre langen ¹
Mauern wieder, welche die Athener besetzt hielten, und rißen sie bis,
auf den Grund nieder, und Brasidas zog nach der Einnahme von
Amphipolis mit den Bundesgenossen gegen die sogenannte
(Halbinsel) Akte. Dieselbe erstreckt sich von dem Kanäle des Königs Ho)
an einwärts (d. h. südlich), und der Athos, ein hoher Berg auf
derselben, fällt in das Aegäische Meer hinaus ab. Von Städten sind
dort Sane, eine Pflanzung der Andrier, am Kanale selbst liegend
und gegen das Euböische Meer hingewendet, und außerdem Thyssos,
Kleonä, Akrothooe, Olophyxos und Dion, deren Bewohner aus
verschiedenen barbarischen Völkerschaften, welche beide Sprachen
(barbarisch und hellenisch) reden, gemischt sind. Auch etwas Ehalkidisches
Blut iii unter ihnen, meist aber sind es Pelasger vom Stamme der
Tyrsener, welche früher einmal auch Lemnos und Athen besaßen,
oder Bisalter und Krestoner und Edoner; die Städtchen aber, in denen
sie wohnen, sind unbedeutend. Die Mehrzahl derselben nun trat zu
Brasidas über, Sane und Dion aber leisteten Widerstand, weßhalb
er mit seinem Heere dort stehen blieb und daS Gebiet verwüstete.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 4.109 focus

CIX. Le même hiver¹, les Mégariens reprirent leurs longs murs, occupés par les Athéniens, et les rasèrent jusqu’aux fondements². Brasidas, après la prise d’Amphipolis, fit, avec ses alliés, une expédition contre la contrée appelée Acté. Elle commence au canal du Roi³, s’étend vers l’intérieur⁴, et comprend l’Athos, haute montagne qui se termine à la mer Égée. On y compte plusieurs villes ; Sané, colonie d’Andros, sur le canal même, du côté de la mer qui regarde l’Eubée ; Thyssos, Cléoné, Acrothoos, Olophyxos, Dium, habitées par un mélange de peuples barbares qui parlent les deux langues⁵. On y trouve un petit nombre de Chalcidiens ; la grande majorité appartient, soit à cette race pélasgique qui, autrefois, sous le nom de Thyrréniens, occupa Lemnos et Athènes, soit aux Bisaltins, aux Cres- toniens et aux Édoniens. Ils sont disséminés dans de petites bourgades. La plupart se soumirent à Brasidas. Sané et Dium ayant résisté, il s’arrêta dans le pays avec son armée et le dévasta.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 4.109 focus

Le même hiver, les Mégariens reprirent sur les Athéniens leurs longs murs et les rasèrent. Brasidas, après la prise d' Amphipolis, fît avec ses alliés une expédition contre le pays qu’on appelle Acté ¹. C’est une presqu’île qui s’avance dans la mer Égée à partir du canal du Roi ², et qui se termine par l'Athos, montagne fort élevée. On y compte plusieurs villes : Sané, colonie d’Andros, sur le canal même et tournée vers la mer qui regarde TEubée; Thyssos, Cléones, Acrothoos, Olophyxos, Dion, habitées par un mélange de nations barbares parlant deux langues³. On y trouve des Chalcidéens, mais la majeure partie de la population se compose de ces Pélasges-Tyrséniens⁴ qui jadis habitèrent Lemnos et Athènes, de Bisaltiens, de Cres-toniens et d’Edoniens. Ces peuples sont disséminés dans de petites bourgades, dont la plupart se soumirent à Brasidas. Sané et Dion résistèrent; aussi ravagea-t-il leur territoire en y séjournant avec son armée.

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.) — 4.109.1 focus

[1] The same winter the Megarians took and razed to the ground their long walls¹ which the Athenians had held; and Brasidas, after the capture of Amphipolis, made an expedition with his allies against the district called Acte.

[2] It is a promontory projecting from the King's canal² on the inner side of the isthmus, and its terminus at the Aegean Sea is the lofty Mt.

[3] Athos. Of the cities it contains, one is Sane, an Andrian colony close to the canal, facing the sea which is toward Euboea; the others are Thyssus, Cleonae, Acrothoi, Olophyxus and Dium, which are inhabited by mixed barbarian tribes speaking two languages.

[4] There is in it also a small Chalcidic element; but the greatest part is Pelasgic—belonging to those Etruscans that once inhabited Lemnos and Athens³—Bisaltic, Crestonic, and Edonian; and they live in small towns.

[5] Most of these yielded to Brasidas, but Sane and Dium held out against him; so he waited there with his army and laid waste their territory.

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.) — 4.109.1 focus

[1] The same winter the Megareans took and razed to their foundations the long walls in their country which the Athenians had held; and Brasidas, after the capture of Amphipolis, marched with his allies against the territory called Acte.

[2] This territory runs out from the king's dike on the inner side of the isthmus, Athos, a high mountain which stands in it, being its boundary on the side of the Aegean Sea.

[3] Of the towns it contains, one is Sane, a colony of the Andrians close to the dike, facing the sea towards Euboea; the others are Thyssus, Cleonae, Acrothoi, Olophyxus, and Dium.

[4] These are inhabited by mixed races of men speaking two different languages, a small portion of them being Chalcidians, but the main part Pelasgians—a tribe of those Tyrrhenians who once settled in Lemnos and Athens—Bisaltians, Crestonians, and Edonians; and they live in small towns.

[5] The greater part of them surrendered to Brasidas, but Sane and Dium held out against him; and, accordingly, he stayed with his army in their territory, and laid it waste.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 4.109.1 focus

[1] Eadem hieme Megarenses, quum longos muros, quos Athenienses tenebant, recuperassent, eos aequarunt solo, et Brasidas post Amphipolin captam cum sociorum exercitu profectus est in regionem, quae Acte appellator.

[2] Haec autem a regis fossa introrsus prominet, et Athos ipsius mons excelsus ad Aegaeum pelagus terminatur.

[3] Urbes vero continet Sanen, Andriorum coloniam ad ipsam fossam, qua ad mare Euboicum spectat, et praeterea Thyssum et Cleonas et Acrothoos et Olophyxum et Dium;

[4] quae a promiscis barbarorum bilinguium gentibus habitantur, atque etiam exigua quaedam gentis Chalcidicae pars inest, sed maxima pars est Pelasgica, cx illis Tyrrhenis, qui Lemnum quoque et Athenas quondam incoluerunt, et praeterea Bisaltica et Crestonica et Edonica; habitant autem in parvis oppidulis.

[5] Harum pleraeque ad Brasidam de· fecerunt; sed Sane et Dion restitit, et ideo illic habens sta· tiva regionem carum vastabat.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 4.109 focus

Nell’ istesso inverno i Megaresi ripresero le mura lunghe tolte già loro dagli Ateniesi e le spianarono. E Branda coi confederati dopo la presa di Amfipoli porta la guerra nella provincia chiamata Acte, che dal canale scavato dal re sporge verso noi, e verso Ato montagna alta che finisce al mare Egeo. Questa provincia comprende la città di Sane colonia degli Andri situata propio sul canale e voltata verso il mare delPEubea , ed altre , cioè Tisso, Cleoiui, Acrotoo, Olofisso e Dio, abitate da un miscuglio di genti barbare che parlano due lingue. Vi è inoltre piccola porzione di Calcidesi , ma i più sono Bisaltici, Crestonrci ed Edoni, e più che altro Pelasgi della razza di quei Tirreni che una volta abitavano Lenno ed Atene. Abitano costoro divisi in piccole castella ; e la maggior parte si reseco a Brasida. Sane e Dio gli fecero resistenza ; e però si trattenne oolPesenoito sulle loro terre e le devastava.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 4.109

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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