Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 4.131

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Die Einwohner und die Peloponnesier waren schon vor
her ausgerückt und hatten eine starke Stellung auf einer Höhe
vor der Stadt eingenommen, die der Feind erst nehmen mußte,
wenn er die Stadt abmauern wollte. Die Athener erstürmten
sie aber und vertrieben die Gegner von dort mit der blanken
Waffe. Nachdem sie ein Siegeszeichen errichtet, bezogen sie
ein Lager und machten Anstalt, die Stadt mit einer Mauer
einzuschließen. Bald nachher, als sie schon an der Arbeit
waren, trafen auch die in Mende auf der Burg belagerten
Peloponnesier, die sich bei Nacht am Strande durch die feind
lichen Linien durchgeschlagen hatten, vor Skione ein und ge
langten durch das athenische Heer meist glücklich in die Stadt.

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).) — 4.131.1 focus

[1] οἱ δὲ ἀντεπεξελθόντες αὐτοὶ καὶ Πελοποννήσιοι ἱδρύθησαν ἐπὶ λόφου καρτεροῦ πρὸ τῆς πόλεως, ὃν εἰ μὴ ἕλοιεν οἱ ἐναντίοι, οὐκ ἐγίγνετο σφῶν περιτείχισις.

[2] προσβαλόντες δ’ αὐτῷ κατὰ κράτος οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ μάχῃ ἐκκρούσαντες τοὺς ἐπόντας ἐστρατοπεδεύσαντό τε καὶ ἐς τὸν περιτειχισμὸν τροπαῖον στήσαντες παρεσκευάζοντο.

[3] καὶ αὐτῶν οὐ πολὺ ὕστερον ἤδη ἐν ἔργῳ ὄντων οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ἐν τῇ Μένδῃ πολιορκούμενοι ἐπίκουροι βιασάμενοι παρὰ θάλασσαν τὴν φυλακὴν νυκτὸς ἀφικνοῦνται, καὶ διαφυγόντες οἱ πλεῖστοι τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ Σκιώνῃ στρατόπεδον ἐσῆλθον ἐς αὐτήν.

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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.) — 4.131.1 focus

[1] The Scionaeans and the Peloponnesians, coming out against them, possessed themselves of a strong hill before the city, which if the enemy did not win, he should not be able to enclose the city with a wall.

[2] The Athenians, having strongly charged them [with shot] and beaten the defendants from it, encamped upon the hill, and after they had set up their trophy, prepared to build their wall about the city.

[3] Not long after, whilst the Athenians were at work about this, those aids that were besieged in the citadel of Mende, forcing the watch by the sea-side, came by night, and escaping most of them through the camp before Scione, put themselves into that city.

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.) — 4.131.1 focus

[1] The Scionaeans and Peloponnesians marched out against them, occupying a strong hill in front of the town, which had to be captured by the enemy before they could invest the place.

[2] The Athenians stormed the hill, defeated and dislodged its occupants, and having encamped and set up a trophy, prepared for the work of circumvallation.

[3] Not long after they had begun their operations, the auxiliaries besieged in the citadel of Mende forced the guard by the sea side and arrived by night at Scione , into which most of them succeeded in entering, passing through the besieging army.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 4.131 focus

Die Skionäer aber und die Peloponnesier zogen ihnen
selbst aus der Stadt entgegen und besetzten einen.vor derselben
gelegenen starken Hügel, welchen die Gegner durchaus nehmen mußten,
wenn sie die Stadt rings umschanzen wollten. Die Athener griffen
hier kräftig an, warfen die ihnen entgegenrückenden Feinde fechtend
herab, schlugen dann ein Lager, und nachdem sie ein Siegeszeichen
errichtet, schickten sie sich an, rings um die Stadt Schanzen auszuwerfen.
Nicht lange danach, als sie bereits an der Arbeit waren, erschienen
die in der Burg von Mende belagerten peloponnesischen Hülsstruppen,
welche trotz der Beobachtungstruppen sich zur. Nachtzeit am Meere
hin den Durchweg erzwungen hatten, kamen auch meist glücklich durch
das Belagerungsheer vor Skione und gelangten in die Stadt.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 4.131 focus

CXXXI. Les habitants et les Péloponnésiens sortirent à leur rencontre et s’établirent, en avant de la ville, sur une colline naturellement fortifiée, qu’il fallait nécessairement prendre pour investir la place. Les Athéniens l’attaquèrent de vive force et refoulèrent ceux qui la défendaient ; ils campèrent, alors, élevèrent un trophée et se disposèrent à entourer la place d’une muraille. Peu après, les travaux étant déjà commencés, les auxiliaires assiégés dans la citadelle de Mende forcèrent la garde du côté de la mer et arrivèrent de nuit. Ils échappèrent pour la plupart aux Athéniens campés devant Scione et entrèrent dans la place.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 4.131 focus

Maîtres de Mende, ils marchèrent contre Scione. Les habitants réunis aux Péloponésiêns sortirent à leur rencontre et prirent position en avant de la ville sur une éminence escarpée, dont les ennemis étaient obligés de s’emparer avant de commencer l’investissement. Les Athéniens assaillirent cette éminence et en délogèrent ceux qui l'occupaient. Ils y campèrent eux-mêmes, érigèrent un trophée et procédèrent à la circonvallation. Ils étaient depuis peu à l’ouvrage, lorsque les y auxiliaires assiégés dans la citadelle de Mende forcèrent le poste du bord de la mer et arrivèrent à Scione pendant la nuit. Ils se dérobèrent pour la plupart aux Athéniens campés sous les murs et s’introduisirent dans la place.

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.) — 4.131.1 focus

[1] The Scionaeans and the Peloponnesians had come out against them and taken position on a strong hill before the city, which had to be taken by the enemy before the city could be invested with a wall.

[2] So the Athenians made a furious assault upon the hill and dislodged those that were upon it; they then encamped and, after raising a trophy, prepared for the circumvallation.

[3] But not long afterwards, when they were already at work, the auxiliaries who were besieged on the acropolis of Mende forced their way by night along the shore through the guard and reached Scione; and most of them escaped through the besieging army and got into the city.

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.) — 4.131.1 focus

[1] The inhabitants of that town, both themselves and the Peloponnesians, marched out to oppose them, and were posted on a strong hill before the city, without the occupation of which by the enemy there was no possibility of investing them.

[2] So the Athenians attacked it vigorously, and having driven off by their charge those who were upon it, pitched their camp, and after erecting a trophy, prepared for the circumvallation of the place.

[3] Not long after, while they were now engaged in the work, the auxiliaries who were being besieged in the citadel of Mende having, during the night, driven in the guard by the sea-side, arrived at Scione; and most of them escaping through the troops encamped before it, threw themselves into the place.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 4.131.1 focus

[1] Oppidani vero quum ipsi, tum Peloponnesii, ob-viam illis progressi, in colle natura munito ante urbem consederunt, quem si non occuparent, hostes ipsos circumvallare non poterant.

[2] Athenienses autem eum strenue aggressi, proelio dejectis iis, qui ibi erant, castra posuerunt et erecto tropaeo se ad urbem circumvallandam parabant.

[3] Nec multo post, quum in eo jam opere occuparentur, auxiliarii Peloponnesiorum milites, qui Mendae in arcc obsidebantur, superatis hostium custodibus, qui ad mare erant, noctu adveniunt , et plerique per media Atheniensium castra ad Scio-nen posita elapsi in eam sunt ingressi.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 4.131 focus

Quivi gli Scionesi insieme coi Peloponnesi uscirono di città incontro a loro, e posaronsi sopra un colle forte per natura ed a sopraccollo della città , senza occupare il quale non potevano i nhnici cingerli colle fortificazioni. Gli Ateniesi diedero ad esso un vigoroso assalto, fecero quindi snidiare gli avversari, e vi si posero a campo ; ed eretto il trofeo ordinavano la circonvallazione della città. E poco dopo, mentre erano sopra questo lavoro, gli ausiliarii Peloponnesi assediati nella cittadella di Mende sforzarono le sentinelle dalla parte di mare, e col favor della notte la maggior parte di loro trafugaronsi a traverso il campo degli Ateniesi posto sotta Scione, ed entrarono in città.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 4.131

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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