Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 4.75

[1] The same summer, when Antandros was to be furnished by the Mytilenaeans as they intended, Demodicus and Aristides, captains of certain galleys set forth by the Athenians to fetch in tribute, being then about Hellespont (for Lamachus that was the third in that commission, was gone with ten galleys into Pontus), having notice of the preparation made in that place, and thinking it would be dangerous to have it happen there as it had done in Anaea over against Samos, in which the Samian outlaws having settled themselves, aided the Peloponnesians in matters of the sea by sending them steersmen, and both bred trouble within the city and entertained such as fled out of it, levied an army amongst the confederates, and marched to it; and having overcome in fight those that came out of Antandros against them, recovered the place again.

[2] And not long after, Lamachus that was gone into Pontus, as he lay at anchor in the river Calex in the territory of Heracleia, much rain having fallen above in the country and the stream of a land flood coming suddenly down, lost all his galleys and came himself and his army through the territory of the Bithynians (who are Thracians dwelling in Asia on the other side) to Chalcedon, a colony of the Megareans in the mouth of Pontus Euxinus, by land.

[1] The same summer the Mitylenians were about to fortify Antandrus as they had intended, when Demodocus and Aristides, the commanders of the Athenian squadron engaged in levying subsidies, heard on the Hellespont of what was being done to the place (Lamachus their colleague having sailed with ten ships into the Pontus ) and conceived fears of its becoming a second Anaia,—the place in which the Samian exiles had established themselves to annoy Samos , helping the Peloponnesians by sending pilots to their navy, and keeping the city in agitation and receiving all its outlaws. They accordingly got together a force from the allies and set sail, defeated in battle the troops that met them from Antandrus, and retook the place.

[2] Not long after, Lamachus, who had sailed into the Pontus , lost his ships at anchor in the river Calex, in the territory of Heraclea , rain having fallen in the interior and the flood coming suddenly down upon them; and himself and his troops passed by land through the Bithynian Thracians on the Asiatic side, and arrived at Chalcedon , the Megarian colony at the mouth of the Pontus .

In demselben Sommer, als Antandros von den
Müylenäern, wie sie im Plan hatten als Festung hergestellt werden sollte,
befanden sich Demodokos und Aristides, die Oberbeamten der Athener,
welche die Steuern zu sammeln hatten, in der Gegend des Hellespont
— Lamachos, der dritte von ihnen, war mit zehn Schiffen in den
Pontos ^schwarzes Meer^ eingesegelt. Da diese nun die Anstalten
zur Befestigung der Stadt wahrnahmen und ihnen Gefahr zu fein
schien, daß daraus ein Platz werde wie Anäa gegen Samos ^), wo
sich die Flüchtlinge der Samier festgesetzt hatten und den
Peloponnesiern Vorschub leisteten, indem sie ihnen Steuerleute für ihre Flotte
schickten und die Samier in der Stadt beunruhigten und ihre
Flüchtlinge aufnahmen, so sammelten sie also ein Heer von den
Bundesgenossen, gingen in See, besiegten die aus Antandros gegen sie
Anrückenden in einer Schlacht und nahmen den Ort wieder. Nicht lange
danach verlor Lamachos, der in den Pontos eingesegelt und im
Gebiete von Heraklea in der Mündung des FlusseS Kalex vor Anker
gegangen war, seine Schiffe, da sich ein Wolkenbruch ereignete und
die Wassersluth ganz plötzlich hereinbrach. Er selbst und sein Heer
kam aus dem Landwege durch das Gebiet der Bithynischen Thraker,
welche jenseits in Asien wohnen, nach Chalkedon an der AuSmündung
des PontoS, einer Pflanzstadt der Megarer.

LXXV. Le même été, les Mytiléniens se préparèrent à réaliser le projet qu’ils avaient formé de fortifier Antandros ¹ . Démodocus et Aristide, qui commandaient la flotte athénienne chargée de la perception des tributs, se trouvaient alors dans l’Hellespont, pendant que Lamachus, leur troisième collègue, avait fait voile vers le Pont avec dix vaisseaux ; informés des préparatifs qui se faisaient sur ce point, ils craignirent qu’il n’en fut de cette place comme d’Anéa à l’égard de Samos. Les exilés samiens s’y étaient établis et, de là, favorisaient la navigation des Péloponnésiens en leur envoyant des pilotes ; ils fomentaient des troubles à Samos et donnaient asile aux fugitifs. Les généraux athéniens levèrent donc une armée chez les alliés de la république, firent voile vers Antandros, battirent les habitants sortis à leur rencontre, et reprirent la place. Peu de temps après, Lamachus, qui s’était dirigé vers le Pont et avait relâché sur les bords du fleuve Calex, dans les campagnes d’Héraclée, perdit tous ses vaisseaux : ils furent engloutis par les eaux, descendues subitement du haut pays, et qui avaient transformé le fleuve en torrent. Il traversa à pied, avec son armée, le pays des Thraces-Bithyniens, de l’autre côté de la mer, sur la côte d’Asie ² , et vint à Chalcédon, colonie de Mégare, à l’entrée du Pont.

Le même été, les Mytiléniens se mirent en devoir de fortifier Antandros, comme ils en avaient le projet. Les géné^ raux athéniens Démodocos et Aristidès, chargés de lever le tribut, se trouvaient alors dans l’Hellespont, tandis que Lama-chos, leur collègue, avait fait voile avec dix vaisseaux pour le Pont-Euxin. Avertis des préparatifs qui se faisaient à Antandros, ils craignirent qu’il n’en fût de cette place comme d’Anéa près de Samos ¹ . Les exilés samiens s’y étaient établis, et de là ils favorisaient la marine des Péloponésieus, en leur envoyant des pilotes ; ils fomentaient des troubles dans la ville de Samos et donnaient asile aux proscrits. En conséquence, les généraux athéniens rassemblèrent des troupes alliées, firent voile pour Antandros, battirent ceux qui essayèrent de leur résister et reprirent la place.

Peu de temps après, Lamachos, qui était entré dans le Pont et avait relâché dans le fleuve Calex ² près d’Héraclée, perdit ses vaisseaux par l’effet d’une forte crue d’eau survenue tout à coup cians l’intérieur des terres. Il traversa à pied avec son armée le pays des Thraces-Bithyniens, qui habitent en Asie au delà du détroit, et parvint à Chalcédoine, colonie de Mé-gare, à l’entrée du Pont.

[1] During the same summer, when Antandros was about to be strengthened ¹ by the Mytilenaeans as they had planned, the generals in command of the Athenian ships which were collecting the tribute, namely, Demodocus and Aristides, who were in the neighbourhood of the Hellespont—for Lamachus, their colleague, had sailed into the Pontus with ten ships—heard of the fortification of the place and thought that there was danger of its becoming a menace to Lesbos, just as Anaea was to Samos ² ; for the Samian exiles, establishing themselves at Anaea, kept aiding the Peloponnesians by sending them pilots for their fleet, and also brought the Samians who lived in the city into a state of turmoil and continually offered a refuge to those who were sent into exile. The Athenian generals, therefore, collected an army from among the allies, sailed thither, defeated in battle those who came out against them from Antandros, and recovered the city.

[2] And not long afterwards Lamachus, who had sailed into the Pontus and anchored in the river Cales in Heraclean territory, lost his ships in consequence of a rain which fell in the uplands and brought down a sudden flood. He and his army, however, going by land through the Bithynian Thracians, who were on the other side, in Asia, arrived at Chalcedon, the Megarian colony at the mouth of the Pontus.

[1] The same summer, when Antandrus was going to be strengthened by the Mytilenaeans, as they were planning [when we last mentioned them], Demodocus and Aristides, the commanders of the ships sent to levy contributions, being about the Hellespont, (for Lamachus, their third colleague, had sailed with ten ships into the Pontus,) became aware of the provisions made for the place, and thinking there was danger of its becoming what Anaea was to Samos—where the Samian exiles had established themselves, and both assisted the Peloponnesians by sending pilates to their squadrons, and threw the Samians in the city into confusion, and received those who deserted them—on these grounds they collected a force from the allies and set sail, and having defeated in a battle those who came out from Antandrus against them, retook the place.

[2] Not long after, Lamachus, who had sailed into the Pontus, having anchored in the river Calex, in the territory of Heraclea, lost his ships in consequence of a rain ¹ in the interior, and the flood coming suddenly down upon them. He himself and his troops went by land through the Bithynian Thracians, who are situated across the strait in Asia, to Chalcedon, the Megarean colony at the mouth of the Pontus.

[1] Eadem autem aestate quum Antandrum Mytilenaei , quemadmodum constituerant, jam instructuri essent, Atheniensium duces, qui classi ad pecuniam legendam missae praeerant, Demodocus et Aristides, qui circum Hellespontum erant (nam tertius eorum Lamachus cum decem navibus in Pontum abierat) quum primum audiverunt locum illum muniri, ipsis etiam ree periculosa visa est, ne ut Anaea contra Samum esset, ubi Samiorum exsules positis sedibus Peloponnesios in rebus nauticis adjuvabant gubernatores ad eos mittendo, et Samios, qui in urbe erant, perturbabant, et urbe excedentes recipiebant, ita igitur exercitu ex sociis collecto, Antandrum petunt, illisque proelio superatis, qui inde contra se prodierant, locum iterum recipiunt.

[2] Nec multo post Lamachus, qui in Pontum navigaverat, quum in agro Heracleensi classem ad Calceis fluvii ripam appulisset, eam amisit, aquis coeli tus delapsis et subita vi torrentis devoluti. Quare et ipse et ejus exercitus itinere pedestri per Bithynos Thraces, qui sunt trans mare in Asia, pervenit Chalcedonem Megarensium coloniam, in Ponti faucibus sitam.

[1] Akanthier! Die Absicht Spartas bei Aussendung meines Heeres ist keine andere, als den Zweck unseres Krieges mit Athen, als welchen wir in der Kriegserklärung die Befreiung Griechenlands angekündigt, zur Wirklichkeit zu machen. An unserm späten Erscheinen aber ist die durch die bisherigen Feldzüge getäuschte Hoffnung schuld, euch den Kampf zu ersparen und in kurzer Zeit allein mit Athen fertig zu werden; und es kann uns dasselbe um so weniger zum Vorwurf gemacht werden, da wir jetzt die erste Gelegenheit ergreifen, hieher zu kommen und auch euch zur Theilnahme an dem Vernichtungskampfe einzuladen. Um so mehr befremdet es mich, aus dem Sperren der Thore auf eine unfreundliche Stimmung bei euch schliessen zu müssen. In dem guten Glauben, in euch längst, vor unserer Ankunft schon, entschiedene Bundesgenossen zu finden, denen wir nur willkommen sein würden, haben wir Lacedämonier die Gefahr nicht angesehen, die mit einem so weiten Marsch durch fremdes Gebiet verbunden war, und jedes mögliche Opfer gebracht, — und wie, ihr solltet ganz andere Gesinnungen hegen, solltet eurer eigenen und aller Griechen Befreiung euch widersetzen wollen? Denn nicht allein, dass ihr zu dem Feinde stehet, es müsste auch alle folgenden Städte zurückhaltend und besorgt machen, wenn gleich anfangs eine so ansehnliche und einflussreiche Stadt wie die eurige mich abwiese. Der Glaube an meine Sendung wäre dahin ¹ , man argwohnte nur Böses in der Freiheit, die ich bringe ² , oder sähe in meinem Heere einen zu schwachen und nichtssagenden Schutz gegen Athens drohende Rache. Zwar es war dasselbe Heer, mit dem ich vor Nisäa zog, wo die Athener trotz ihrer Uebermacht keinen Angriff wagten, und ein so zahlreiches Heer wie das nisäische würden sie ohnehin in keinem Fall gegen euch über's Meer schicken. ³

Nella medesima estate essendo i Mitilenei vicini ad effettuare il loro disegno di munire Antandro, Demodoco cd Aristide capitani degli Ateniesi, deputati esattori del trigli Ateniesi tornarono i primi a Nisea, e quindi i Pelofautori dei banditi aprono le porte ai capitani delle città bnto, trovandosi attorno all’Ellesponto ( mentre Lamaco loro terzo collega con dieci navi era entrato nel Ponto ) quando riseppero i preparamenti di quella terra vennero in apprensione che ella potesse diventare quel che a danno diSamo era Anea, ove ridottisi i fuorusciti Samii aiutavano in sul mare i Peloponnesi mandando loro de' piloti , fomentavano turbolenze tra i Samii restati in città, e raccettavano gli usciti. Però messa insieme un’ armata di alleati, navigano ad Antandro ove, superati in battaglia quei che ne erano venuti ad opporsi, riprendono di bel nuovo la terra. Non molto dopo Lamaco che già era entrato nel Ponto approda alle rive del fiume Caleci in su quel d' Eraclea ; ma venuta dell’acqua dalle parti montane e calata un' improvvisa corrente, vi perde le navi. Nondimeno egli traversando colle sue genti il paese dei Traci Bitinii, che sono sulla spiaggia opposta in Asia, giunge per terra a Calcedonia, colonia dei Megaresi, situata in sulla bocca del Ponto.