Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 4.95

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„Athener! Wenige Worte nur, die ich an euch richte, aber
mehr ist auch nicht nötig für tapfere Männer; es ist auch nur
zur Erinnerung, nicht zur Ermutigung. Glaubt nicht, es hätte
keinen Zweck, hier im fremden Lande eine Schlacht zu wagen;
denn wir kämpfen hier für unser Land. Wenn wir siegen,
so haben die Peloponnesier keine böotische Reiterei mehr und
werden unS nie wieder ins Land kommen, und durch diese eine
Schlacht werdet ihr nicht nur dies Land erobern, sondern auch ¹
unser Land von den Drangsalen des Krieges befreien. Also
drauflos und macht der Stadt Ehre, die ihr alle mit Stolz
die erste Stadt Griechenlands nennt, und zeigt euch eurer
Väter wert, die unter Myronidas dies Gesindel bei Oinophyta
früher schon besiegt und sich Böotien unterworfen haben."

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).) — 4.95.1 focus

[1] ‘ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, δι’ ὀλίγου μὲν ἡ παραίνεσις γίγνεται, τὸ ἴσον δὲ πρός γε τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἄνδρας δύναται καὶ ὑπόμνησιν μᾶλλον ἔχει ἢ ἐπικέλευσιν.

[2] παραστῇ δὲ μηδενὶ ὑμῶν ὡς ἐν τῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ οὐ προσῆκον τοσόνδε κίνδυνον ἀναρριπτοῦμεν. ἐν γὰρ τῇ τούτων ὑπὲρ τῆς ἡμετέρας ὁ ἀγὼν ἔσται· καὶ ἢν νικήσωμεν, οὐ μή ποτε ὑμῖν Πελοποννήσιοι ἐς τὴν χώραν ἄνευ τῆς τῶνδε ἵππου ἐσβάλωσιν, ἐν δὲ μιᾷ μάχῃ τήνδε τε προσκτᾶσθε καὶ ἐκείνην μᾶλλον ἐλευθεροῦτε.

[3] χωρήσατε οὖν ἀξίως ἐς αὐτοὺς τῆς τε πόλεως, ἣν ἕκαστος πατρίδα ἔχων πρώτην ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἀγάλλεται, καὶ τῶν πατέρων, οἳ τούσδε μάχῃ κρατοῦντες μετὰ Μυρωνίδου ἐν Οἰνοφύτοις τὴν Βοιωτίαν ποτὲ ἔσχον.’

Translations (9)

The History of the Grecian War Perseus (Thucydides. The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas. translator. London: John Bohn, 1843.) — 4.95.1 focus

[1] Men of Athens, my exhortation shall be short, but with valiant men it hath as much force as a longer, and is for a remembrance rather than a command.

[2] Let no man think, because it is in the territory of another, that we therefore precipitate ourselves into a great danger that did not concern us. For in the territory of these men, you fight for your own. If we get the victory, the Peloponnesians will never invade our territories again, for want of the Boeotian horsemen. So that in one battle you shall both gain this territory and free your own.

[3] Therefore march on against the enemy, every one as becometh the dignity both of his natural city, which he glorieth to be chief of all Greece, and of his ancestors, who having overcome these men at Oenophyta under the conduct of Myronides, were in times past masters of all Boeotia.

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.) — 4.95.1 focus

[1] ‘Athenians, I shall only say a few words to you, but brave men require no more, and they are addressed more to your understanding than to your courage.

[2] None of you must fancy that we are going out of our way to run this risk in the country of another. Fought in their territory the battle will be for ours: if we conquer, the Peloponnesians will never invade your country without the Boeotian horse, and in one battle you will win Boeotia and in a manner free Attica .

[3] Advance to meet them then like citizens of a country in which you all glory as the first in Hellas , and like sons of the fathers who beat them at Oenophyta with Myronides and thus gained possession of Boeotia .’

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 4.95 focus

„Ihr Athener, meine Ermunterung ist nur kurz, vermag
aber bei tapferen Männern gleich viel, und sie ist mehr Erinnerung,
als Anspornung. Keinem von euch möge es bekommen, daß wir hier
aus fremdem Boden uns ohne Noth leichtsinnig einer so großen
Gefahr unterziehen; denn im Lande Dieser werden wir um unser eigenes
kämpsen, und wenn der Sieg nns gehört, so werden die
Peloponnesier nie mehr in unser Land fallen, da ihnen die böotifche Reiterei
fehlt, sondern in Einer Schlacht werdet ihr dieß Land gewinnen und ¹²³⁴
die Freiheit eures eigenen erhöhen. Geht also in den Kampf mit
diesen, wie eS würdig ist der Stadt, welche, als die erste unter den
Hellenen, Jeder von euch sich rühmt zur Vaterstadt zu haben, — und würdig
eurer Väter, welche unter Myronidas diese Männer bei Oenophyta^)
besiegt und Böotien gewonnen haben!"

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 4.95 focus

XCV. « Athéniens, je ne puis vous dire que peu de mots ; mais avec des hommes de coeur l’effet sera le même. C’est moins une exhortation qu’un appel à vos souvenirs. Que personne de vous ne s’imagine qu’il ne convient pas de s’exposer à un pareil péril sur une terre étrangère : même sur leur territoire, c’est pour le nôtre que nous combattrons ; et, si nous triomphons, jamais les Péloponnésiens, privés de la cavalerie béotienne, n’envahiront notre pays. Un seul combat vous suffira pour conquérir la Béotie et affermir l’indépendance de votre patrie. Marchez donc contre eux ; montrez-vous dignes de cette ville, la première de la Grèce, que chacun de vous est fier d’avoir pour patrie ; dignes de vos pères qui jadis, sous Myronidès, ont vaincu ces mêmes ennemis à oenophytes et soumis la Béotie. »

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 4.95 focus

« Athéniens, mon exhortation sera brève ; mais qu’importe à des gens de cœur? Mon but n’est pas de relever votre courage, mais de vous en faire souvenir. Que nul de vous ne s’imagine que nous affrontons le péril sur une terre et pour une cause qui nous sont étrangères. C'est sur leur territoire, mais c’est pour le nôtre que nous allons combattre. Si nous sommes vainqueurs, jamais les Péloponésiens, dépourvus de la cavalerie béotienne, n’oseront envahir l’Àttique. Un seul combat nous rendra maîtres de ce pays et mettra le nôtre à l’abri du danger. Marchez donc avec une bravoure digne de la première des villes grecques, digne de cette patrie dont chacun de vous est si glorieux, digne enfin de vos pères qui jadis, sous la conduite de Myronidès, triomphèrent aux Œnophyies et soumirent la Béotie. »

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.) — 4.95.1 focus

[1] “Men of Athens, my exhortation will not be long, but to brave men it will mean as much, and will be a reminder rather than an appeal.

[2] Let none of you think that because we are on foreign soil it is without cause that we are hazarding this great danger. For though the contest is on Boeotian soil, it will be in defence of our own; and, if we win, the Peloponnesians, deprived of the Boeotian cavalry, will never again invade your territory, and in one battle you not only win this land but make more sure the freedom of your own.

[3] Advance to meet them, therefore, in a spirit worthy both of that state, the foremost in Hellas, which every one of you is proud to claim as his fatherland, and of the fathers who under Myronides vanquished these men at Oenophyta,¹ and became at one time masters of Boeotia.”

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.) — 4.95.1 focus

[1]

Athenians, my advice is given you in a few words, but it is equally availing to brave men, and is intended to remind, rather than exhort you.

[2]

Let the thought then be en tertained by none of you, that we are improperly running this hazard in another people's territory. For though in these men's territory, the struggle will be for the good of our own; and if we conquer, the Peloponnesians will never invade your country, when deprived of the Boeotian horse; but in one battle you will both gain possession of this land, and confirm the liberty of that.

[3]

Advance to meet them, then, in a manner worthy of the state in which each of you boasts that he has the first country in Greece; and of your fathers, who, by defeating these men in battle at Aenophyta, under Myronides, once got possession of Boeotia.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 4.95.1 focus

[1] « Brevis quidem erit, o Athenienses, haec adhortatio, sed apud viros fortes idem valet, et memoriam potius revocat quam proponit imperium.

[2] Nemini autem vestrum in mentem veniat, non recte nos in alieno solo tantum periculum subire. Nam in istorum agro pro nostro certamen est futurum; et si vicerimus, Peloponnesii sine istorum equitatu in vestrum agrum nunquam irrumpent, uno autem proelio et hunc vobis adjungitis, et illum in majorem libertatem vindicatis.

[3] In eos igitur impetum facite e dignitate civitatis, quam unusquisque vestrum patriam habens inter Graecas civitates principem esse gloriatur, et vestrorum majorum, qui duce Myronide istis ad CEnophyta. proelio superatis Boeotiam quondam tenuerunt. »

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 4.95 focus

« Ateniesi, breve é la mia esortazione , ma importa lo stesso per uomini valorosi. Non è dessa eccitamento ma ricordanza di prodezza. A niuno di voi cada in mente che sulle terre altrui noi senza prò ci gettiamo in tanto pericolo, perchè la battaglia nel suolo di questi sarà per salvezza del nostro. E se vinceremo , i Peloponoeà privati della cavalleria beozia non assalteranno più il vostro territorio : talché con una sola battaglia voi conquistate queste terre, e viemaggiormente affrancate le vostre. Marciate adunque contro di essi in modo da fare onore a quella città che ciascuno di voi si gloria di avere per patria, e che è la prima fra i Greci; non meno che ai padri vostri che guidati da Mironida vinsero costoro ad Enofite, ed allora conquistarono la Beozia ».

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