Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 5.74

[1] Thus, or near thus, went the battle, the greatest that had been of a long time between Grecians and Grecians, and of two the most famous cities.

[2] The Lacedaemonians, laying together the arms of their slain enemies, presently erected a trophy and rifled their dead bodies. Their own dead they took up and carried them to Tegea, where they were also buried, and delivered to the enemy theirs under truce.

[3] Of the Argives, and Orneates, and Cleonaeans were slain seven hundred; of the Mantineans, two hundred; and of the Athenians with the Aeginetae, likewise two hundred, and both the captains. The confederates of the Lacedaemonians were never pressed, and therefore their loss was not worth mentioning; and of the Lacedaemonians themselves, it is hard to know the certainty; but it is said there were slain three hundred.

[1] Such was the battle, as nearly as possible as I have described it; the greatest that had occurred for a very long while among the Hellenes, and joined by the most considerable states.

[2] The Lacedaemonians took up a position in front of the enemy's dead, and immediately set up a trophy and stripped the slain; they took up their own dead and carried them back to Tegea , where they buried them, and restored those of the enemy under truce.

[3] The Argives, Orneans, and Cleonaeans had seven hundred killed; the Mantineans two hundred, and the Athenians and Aeginetans also two hundred, with both their generals. On the side of the Lacedaemonians, the allies did not suffer any loss worth speaking of: as to the Lacedaemonians themselves it was difficult to learn the truth; it is said, however, that there were slain about three hundred of them.

So, oder doch nahezu wie hier erzählt ist, verlief die
Schlacht, und sie war die bedeutendste, welche seit langer Zeit
zwischen Hellenen vorfiel, und zwar zwischen den mächtigsten Staaten.
Die Lakedämonier aber häuften die Waffen der feindlichen Todten
zusammen, errichteten sogleich ein Siegeszeichen und zogen die
Leichname aus. Die ihrigen hoben sie auf und brachten sie nach Tegea,
wo sie auch begraben wurden; die der Feinde lieferten sie unter einem
Waffenstillstand aus.. Gefallen waren von den Argivern, Orneaten
und Kleonäern sieben Hundert, von den Mantineern zwei Hundert
und von den Athenern und Aegineten zwei Hundert, worunter auch
die beiden Anführer. Die Bundesgenossen der Lakedämonier waren
nicht so in's Gedränge gekommen, daß sie einen nennenSwerthen
Abgang erlitten hätten, und in Betreff ihrer selbst war eS schwer die
Wahrheit zu erfahren, doch wurde behauptet, daß ihrer gegen drei
Hundert gefallen seien.,

LXXIV. Tel fut, sans insister sur quelques détails analogues, l’ensemble de ce combat le plus important qui eût été livré depuis bien des années entre les Grecs, et auquel concoururent les États les plus considérables. Les Lacédémoniens exposèrent les armes des ennemis morts, élevèrent aussitôt un trophée et dépouillèrent les cadavres ¹ . Ils recueillirent leurs morts, pour les transporter à Tégée, où ils les enter- ² rèrent, et rendirent par convention ceux des ennemis. Il périt sept cents Argiens, Ornéates et Cléoniens, deux cents Mantinéens, deux cents Athéniens ou Éginètes, et les deux généraux d’Athènes ³ . Les alliés des Lacédémoniens ne firent pas de pertes qui méritent d’être mentionnées; quant aux Lacédémoniens eux-mêmes, il n’est pas facile de savoir la vérité; cependant on portait la perte de leur côté à trois cents hommes.

Telles furent, à peu de chose près, les particularités de cette bataille, la plus sanglante que les Grecs se fussent livrés depuis longtemps, et à laquelle concoururent les villes les plus importantes. Les Lacédémoniens, après s’étre rangés en avant des ennemis tués ¹ , érigèrent sur-le-champ uu trophée et dépouillèrent les cadavres. Ils relevèrent leurs propres morts, les rapportèrent à Tégée pour leur donner la sépulture, etrendirent par composition ceux de l’ennemi. Il périt en cette journée sept cents Argiens, Ornéates ou Cléonéens, deux cents Mantinéens, deux cents Athéniens ou Éginètes ² avec lents deux généraux. Les alliés de Lacédémone ne souffrirent pas d'une manière sensible. Quant aux Lacédémoniens eux-mêmes, il n’était pas facile de savoir la vérité ; cependant on évaluait leur perte à trois cents hommes environ.

[1] Such, then, was the battle—or as like as possible to this description—being the greatest that had occurred within a very long time between Hellenic forces, and fought by the most famous states.

[2] The Lacedaemonians, halting in front of their enemies' dead, straightway set up a trophy and stripped the slain, then took up their own dead and withdrew to Tegea, where they buried them, giving up under truce those of the enemy.

[3] There were slain, of the Argives, Orneates and Cleonaeans seven hundred, of the Mantineans two hundred, of the Athenians, together with the Aeginetans, ¹ two hundred, and both their generals. On the side of the Lacedaemonians, the allies did not suffer so that any number worth mentioning was missing; about themselves it was difficult to learn the truth, but near three hundred were said to have been killed.

[1] Of such a character then, and answering as nearly as possible to this description, was the battle—the greatest that had occurred for a very long time amongst the Greeks, and fought by the most considerable states.

[2] The Lacedaemonians, after piling their arms in front of the enemy's dead, immediately erected a trophy, and stripped the slain; and taking up their own dead carried them back to Tegea, where they were buried, while they restored the enemy's under truce.

[3] There were killed, of the Argives, Orneans, and Cleonaeans, seven hundred; of the Mantineans, two hundred; and the same number of the Athenians including the Aeginetans, with their generals. On the side of the Lacedaemonians, the allies did not suffer to such an extent that any number worth mentioning were killed; and of themselves it was difficult to learn the truth, but about three hundred were said to have fallen.

[1] Ac praelium quidem istud hujusmodi fuit, et quam proxime ad haec accedens, et maximum omnium, quae inter Graecos jam a longissimo tempore gesta sunt, et in quo maximi nominis civitates inter se concurrerunt.

[2] Lacedaemonii vero, caesorum hostium armis in conspicuo loco positis tropaeum statim erigebant ipsaque cadavera spoliabant, suorumque sustulerunt et ad Tegeam absportarunt, ubi sepulta sunt, hosliumque cadavera fide publica interposita reddiderunt.

[3] Occubuerunt autem ex Argivis quidem et Orneatis et Cleonaeis septingenti, ex Mantineis Tero ducenti, totidem etiam ex Atheniensibus cum ^Eginetis, et uterque dux. Lacedaemoniorum vero socii ab hoste non adeo pressi erant, ut eorum numerus aliquis memoratu dignus desideraretur; ex ipsis vero difficile quidem erat verum cognoscere, dicebantur tamen ad trecentos obiisse. .

Tale a un di presso fu questa battaglia, la più grande fra le greche da moltissimo tempo in qua, e combattuta da città ragguardevolissime. E i Lacedemoni con pomposa mostra delle armi dei nemici uccisi ersero subitamente il trofeo, spogliarono i morti, e ritolsero i loro, che trasportarono a Tegea ove furono sepolti ; e con salvocondotto resero quei de’nemici. Morirono tra degli Argivi, degli Orneati e de’ Cleonesi settecento ; de’ Mantineesi dugento, e dugento pure tra Ateniesi ed Egineti co’ due capitani. Quanto ai Lacedemoni, gli alleati non soffrirono tanto che valga la pena d’esser narrato : e di loro propio era difficile sapere il vero ; ma si diceva esservene morti circa trecento.