Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 5.75

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Kurz vor der Schlacht war auch Pleistoanax, der andere
König, mit der ältesten Mannschaft nach Mantinea aufgebrochen
und bis Tegea gelangt. Auf die Nachricht von dem erfochtenen
Siege war er jedoch wieder umgekehrt. Auch ihren von Korinth
und von jenseits des Isthmus kommenden Verbündeten ließen
die Lakedämonier sagen, sie könnten wieder umkehren. Sie ,
selbst gingen ebenfalls nach Hause zurück, entließen ihre Bundes
genossen nnd feierten das grade in diese Zeit fallende Fest der
Karneien. Hatte man ihnen bis dahin in Griechenland wegen
der Niederlage auf der Insel Feigheit vorgeworfen und sie
wegen ihrer Mißgriffe und Schwerfälligkeit verhöhnt, so war
dem durch diese Schlacht mit einmal ein Ende gemacht; nur
ein unglücklicher Zufall, meinte man jetzt, habe sie in den Ver
dacht der Feigheit gebracht, und an Tapferkeit seien sie immer
noch die Alten.

Am Tage vor der Schlacht waren die Epidaurier mit ihrem
ganzen Heere in das damals ja von Truppen entblößte Ar
geiische eingefallen und hatten die von den Argeiern während
des Feldzugs dort zurückgelassene Besatzung gutenteils nieder
gemacht. Als aber nach der Schlacht dreitausend Hopliten
aus Elis und noch weitere tausend Athener zu den Mantineern
gestoßen waren, rückten die Verbündeten, während die Lake
dämonier ihre Karneien feierten, gleich mit dem ganzen Heere
vor Epidauros und begannen die Stadt mit einer Mauer ein
zuschließen, wobei sie die Arbeit an den einzelnen Abschnitten
unter sich verteilten. Freilich stellten die übrigen die Arbeit
bald ein, die Athener aber wurden auf ihrem Abschnitt oben
beim Heratempel schnell damit fertig. In der hier erbauten
Schanze ließen sie eine gemeinshcaftliche Besatzung zurück und
zogen dann alle wieder ab, jeder in seine Stadt. Damit
endete der Sommer.

History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Theodor Braun (Translator). Leipzig. 1917.

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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).) — 5.75.1 focus

[1] τῆς δὲ μάχης μελλούσης ἔσεσθαι καὶ Πλειστοάναξ ὁ ἕτερος βασιλεὺς ἔχων τούς τε πρεσβυτέρους καὶ νεωτέρους ἐβοήθησε, καὶ μέχρι μὲν Τεγέας ἀφίκετο, πυθόμενος δὲ τὴν νίκην ἀπεχώρησεν.

[2] καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ Κορίνθου καὶ ἔξω Ἰσθμοῦ ξυμμάχους ἀπέστρεψαν πέμψαντες οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀναχωρήσαντες καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἀφέντες (Κάρνεια γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἐτύγχανον ὄντα) τὴν ἑορτὴν ἦγον.

[3] καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τότε ἐπιφερομένην αἰτίαν ἔς τε μαλακίαν διὰ τὴν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ξυμφορὰν καὶ ἐς τὴν ἄλλην ἀβουλίαν τε καὶ βραδυτῆτα ἑνὶ ἔργῳ τούτῳ ἀπελύσαντο, τύχῃ μέν, ὡς ἐδόκουν, κακιζόμενοι, γνώμῃ δὲ οἱ αὐτοὶ ἔτι ὄντες.

[4] τῇ δὲ προτέρᾳ ἡμέρᾳ ξυνέβη τῆς μάχης ταύτης καὶ τοὺς Ἐπιδαυρίους πανδημεὶ ἐσβαλεῖν ἐς τὴν Ἀργείαν ὡς ἐρῆμον οὖσαν καὶ τοὺς ὑπολοίπους φύλακας τῶν Ἀργείων ἐξελθόντων αὐτῶν διαφθεῖραι πολλούς.

[5] καὶ Ἠλείων τρισχιλίων ὁπλιτῶν βοηθησάντων Μαντινεῦσιν ὕστερον τῆς μάχης καὶ Ἀθηναίων χιλίων πρὸς τοῖς προτέροις ἐστράτευσαν ἅπαντες οἱ ξύμμαχοι οὗτοι εὐθὺς ἐπὶ Ἐπίδαυρον, ἕως οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι Κάρνεια ἦγον, καὶ διελόμενοι τὴν πόλιν περιετείχιζον.

[6] καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι ἐξεπαύσαντο, Ἀθηναῖοι δέ, ὥσπερ προσετάχθησαν, τὴν ἄκραν τὸ Ἡραῖον εὐθὺς ἐξειργάσαντο. καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ξυγκαταλιπόντες ἅπαντες τῷ τειχίσματι φρουρὰν ἀνεχώρησαν κατὰ πόλεις ἕκαστοι. καὶ τὸ θέρος ἐτελεύτα.

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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.) — 5.75.1 focus

[1] When it was certain they would fight, Pleistoanax, the other king of the Lacedaemonians, and with him both old and young, came out of the city to have aided the army, and came forth as far as Tegea, but being advertised of the victory, they returned.

[2] And the Lacedaemonians sent out to turn back also those confederates of theirs which were coming to them from Corinth and from without the isthmus. And then they also went home themselves, and having dismissed their confederates (for now were the Carneian holidays), celebrated that feast.

[3] Thus in this one battle they wiped off their disgrace with the Grecians; for they had been taxed both with cowardice for the blow they received in the island and with imprudence and slackness on other occasions. But after this, their miscarriage was imputed to fortune, and for their minds they were esteemed to have been ever the same they had been.

[4] The day before this battle it chanced also that the Epidaurians with their whole power invaded the territory of Argos, as being emptied much of men, and whilst the Argives were abroad, killed many of those that were left behind to defend it.

[5] Also three thousand men of Elis and a thousand Athenians, besides those which had been sent before, being come after the battle to aid the Mantineans, marched presently all to Epidaurus and lay before it all the while the Lacedaemonians were celebrating the Carneian holidays; and assigning to every one his part, began to take in the city with a wall.

[6] But the rest gave over; only the Athenians quickly finished a fortification (which was their task), wherein stood the temple of Juno. In it amongst them all they left a garrison, and went home every one to his own city. And so this summer ended.

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.) — 5.75.1 focus

[1] While the battle was impending, Pleistoanax, the other king, set out with a reinforcement composed of the oldest and youngest men, and got as far as Tegea , where he heard of the victory and went back again.

[2] The Lacedaemonians also sent and turned back the allies from Corinth and from beyond the Isthmus, and returning themselves dismissed their allies, and kept the Carnean holidays, which happened to be at that time.

[3] The imputations cast upon them by the Hellenes at the time, whether of cowardice on account of the disaster in the island, or of mismanagement and slowness generally, were all wiped out by this single action: fortune, it was thought, might have humbled them, but the men themselves were the same as ever.

[4] The day before this battle, the Epidaurians with all their forces invaded the deserted Argive territory, and cut off many of the guards left there in the absence of the Argive army.

[5] After the battle three thousand Elean heavy infantry arriving to aid the Mantineans, and a reinforcement of one thousand Athenians, all these allies marched at once against Epidaurus while the Lacedaemonians were keeping the Carnea, and dividing the work among them began to build a wall round the city.

[6] The rest left off; but the Athenians finished at once the part assigned to them round Cape Heraeum; and having all joined in leaving a garrison in the fortification in question, they returned to their respective cities.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 5.75 focus

Als die Schlacht noch bevorstand, zog auch Pleistoanax,
der andere König, mit der älteren und jüngeren Mannschaft zu Hülfe,
und er war bereits bis nach Tegea gekommen, als er den Sieg erfuhr
und wieder zurückmarfchirte. Auch den Bundesgenossen von Korinth
und von jenseits der Landenge ließen die Lakedämonier absagen, und
auch sie selbst, nachdem sie die Verbündeten entlassen hatten, zogen
nach Hause um das Fest der Karneen zu feiern, welches gerade
eingetreten war...Den Vorwurf, den ihnen die Hellenen machten, daß
sie seit dem Unglück auf der Insel feig, in allen Dingen rathlos und
schwerfällig geworden seien, hatten sie so mit einem Male von sich
gewälzt, und man hielt jetzt dafür, daß sie damals eben nur einen
Unglückstag gehabt hätten, der wirklichen Gesinnung nach aber immer
noch dieselben seien.

ES ereignete sich auch, daß am Tage vor dieser Schlacht die
Evidaurier mit gesammter Macht in das von Vertheidigern entblößte
Gebiet von Argos einfielen und viele Leute von den Besatzungen
niedermachten, welche.die ausrückenden Argiver zurückgelassen hatten. ¹
Als danach von,den Eleern drei Tausend Schwerbewaffnete nach, der
Schlacht den Mantineern zu Hülfe kamen, und auch von den Athenern
zu den früheren noch andere Tausend, so'zogen alle diese
Bundesgenossen sogleich gegen Epidauros zu.Felde, so lange noch die
Lakedämonier die Karneen ..feierten, und fingen an die Stadt mit
Verschanzungen einzuschließen, indem sie die Arbeit unter sich vertheilten.
Die Andern nun .wurden der Arbeit bald müde, die Athener aber
vollendeten rasch, wie, ihre Aufgabe gewesen war, die Befestigung der
Anhöhe, welche das, Heraheiligthum bildet. Und in dessen
Verschanzung ließen Alle eine gemeinsame Besatzung zurück und zogen dann
wieder ab, Jeder in seine Heimat. Damit ging der Sommer zu Ende.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 5.75 focus

LXXV. Au moment où il fut question de livrer bataille, le second roi de Lacédémone, Plistoanax, prit avec lui les vieillards et les jeunes gens pour rejoindre l’armée¹; mais, arrivé à Tégée, il apprit la victoire et s’en retourna. Les Lacédémoniens envoyèrent contremandcr les Corinthiens et les alliés de l’autre côté de l’isthme; comme on était alors au mois carnéen, ils se retirèrent eux-mêmes, congédièrent leurs alliés et célébrèrent les fêtes². Par ce seul fait d’armes, ils se lavèrent en même temps et de l’accusation de lâcheté que leur adressaient les Grecs pour leur désastre de Sphactérie, et des reproches d’indécision et de lenteur. On vit que la fortune avait pu les trahir, mais qu’ils étaient restés les mêmes par le coeur.

La veille de cet engagement, les Épidauriens avaient envahi en masse le territoire d’Argos, qu’ils savaient abandonné, et avaient tué un grand nombre des soldats laissés à la garde du pays, pendant que le reste de l’armée, était au dehors; mais les Mantinéens ayant été renforcés, après le combat, par trois mille hoplites ³⁴⁵ d’Élée et par un second corps de mille Athéniens, toutes ces troupes confédérées se portèrent aussitôt contre Épidaure, pendant que les Lacédémoniens célébraient les fêtes Carnéennes. Ils résolurent d’élever une enceinte de circonvallation et. se partagèrent les travaux; mais tous se fatiguèrent bientôt, à l’exception des Athéniens qui persévérèrent à remplir leur tâche et fortifièrent l’éminence où est le temple de Junon. On y mit une garnison fournie par tous les alliés, et chacun se relira de son côté. L’été finit.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 5.75 focus

Peu avant la bataille, Plistoanax, second roi de Lacédémone, partit de cette ville avec un renfort composé des plus jeunes et des plus vieux citoyens; mais, parvenu à Tégée, il apprit la victoire d’Agis et rebroussa chemin. Les Lacédémoniens firent contremander les Corinthiens et les alliés d’en dehors de l’Isthme. Comme on était dans le mois Caméen, eux-mêmes se retirèrent, après avoir licencié leurs alliés, et allèrent célébrer les fêtes. Par ce seul fait d’armes, ils rachetèrent aux yeux des Grecs leur désastre de Sphactérie et se lavèrent du reproche d’irrésolution et de lenteur. On reconnut que la fortune avait bien pu les trahir, mais que par le courage ils étaient toujours les mêmes.

La veille de cette action, les Épidauriens en masse avaient envahi l’Argolide qu’ils croyaient sans défense, et avaient massacré une bonne partie des hommes laissés par les Argiens à la garde du pays. Mais les Mantinéens ayant été renforcés après la bataille par trois mille hoplites d'Élis et par une nouvelle troupe de mille Athéniens, ces forces réunies se portèrent incontinent contre Ëpidaure, pendant que les Lacédémoniens célébraient les fêtes Carnéennes. Ils se mirent à investir la ville en se partageant les travaux; mais ils ne tardèrent pas à y renoncer. Les Athéniens seuls achevèrent leur tâche, et fortifièrent la pointe où se trouve le temple de Junon¹. Cet ouvrage terminé, on y plaça une garnison de toutes les troupes alliées, et chacun regagna ses foyers. Sur quoi Pété finit.

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.) — 5.75.1 focus

[1] As the battle was about to take place, Pleistoanax, the other king, set out with the older and younger men¹ to bring succour, and got as far as Tegea; but learning there of the victory he returned.

[2] The allies, too, from Corinth and from outside the Isthmus² were turned back by messengers sent by the Lacedaemonians, who then likewise withdrew and, dismissing their allies, celebrated the festival of the Carneia; for it happened³ to fall

[3] at that time. And the charge brought against them at that time by the Hellenes, both of cowardice because of the calamity on the island of Sphacteria, and of general bad judgment and dilatoriness, they had wiped out by

[4] this one action; they were thought to have incurred disgrace through ill-luck, but to be still the same in spirit.
The day before this battle it happened also that the Epidaurians in full force invaded the territory of Argos, thinking to find it now undefended, and slew many of those who had been left behind as guards when the main body of the Argives had

[5] taken the field. And now, since three thousand Elean hoplites had come to the aid of the Mantineans after the battle, and also one thousand Athenians in addition to their former contingent, all these allies marched at once against Epidaurus, while the Lacedaemonians were celebrating the Carneia, and proceeded to build a wall round the city, dividing

[6] up the work. The rest indeed left off, but the Athenians soon finished the fortification of the promontory on which stood the Heraeum, which was the part that had been assigned to them. In this part of the fortification they left a garrison, to which all contributed, and then withdrew to their several cities. And so the summer ended.

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.) — 5.75.1 focus

[1] Now when the engagement was about to take place, Pleistoanax also, the other king, set out to their aid with those who were above and below the usual age for service, and reached as far as Tegea, but went back again on hearing of the victory.

[2] The Lacedaemonians sent, too, and turned back the allies from Corinth and from beyond the Isthmus; and having themselves returned and dismissed their allies, they kept the festival; (for it happened to be the time of their Carnea).

[3] And the imputations which at that time were urged against them by the Greeks, both on the score of cowardice in consequence of their disaster in the island, and of their bad management and dilatoriness in other respects, they wiped out by this one action; having been, as was now thought, reduced by fortune, but still the same men at heart.

[4]

Now the day before this battle it also happened that the Epidaurians with all their forces invaded the Argive territory, and cut off in great numbers, when they came out to give them battle, those of the Argives who were left behind to keep

[5] guard. Moreover, when three thousand of the Elean heavy-armed had come after the battle to the succour of the Mantineans, and a thousand Athenians in addition to their former force, all these allies at once marched against Epidaurus, while the Lacedaemonians were keeping the Carnea; and dividing the work between them, they began a wall of circumvallation round the

[6] city. And though the rest abandoned the work, the Athenians finished it round the promontory called the Heraeum, the part which had been assigned to them. And having all joined in leaving a garrison in this fortress, they returned to their several cities. And so the summer ended.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 5.75.1 focus

[1] Ceterum quum proelium jam instaret, Plistoanax etiam regum alter cum senioribus ac junioribus subsidio suis ivit, et ad Tegeam quidem usque profectus est; sed quum victoriam audisset, rediit.

[2] Item Lacedaemonii auxilia et e Corintho et ab sociis, qui extra Isthmum erant, venientia per nuntios remiserunt, ipsique reversi, sociis dimissis, quum Carneorum tempus apud ipsos tunc erat, dies festos agebant.

[3] Atque hoc uno praelio deleverunt infamiae notam sibi a Graecis tunc inustam, quum ignaviae nomine, propter cladem in insula Sphacteria acceptam, tnm etiam prqpter consilii inopiam et tarditalem aliis in rebus demonstratam, quum fortunae quidem iniquitate, ut videbantur, male rem gererent, animo vero Udem aahuc essent.

[4] Pridie autem, quam hoc praelium committeretur, accidit, ut et Epidaurii cum universis copiis in agrum Argivum, quasi praesidio nudatum, irruptionem facerent, et illorum, qui ad. agri custodiam.relicti erant, ceteris Argivis ad bellum profectis, mul tos occiderent.

[5] Et quum Eleorum tria millia gravis armaturae et Atheniensium mille praeter priores j post proelium commissum Mantineis subsidio venissent, hi socii universi conresiim adversus Epidaurum contenderunt, dum Lacedaemonii Carnea celebrabant, et urbem circumvallabant opus |nter se partiti.

[6] Ac ceteri quidem opus facere cessarunt, Athenienses vero, ut jussi erant, arcem, in qua Junonis templum erat, absolverunt. Atque in hac arce praesidio, quod ex omnium copiis collectum erat, relicto, in suam quique urbem abierunt. Atque haec aestas finiebatur.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 5.75 focus

Prima che seguisse questa battaglia Plistoanattc l’altro re di Sparta si era mosso in soccorso de’ suoi, coi più vecchi e co giovanetti ; ed era giunto fino a Tegea ove intesa la vittoria tornò indietro. I Lacedemoni per messaggi rimandarono i Corintii e gli alleati di fuori dell’istmo, ed essi stessi tornati a casa accomiatarono i confederati, e celebrarono le feste carnee che tra loro ricorrevano. E con questo solo fatto purgarono la taccia sì di viltà onde allora gl’imputavano i Greci per le sciagure della Sfatteria, sì di sconsigliatezza e tardità nel resto ; eglino che avviliti, come pareva, dalla fortuna erano per quanto all’ animo sempre gli stessi. Il giorno precedente a questa battaglia gli E pi da uni con tutte le forze loro aveano assaltato il territorio argivo che sapevano trovarsi abbandonato, essendo gli Argivi usciti per la guerra ; e uccisero molta della gente lasciatavi a guardarlo. E dopo la battaglia venuti in aiuto ai Mantineesi tremila Elei di grave armatura, e ahri mille Ateniesi oltre quei di prima, tutti questi confederati andarono ad oste contro Epidauro (duranti ancora presso i Lacedemoni le feste carnee), e presero a cingerlo di mura scompartendosi il lavoro. Gli altri cessarono da quell’opera ; ma gli Ateniesi, come era loro toccato, condussero prontamente a Gne la rocca del tempio di Giunone, ove tutti concorsero a lasciare presidio ; e quindi tornò ciascuno alla sua città ; e finiva l’estate.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 5.75

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