Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.105

[1] About the same time of this summer, the Lacedaemonians invaded the territory of Argos, they and their confederates, and wasted a great part of their land. And the Athenians aided the Argives with thirty galleys; which most apparently broke the peace between them and the Lacedaemonians.

[2] For before, they went out from Pylus with the Argives and Mantineans but in the nature of freebooters, and that also not into Laconia, but other parts of Peloponnesus. Nay, when the Argives have often entreated them but only to land with their arms in Laconia, and having wasted never so little of their territory to return, they would not. But now, under the conduct of Pythodorus, Laespodius, and Demaratus, they landed in the territory of Epidaurus Limera and in Prasiae, and there and in other places wasted the country, and gave unto the Lacedaemonians a most justifiable cause to fight against the Athenians.

[3] After this, the Athenians being departed from Argos with their galleys, and the Lacedaemonians gone likewise home, the Argives invaded Phliasia, and when they had wasted part of their territory, and killed some of their men, returned.

[1] About the same time in this summer, the Lacedaemonians invaded Argos with their allies, and laid waste most of the country. The Athenians went with thirty ships to the relief of the Argives, thus breaking their treaty with the Lacedaemonians in the most overt manner.

[2] Up to this time incursions from Pylos , descents on the coasts of the rest of Peloponnese , instead of on the Laconian, had been the extent of their cooperation with the Argives and Mantineans; and although the Argives had often begged them to land, if only for a moment, with their heavy infantry in Laconia , lay waste ever so little of it with them, and depart, they had always refused to do so. Now, however, under the command of Pythodorus, Laespodius, and Demaratus, they landed at Epidaurus , Limera, Prasiae, and other places, and plundered the country; and thus furnished the Lacedaemonians with a better pretext for hostilities against Athens .

[3] After the Athenians had retired from Argos with their fleet, and the Lacedaemonians also, the Argives made an incursion into the Phliasid, and returned home after ravaging their land and killing some of the inhabitants.

Um dieselbe Zeit in diesem Sommer machten auch die
Lakedämonier einen Einfall in Argolis, sie selbst sammt ihren
Bundesgenossen, und verwüsteten den größten Theil des Gebietes. Die
Athener aber kamen den Argivern mit dreißig Schiffen zu Hülfe,
wodurch sie ihren Friedensvertrag mit den Lakedämoniern auf's
Unzweideutigste brachen. Vorher nämlich hatten sie zwar von Pylos
aus Raubzüge unternommen und auch sonst die Argiver und
Mantimer mit den Waffen unterstützt, allein sie waren dabei mehr auf
den andern veloponnesischen Küsten gelandet, und nicht in Lakonien,
und obgleich die Argiver sie oft aufgefordert hatten, mit ihnen
bewaffnet auf Lakonischem Gebiet zu landen und auch nur einen noch
so kleinen Theil desselben zu verwüsten und dann wieder abzuziehen,
so hatten sie nicht gewollt. Jetzt aber machten sie unter Führung
des Pythodoros und Laispodios und Demaratos eine Landung beim
Limerischen EpidauroS und Prasia und verwüsteten diese und andere
Gegenden und gaben also damit den Lakedämoniern jetzt einen noch
begründeteren Vorwand an die Hand, sich gegen sie vertheidigen zu
müssen. Als die Athener von Argos auf ihren Schiffen wieder
zurückgekehrt waren, und ebenso auch die Lakedämonier, so sielen die
Argiver in Phliasia ein, verwüsteten das Land, tödteten einige
Mannschaft und kehrten dann wieder nach Hause zurück.

CV. A la même époque de cet été, les Lacédémoniens envahirent l’Argolide avec leurs alliés et ravagèrent une grande partie du territoire. Les Athéniens vinrent au secours des Argiens avec trente vaisseaux : c’était une infraction patente à la trêve entre Lacédémone et Athènes. Jusque-là ils avaient bien fait, de Pylos quelques courses pour piller; ils avaient pris part à la guerre des Argiens et des Mantinéens; mais quand ils opéraient des descentes c’était plutôt sur tout autre point du Péloponnèse qu’en Laconie. Invités même à plusieurs reprises par les Argiens à se montrer seulement en armes dans la Laconie, pour se retirer après avoir exercé avec eux quelques ravages insignifiants, ils s’y étaient refusés. Mais en cette circonstance, sous le commandement de Pythodoros, de Lespodias et de Démarate, ils prirent terre à ÉpidaureLiméra, à Proscis et sur une foule d’autres points, ravagèrent le pays, et fournirent par là aux Lacédémoniens un prétexte plus plausible de représailles. Après le départ des vaisseaux athéniens et l’évacuation du pays par les Lacédémoniens, les Argiens envahirent la Phliasie, ravagèrent une partie du territoire, tuèrent quelques habitants et rentrèrent chez eux.

Vers la même époque, les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés firent une invasion dans ΓArgolide, dont ils ravagèrent la plus grande partie. Les Athéniens vinrent au secours des Argiens avec trente vaisseaux. Ce fut la violation la plus flagrante du traité de paix avec Lacédémone. Jusque-là tout s’était borné à des incursions dont Pylos était le point de départ. Si l’alliance avec Argos et Mantinée avait conduit les Athéniens à opérer quelques descentes, c’était moins en Laconie que dans le reste du Péloponèse. Bien qu’à plusieurs reprises les Argiens les eussent pressés de faire une simple apparition en armes sur un seul point de la Laconie, pour repartir aussitôt après y avoir commis avec eux quelques dévastations, ils s’y étaient constamment refusés. Cette fois, sous le commandement de Py-thodoros, de Lespodias et de Démaratos, ils débarquèrent à Ëpidaure-Liméra, à Prasies et sur d’autres points du littoral, où ils exercèrent des ravages. Par là ils fournirent aux Lacédémoniens un excellent prétexte de représailles. Après la retraite des vaisseaux athéniens et l’évacuation de l’Argolide par les Lacédémoniens, les Argiens envahirent le territoire de Phlionte, dévastèrent la campagne et tuèrent quelques habitants: après quoi ils regagnèrent leurs foyers.

[1] About the same time in this summer, the Lacedaemonians and their allies invaded Argos and ravaged most of the country. And the Athenians brought succour to the Argives with thirty ships, an act which violated their treaty with the Lacedaemonians in the most overt manner.

[2] For before this they waged the war, in cooperation with the Argives and Mantineans, by predatory excursions from Pylos and by making landings round the rest of the Peloponnesus rather than in Laconia; and although the Argives frequently urged them only to make a landing with arms on Laconian territory, devastate in concert with them even the least part, and then go away, they refused. But at this time, under the command of Pythodorus, Laespodias, and Demaratus, they landed at Epidaurus Limera, Prasiae, and other places, and laid waste some of their territory, and so gave the Lacedaemonians from now on a more plausible excuse for defending themselves against the Athenians.

[3] After the Athenians had withdrawn from Argos with their ships, and the Lacedaemonians also had retired, the Argives made an incursion into Phliasia, ravaging part of their land and killing some of the inhabitants, and then returned home.

[1] About the same period of this summer, the Lacedaemonians invaded Argos, themselves and their allies, and ravaged the greater part of the country. The Athenians went to the assistance of the Argives with thirty ships; and it was these that broke their treaty with the Lacedaemonians in a most decisive manner.

[2] For before this they only joined in hostilities with the Argives and Mantineans by plundering excursions from Pylus, and by landing on the other coasts around the Peloponnese, rather than on the Laconian; and though the Argives often desired them only to touch at Laconia with their heavy-armed, and to withdraw after devastating it with them ever so little, they would not do it. But at that time, having landed under the command of Pythodorus, Laespodias, and Demaratus, at Epidaurus Limera, Prasiae, and other places, they ravaged part of the territory, and so rendered the excuse of the Lacedaemonians more plausible now for defending themselves against the Athenians.

[3] After the Athenians had with their fleet withdrawn from Argos, and the Lacedaemonians also, the Argives having made an irruption into the Phiasian territory, ravaged part of their land, killed some of their men, and returned home.

[1] Per eadem hujus aestatis tempora etiam Lacedaemonii quum ipsi tum socii irruptionem in agrum Argivum fiderunt, ejusque magnam partem vastarunt, et Allienienses Argivis cum triginta navibus auxilio venerunt; quae naves foedera ipsis cum Lacedaemoniis intercedentia manifestissime ruperunt.

[2] Prius enim latrociniorum causa e Pylo et in ceteram Peloponnesum potius, quam in Laconicam exscendentes cum Argivis et Mantineis communiter bellum gerebant, et saepe quum Argivi eos rogassent, ut armata manu vel appellerent solum ad Laconicam, et minima illius parte secum vastata discederent, non volebant; tunc vero Pythodoro et Laespodio et Demarato ducibus cxscensu ex navibus facto in Epidauri Limerae et Prasiarum agrnm et in alia quaedam loca, eorum agrum vastarunt, et effecerunt, ut Lacedaemonii jam multo honestiorem adversus Athenienses causam belli gerendi haberent.

[3] Quum autem et Athenienses cx agro Argivo cum classe domum revertisseot, et Lacedaemonii, Argivi irruptione in agrum Phliasium fecla ejus pariem vastaruut et nonnullos interfecerunt, domumque redierunt.

Ne’medesimi tempi di questa estate i Lacedemoni con gli alleati invasero il territorio d’Argo , e ne guastarono buona parte. Gli Ateniesi soccorsero gli Argivi con trenta navi, le quali manifesti^simamente ruppero la tregua che avevano co’ Lacedemoni. Conciossiacliò per l’innanzi invece di sbarcare nella Laconia e farvi la guerra insieme cogli Argivi e co' Mantineesi, si ristringevano ad uscir di Pilo ed infestare coi ladronecci le costiere del Peloponneso. E sebbene gli Argivi li avessero spesse volte confortati almeno ad approdare armati nella Laconia, a patto anche di partirne dopo avervi dato il guasto insiein con loro a mcnomissima parte, aveano sempre ricusato di farlo. Ma allora con gli sbarchi falli in Epidauro, Limera e in Prasia, sotto il comando di Pitoro, di Lespodio e di

Demarato, e negli altri luoghi ove devastarono il territorio, operarono si che i Lacedemoni avessero più onesto motivo di difendersi contro gli Ateniesi. Partiti i quali da Argo colla flotta, e dopo loro i Lacedemoni, gli Argivi entrarono in su quel di Fliasia, diedero il guasto a porzione di quelle terre, uccisero alcuni abitanti, e ritornarono a casa.