Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 6.3

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Die ersten griechischen Einwanderer kamen zu Schiff unter
Thukles' Führung aus Chalkis auf Euboia, gründeten Naxos
und errichteten dem Apollon Archegetes den jetzt außerhalb
der Stadt befindlichen Altar, auf dem die Theoren vor ihrer
Abfahrt aus Sizilien immer erst opfern. Ein Jahr nahcher
gründete Archias, ein Heraklide aus Korinth, SyrakuS, nach
dem er zuerst die Sikeler von der Insel vertrieben hatte, auf
der die jetzt nicht mehr ganz von der See umflossene innere
Stadt liegt. In späterer Zeit wurde auch die äußere Stadt
in die Mauer einbezogen und Syrakus ein sehr volkreicher
Ort. Von Naxos aus gründeten die Chalkidier unter Thukles
fünf Jahr nach der Besiedelung von Syrakus Leontinoi, nach
dem sie die Sikeler mit Waffengewalt vertrieben hatten, und
darnach auch Katana. Die Kataner selbst aber erklärten
Cuarchos für den Gründer ihrer Kolonie.

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).) — 6.3.1 focus

[1] Ἑλλήνων δὲ πρῶτοι Χαλκιδῆς ἐξ Εὐβοίας πλεύσαντες μετὰ Θουκλέους οἰκιστοῦ Νάξον ᾤκισαν, καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος Ἀρχηγέτου βωμὸν ὅστις νῦν ἔξω τῆς πόλεώς ἐστιν ἱδρύσαντο, ἐφ’ ᾧ, ὅταν ἐκ Σικελίας θεωροὶ πλέωσι, πρῶτον θύουσιν.

[2] Συρακούσας δὲ τοῦ ἐχομένου ἔτους Ἀρχίας τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν ἐκ Κορίνθου ᾤκισε, Σικελοὺς ἐξελάσας πρῶτον ἐκ τῆς νήσου ἐν ᾗ νῦν οὐκέτι περικλυζομένῃ ἡ πόλις ἡ ἐντός ἐστιν· ὕστερον δὲ χρόνῳ καὶ ἡ ἔξω προστειχισθεῖσα πολυάνθρωπος ἐγένετο.

[3] Θουκλῆς δὲ καὶ οἱ Χαλκιδῆς ἐκ Νάξου ὁρμηθέντες ἔτει πέμπτῳ μετὰ Συρακούσας οἰκισθείσας Λεοντίνους τε πολέμῳ τοὺς Σικελοὺς ἐξελάσαντες οἰκίζουσι, καὶ μετ’ αὐτοὺς Κατάνην· οἰκιστὴν δὲ αὐτοὶ Καταναῖοι ἐποιήσαντο Εὔαρχον.

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.) — 6.3.1 focus

[1] Now for Grecians, first a colony of Chalcideans, under Thucles, their conductor, going from Euboea, built Naxos and the altar of Apollo Archegetes, now standing without the city, upon which the ambassadors employed to the oracles, as often as they launch from Sicily, are accustomed to offer their first sacrifice.

[2] The next year Archias, a man of the Herculean family, carried a colony from Corinth and became founder of Syracuse, where first he drave the Siculi out of that island in which the inner part of the city now standeth, not now environed wholly with the sea as it was then.

[3] And in process of time, when the city also that is without was taken in with a wall, it became a populous city. In the fifth year after the building of Syracuse, Thucles and the Chalcideans, going from Naxos, built Leontium, expelling thence the Siculi, and after that Catana; but they that went to Catana chose Euarchus for their founder.

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.) — 6.3.1 focus

[1] These were the barbarians in Sicily , settled as I have said. Of the Hellenes, the first to arrive were Chalcidians from Euboea with Thucles, their founder. They founded Naxos and built the altar to Apollo Archegetes, which now stands outside the town, and upon which the deputies for the games sacrifice before sailing from Sicily .

[2] Syracuse was founded the year afterwards by Archias, one of the Heraclids from Corinth, who began by driving out the Sicels from the island upon which the inner city now stands, though it is no longer surrounded by water: in process of time the outer town also was taken within the walls and became populous.

[3] Meanwhile Thucles and the Chalcidians set out from Naxos in the fifth year after the foundation of Syracuse , and drove out the Sicels by arms and founded Leontini and afterwards Catana ; the Catanians themselves choosing Evarchus as their founder.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 6.3 focus

Von Hellenen kamen zuerst Chalkidier aus Euböa unter des
Thukles Anführung über's Meer und gründeten Naxos^) und bauten
dem Führer Apollon^) einen Altar, der jetzt außerhalb der Stadt
steht und auf welchem die heiligen Sendboten'"), wann sie von
Sicilien absegeln, vorher Opfer bringen. Ein Jahr darnach gründete
Archias, ein Heraklide aus Korinth, Syrakus, nachdem er zuerst
die Sikuler von der Insel") verjagt hatte, auf der jetzt, nicht
völlig mehr von der See umflossen, die innere Stadt liegt; später
wurde aber auch die äußere Stadt mit in die Mauer eingeschlossen,
und die Bevölkerung wurde zahlreich. Thukles aber und seine
Chalkidier von Naxos aus gründeten im fünften Jahr, nachdem Syrakus
erbaut war, Leontini, nachdem sie die Sikuler im Kampf vertrieben
hatten, und danach Katana. Die Katanäer aber machten für sich
den Euarchos zum Gründer.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 6.3 focus

III. Parmi les Grecs, les Chalcidiens, les premiers, passèrent d’Eubée en Sicile, et fondèrent, sous la conduite de Thouclès, la ville de Naxos¹, ainsi que l’autel d’Apollon Archégétès, qui est maintenant hors de la ville² : c’est sur cet autel que les théores, envoyés hors de la Sicile, font leur premier sacrifice. L’année suivante, Archias, l’un des Héraclides, parti de Corinthe, fonda Syracuse. Il chassa d’abord les Sicèles de l’île³ où est aujourd’hui la ville intérieure, maintenant reliée à la terre ferme; par la suite des temps une muraille y réunit la ville extérieure, qui devint ellemême très-populeuse. Thouclès et les Chalcidiens, partis de Naxos cinq ans après la fondation de Syracuse, ⁴⁵⁶ combattirent les Sicèles, les chassèrent, et fondèrent Léontium, puis Catane. Les Catanéens choisirent euxmêmes⁷ Évarchos pour fondateur de leur colonie.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 6.3 focus

Tels furent les Barbares qui peuplèrent la Sicile. Quant aux Grecs, les premiers furent des Chaicidéens venus d’Eubée sous la conduite de Thouclès. Ils fondèrent Naixos, ainsi que l’autel d’Apollon Archégétès¹, qui est actuellement hors de la ville, et où les théores² partant de Sicile offrent leur premier sacrifice.

L’année suivante, Syracuse fut fondée par l’Héraclide Archias, vénu de Corinthe³. Il chassa d’abord les Sicules de vue maintenant reliée à la terre ferme et qui forme le quartier intérieur⁴. Avec le temps, la ville extérieure devint aussi fort peuplée.

Cinq ans après la fondation de Syracuse, Thouclès et les Chaicidéens, partant de Naxos, chassèrent les Sicules par la force des armes, et fondèrent premièrement Léontini, puis Catane. Les Catanéens prirent Ëvarchos pour fondateur.

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.) — 6.3.1 focus

[1] Of the Hellenes, on the other hand, the first to sail over were some Chalcidians from Euboea who settled Naxos¹ with Thucles as founder,² and built an altar in honour of Apollo Archegetes.³ This is now outside of the city, and on it the sacred deputies,⁴ when they sail from Sicily, first offer sacrifice.

[2] The following year Syracuse⁵ was founded by Archias, one of the Heracleidae from Corinth, after he had first expelled the Sicels from the island, no longer surrounded by water, on which now stands the inner city; and at a later period also the outer city was connected with it by walls and became populous.

[3] In the fifth year after the settlement of Syracuse, Thucles and the Chalcidians, setting forth from Naxos, drove out the Sicels in war and settled Leontini, and after it Catana.⁶ The Catanaeans, however, chose for themselves Evarchus as founder.

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.) — 6.3.1 focus

[1] Of the Greeks, on the other hand, some Chalcidians of Euboea first sailed with Thucles as the leader of the colony, and founded Naxos, and built the altar to Apollo ¹ Archegetes, which is now outside the city, and on which when any deputies to the games sail from Sicily, they first sacrifice.

[2] Syracuse was founded the next year by Archias, of the family of Hercules at Corinth, after he had first expelled the Sicels from the island; on which, being no longer surrounded with water, the inner city now stands; and at a later period the outer one also was enclosed within the wall, and became populous.

[3] Moreover, Thucles and the Chalcidians from Naxos set out in the fifth year after the founding of Syracuse, and having expelled the Sicels by arms, re—settled Leontini, and after it Catana, the Catanians themselves having chosen Evarchus as their founder.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 6.3.1 focus

[1] Graecorum autem primi Chalcidenses ex Euboea navigantes cum Thucle coloniae duce Naxum condiderunt, et Apollinis Archegetae aram, quae nunc extra urbem exstat, exstruxerunt, supra quam quoties sacri legati e Sicilia solvunt, primum sacrificium laciunt.

[2] Syracusas autem insequente anno Archias, HeracKdarum unus, Corintho profectus condidit, Siculis ex insula prius expulsis, in qua nunc non amplius mari circumflua urbs sita est interior; ' postea vero et urbs ea, quae est extra hanc insulam, muro alteri urbi adjuncta, populo frequens facta est.

[3] Thudes autem et Chalcidenses Naxo profecti anno quinto post Syracusas conditas et Leontinos, ejectis bello Siculis, condiderunt , et post ipsos Catanam; ipsi vero Catanaei Euarchum coloniae deducendae ducem crearunt.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 6.3 focus

Fra i Greci poi primi a navigarvi furono i Cai» desi di Eubea, con Teucle capo di quella colonia ; fondarono Nasso, ed eressero ad Apollo Archegeta iltare che ora è fuori di città, sul quale i Teori, ogni volta che hanno a partire di Sicilia, fanno prima sacrifizio, anno seguente Archia, uno digli Eraclidi di Corinto , tbbricò Siracusa, cacciati prima i Siculi da quell’isolett che, non più oggi cinta dal mare, forma l’interno della itlà. Quella parte di città che ne resta fuori in terraferia, dopo qualche tempo le fu aggiunta con un muro, divenne assai popolosa. Cinque anni dopo fondata Siacusa , Teucle e i Calcidesi usciti di Nasso, e scacciati olla guerra i Siculi, fondarono Leontini, e quindi Caaua: e i Catauesi presero da sè per capo della colonia ivarco.

Commentary

Commentary on Thucydides: Book 6 (Thucydides, Book VI. Marchant, Edgar C., editor. London: Macmillan and Company, 1909.) focus

γενομένης ἐν χερσί —so ἐν χερσὶ γενόμενοι. In Lat. too both ad manus veniunt and ad manus pugna venit are found.

τοῖς μἐν — dat. incommodi.

καὶ τοῦτο —as well as their inexperience. ξυνεπιλαβέσθαι—αἴτιον φόβου γενέσθαι (Schol.).

καὶ ὥρα ἔτους —‘merely the result of the season,’ which was late in the autumn. ὥρα ἔτους may refer to any season, but is most often used of the hot season.

τοὺς δὲ ἀνθεστῶτας —‘the circumstance that the enemy did not give way.’ Cf. c. 46, 2.

τὸ κατὰ σφᾶς αὐτούς —viz. τὸ μέσον, c. 67, 1. For the κατά cf. Demosth. 57, 2 πρὸς τὴν κατ’ ἐκείνων αἰτίαν, οὐ πρὸς τὸ καθ) αὑτὸν ἕκαστος ἀγωνιζόμεθα.

ὅσον ἀσφαλῶς εἶχε —with ἐπακολουθήσαντες. πάλιν =back to their lines.

ὡς ἐκ τῶν π —‘as well as they could.’

ὅμως —‘though defeated.’

σφῶν αὐτῶν . . τῶν χρημάτων —partitive gen.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.3

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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