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Um dieselbe Zeit führte auch Lamis aus Megara eine
Kolonie nach Sizilien, wo er sich am Flusse PantakyaS an
einem Orte namens Trotilon niederließ. Später zog er von
da nach Leontinoi und vereinigte sich dort auf kurze Zeit mit
den Chalkidiern zu Einer Gemeinde. Nachdem er von hier
durch die Chalkidier vertrieben war,- gründete er Thapsos und
starb. Seine Gefährten aber wurden auch von Thapsos wieder
vertrieben und gründeten das sogenannte hyblaiische Megara,
wo sie der Sikelerkönig Hyblos, der ihnen das Land dazu
eingeräumt hatte, selbst hinführte. Zweihundertfünfundvierzig
Jahr später aber wurden ihre Nachkommen von dort durch
den Tyrannen Gelon von Syrakus aus Stadt und Land ver
trieben. Vorher schon, hundert Jahr nach ihrer Niederlassung,
hatten sie Selinus gegründet und dazu Pamillos ausgesandt,
der aus der Mutterstadt Megara herübergekommen war und
sich dort mit niederließ. Fünfundvierzig Jahr nach der
Gründung von Syrakus kamen Antiphemos auS Rhodos und
Entimos auS Kreta mit neuen Ansiedlern und gründeten Gela
miteinander. Die Stadt erhielt ihren Namen von dem Flusse
Gela; der Platz aber, wo jetzt die Stadt liegt, und der zuerst
mit einer Mauer umgeben wurde, heißt Lindioi. In der
Stadt gilt dorisches Recht. Etwa hundertacht Jahr nach der
Gründung von Gela wurde von dort unter Führung von
Aristonus und Pystilos Akragas gegründet, nach dem Flusse
Akragas benannt, und mit gelischem Recht begabt. Zankle war
ursprünglich von Seeräubern aus der chalkidischen Stadt Kyme
in Opikien gegründet. Später kamen auch aus Chalkis und
anderen Orten auf Euboia noch zahlreiche Ansiedler, die sich
neben ihnen dort niederließen. Gründer waren Perieros und
Krataimenes, jener von Kyme, dieser von Chalkis. Den
älteren Namen Zankle erhielt der Ort von den Sikelern, weil
er die Gestalt einer Sichel hat und die Sichel bei den Sikelern
Zankle heißt. Später wurden diese von Samiern und anderen
Joniern verdrängt, welche nach ihrer Flucht vor den Persern
in Sizilien landeten. Bald nachher aber wurden auch die
Samier durch den Tyrannen AnaxilaS von Rhegion vertrieben,
der dort Kolonisten verschiedener Herkunft ansiedelte und die
Stadt seitdem nach seiner alten Heimat Messene nannte.

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.)

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 6.4.1 focus

[1] κατὰ δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον καὶ Λάμις ἐκ Μεγάρων ἀποικίαν ἄγων ἐς Σικελίαν ἀφίκετο, καὶ ὑπὲρ Παντακύου τε ποταμοῦ Τρώτιλόν τι ὄνομα χωρίον οἰκίσας, καὶ ὕστερον αὐτόθεν τοῖς Χαλκιδεῦσιν ἐς Λεοντίνους ὀλίγον χρόνον ξυμπολιτεύσας καὶ ὑπὸ αὐτῶν ἐκπεσὼν καὶ Θάψον οἰκίσας αὐτὸς μὲν ἀποθνῄσκει, οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι ἐκ τῆς Θάψου ἀναστάντες Ὕβλωνος βασιλέως Σικελοῦ προδόντος τὴν χώραν καὶ καθηγησαμένου Μεγαρέας ᾤκισαν τοὺς Ὑβλαίους κληθέντας.

[2] καὶ ἔτη οἰκήσαντες πέντε καὶ τεσσαράκοντα καὶ διακόσια ὑπὸ Γέλωνος τυράννου Συρακοσίων ἀνέστησαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ χώρας. πρὶν δὲ ἀναστῆναι, ἔτεσιν ὕστερον ἑκατὸν ἢ αὐτοὺς οἰκίσαι, Πάμιλλον πέμψαντες Σελινοῦντα κτίζουσι, καὶ ἐκ Μεγάρων τῆς μητροπόλεως οὔσης αὐτοῖς ἐπελθὼν ξυγκατῴκισεν.

[3] Γέλαν δὲ Ἀντίφημος ἐκ Ῥόδου καὶ Ἔντιμος ἐκ Κρήτης ἐποίκους ἀγαγόντες κοινῇ ἔκτισαν, ἔτει πέμπτῳ καὶ τεσσαρακοστῷ μετὰ Συρακουσῶν οἴκισιν. καὶ τῇ μὲν πόλει ἀπὸ τοῦ Γέλα ποταμοῦ τοὔνομα ἐγένετο, τὸ δὲ χωρίον οὗ νῦν ἡ πόλις ἐστὶ καὶ ὃ πρῶτον ἐτειχίσθη Λίνδιοι καλεῖται· νόμιμα δὲ Δωρικὰ ἐτέθη αὐτοῖς.

[4] ἔτεσι δὲ ἐγγύτατα ὀκτὼ καὶ ἑκατὸν μετὰ τὴν σφετέραν οἴκισιν Γελῷοι Ἀκράγαντα ᾤκισαν, τὴν μὲν πόλιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀκράγαντος ποταμοῦ ὀνομάσαντες, οἰκιστὰς δὲ ποιήσαντες Ἀριστόνουν καὶ Πυστίλον, νόμιμα δὲ τὰ Γελῴων δόντες.

[5] Ζάγκλη δὲ τὴν μὲν ἀρχὴν ἀπὸ Κύμης τῆς ἐν Ὀπικίᾳ Χαλκιδικῆς πόλεως λῃστῶν ἀφικομένων ᾠκίσθη, ὕστερον δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ Χαλκίδος καὶ τῆς ἄλλης Εὐβοίας πλῆθος ἐλθὸν ξυγκατενείμαντο τὴν γῆν· καὶ οἰκισταὶ Περιήρης καὶ Κραταιμένης ἐγένοντο αὐτῆς, ὁ μὲν ἀπὸ Κύμης, ὁ δὲ ἀπὸ Χαλκίδος. ὄνομα δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον Ζάγκλη ἦν ὑπὸ τῶν Σικελῶν κληθεῖσα, ὅτι δρεπανοειδὲς τὴν ἰδέαν τὸ χωρίον ἐστί (τὸ δὲ δρέπανον οἱ Σικελοὶ ζάγκλον καλοῦσιν), ὕστερον δ’ αὐτοὶ μὲν ὑπὸ Σαμίων καὶ ἄλλων Ἰώνων ἐκπίπτουσιν, οἳ Μήδους φεύγοντες προσέβαλον Σικελίᾳ,

[6] τοὺς δὲ Σαμίους Ἀναξίλας Ῥηγίνων τύραννος οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον ἐκβαλὼν καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτὸς ξυμμείκτων ἀνθρώπων οἰκίσας Μεσσήνην ἀπὸ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ τὸ ἀρχαῖον πατρίδος ἀντωνόμασεν.

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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.) — 6.4.1 focus

[1] About the same time in Sicily arrived also Lamis, with a colony from Megara, and first built a certain town called Trotilus, upon the river Pantacius, where for a while after he governed the estate of his colony in common with the Chalcideans of Leontium. But afterwards, when he was by them thrust out, and had builded Thapsus, he died; and the rest going from Thapsus, under the conduct of Hyblon, a king of the Siculi, built Megara, called Megara-Hyblaea.

[2] And after they had there inhabited two hundred and forty-five years, they were by Gelon, a tyrant of Syracuse, put out both of the city and territory. But before they were driven thence, namely one hundred years after they had built it, they sent out Pammilus and built the city of Selinus. This Pammilus came to them from Megara, their own metropolitan city, and so together with them founded Selinus.

[3] Gela was built in the forty-fifth year after Syracuse, by Antiphemus, that brought a colony out of Rhodes, and by Entymus, that did the like out of Crete, jointly. This city was named after the name of the river Gela; and the place where now the city standeth, and which at first they walled in, was called Lindii.

[4] And the laws which they established were the Doric. About one hundred and eight years after their own foundation, they of Gela built the city of Acragante, calling the city after the name of the river; and for their conductors chose Aristonous and Pystilus, and gave unto them the laws of Gela.

[5] Zancle was first built by pirates that came from Cume, a Chalcidean city in Opicia; but afterwards there came a multitude, and helped to people it, out of Chalcis and the rest of Euboea; and their conductors were Perieres and Crataemenes, one of Cume, the other of Chalcis. And the name of the city was at first Zancle, so named by the Sicilians because it hath the form of a sickle, and the Sicilians call a sickle zanclon. But these inhabitants were afterwards chased thence by the Samians and other people of Ionia that in their flight from the Medes fell upon Sicily.

[6] After this, Anaxilas, tyrant of Rhegium, drave out the Samians, and peopling the city with a mixed people of them and his own, instead of Zancle called the place by the name of his own country from whence he was anciently descended, Messana.

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.) — 6.4.1 focus

[1] About the same time Lamis arrived in Sicily with a colony from Megara , and after founding a place called Trotilus beyond the river Pantacyas, and afterwards leaving it and for a short while joining the Chalcidians at Leontini, was driven out by them and founded Thapsus . After his death his companions were driven out of Thapsus , and founded a place called the Hyblaean Megara; Hyblon, a Sicel king, having given up the place and inviting them thither.

[2] Here they lived two hundred and forty-five years; after which they were expelled from the city and the country by the Syracusan tyrant Gelo. Before their expulsion, however, a hundred years after they had settled there, they sent out Pamillus and founded Selinus ; he having come from their mother country Megara to join them in its foundation.

[3] Gela was founded by Antiphemus from Rhodes and Entimus from Crete, who joined in leading a colony thither, in the forty-fifth year after the foundation of Syracuse . The town took its name from the river Gelas, the place where the citadel now stands, and which was first fortified, being called Lindii. The institutions which they adopted were Dorian.

[4] Near one hundred and eight years after the foundation of Gela , the Geloans founded Acragas ( Agrigentum ), so called from the river of that name, and made Aristonous and Pystilus their founders; giving their own institutions to the colony.

[5] Zancle was originally founded by pirates from Cuma , the Chalcidian town in the country of the Opicans: afterwards, however, large numbers came from Chalcis and the rest of Euboea , and helped to people the place; the founders being Perieres and Crataemenes from Cuma and Chalcis respectively. It first had the name of Zancle given it by the Sicels, because the place is shaped like a sickle, which the Sicels call Zanclon; but upon the original settlers being afterwards expelled by some Samians and other Ionians who landed in Sicily flying from the Medes,

[6] and the Samians in their turn not long afterwards by Anaxilas, tyrant of Rhegium , the town was by him colonised with a mixed population, and its name changed to Messina , after his old country.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 6.4 focus

Um dieselbige Zeit'^) kam auch Lamis als Führer einer
Kolonie von Megara nach Sieilien und gründete am Pantakyos-
Flusse eine Niederlassung, TrotiloS'^) mit Namen. Darnah caber
zog er aus von dort und schloß sich eine Zeit lang an die Gemeinde
der Chalkidier in Leontini, und als ihn diese austrieben, gründete
er Thapsos'4) und starb dann; seine Leute aber, aus Thapsos
verjagt, und da auch der Sikulerkönig Hyblon die ganze Gegend aufgab,
nahmen diesen zum Führer und gründeten Megara III, das das
Hybläische genannt wird. Dort hatten sie zweihundert und fünsund. ¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹
vierzig Jahre gewohnt, als Gelon, Tyrann der Syrakufier, sie aus
Stadt und Land vertrieb '6). Vor dieser Vertreibung aber, im
hundertsten Jahre, nachdem sie Hybla gebaut, hatten sie den Pammilos
ausgesandt und Selinus gegründet, denn dieser war aus Megara,
ihrer Mutterstadt, zu ihnen gekommen und hals nun die neue Stadt
gründen. Gela aber gründeten gemeinsam Antiphemos, der aus
Rhodos, und Entimos, der aus Kreta Ansiedler herbeiführte, im
fünfundvierzigsten Jahr nach der Erbauung von Syrakus ^). Die Stadt
selbst erhielt vom Flusse Gela ihren Namen; der Platz aber, wo jetzt
die befestigte Stadt steht, und der auch zuerst ummauert wurde, heißt
Lindii. Sie gaben sich aber Dorische Gesetze. Ungefähr
hundertund acht Jahre nach ihrer eigenen Gründung bauten die Gelaner
Akragas ^), welchen Namen sie der Stadt vom Akragas-Flusse gaben;
zu Gründern machten sie den Aristonus und den Pystilos und nahmen
die Gesetze der Gelaner an. — Zankle wurde zuerst durch See.
räuber begründet, die von Kyme, der chalkidischen Stadt im Opiker-
Lande^), herüberkamen; danach kam aber auch von ChalkiS und
dem übrigen Euböa eine Zahl Volkes und theilte mit ihnen das Land.
Ihre Gründer waren Perieres und Kratämenes, der eine aus Kyme,
der andere aus Chalkis. Von den Sikulern wurde die Stadt zuerst
Zankle genannt, weil der Platz von Gestalt sichelförmig ist und bei
den Sikulern die Sichel Zanklon heißt.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 6.4 focus

IV. Vers le même temps encore, Lamis arriva en Sicile à la tête d’une colonie de Mégariens et fonda, sur le fleuve Pantacyas, un établissement du nom de Trotilos; mais il l’abandonna ensuite, se mêla quelque temps à la colonie de Léontium et, chassé par les Chalcidiens, alla fonder Thapsos. Après sa mort, ses compagnons, chassés de Thapsos, allèrent, sous la conduite d’un roi sicèle nommé Hyblon, qui leur livra son pays, fonder Mégarée¹, surnommée Hybléenne. Après une occupation de deux cent quarante-cinq ans, ils furent chassés de la ville et du pays par Gélon, tyran de Syracuse; mais, antérieurement à cette expulsion et cent ans après leur établissement, ils avaient envoyé Pamillos fonder Sélinonte. Pamillos vint de Mégare², leur métropole, pour présider à la colonisation.

Antiphémos de Rhodes et Entimos de Crète amenèrent une colonie et fondèrent en commun Géla, quarante-cinq ans après la fondation de Syracuse. Cette ville prit son nom du fleuve Géla; mais l’emplacement où est maintenant la citadelle, c’est-à-dire la ville primitive, s’appelle Lindii. Les institutions furent celles des Doriens³. Environ cent huit ans après leur établissement en Sicile, ceux de Géla fondèrent Agri- ⁴⁵⁶⁷ gente⁸, à laquelle le fleuve Acragas donna son nom. Ils choisirent pour fondateurs Aristonoüs et Pystilos, et lui donnèrent les institutions de Géla.

Zancle fut originairement fondée par des pirates venus de Cyme, ville chalcidique de lOpicie⁹. Plus tard, une foule de nouveaux habitants arrivèrent de Chalcis et du reste de l’Eubée, et se partagèrent le pays qu’ils colonisèrent, sous la conduite de Périérès et de Cratéménès, l’un de Cyme, l’autre de Chalcis. C’étaient Les Sicèles qui avaient d’abord donné à la ville le nom de Zancle, parce que l’emplacement a la figure d’une faux et qu’ils appellent la faux Zanclon. Eux-mêmes furent expulsés ensuite par les Samiens et d’autres Ioniens qui, fuyant devant'les Mèdes, vinrent aborder en Sicile. Les Samiens furent chassés à leur tour, peu de temps après, par Anaxilas, tyran de Rhéges, qui établit dans la ville une population mêlée, et l’appela Messène, du nom de son ancienne patrie.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 6.4 focus

À la même époque, Lamis arriva en Sicile à la tête d’une colonie de Mégariens, et fonda, près du fleuve Pantacyas, une place notamée Trotilos. Il l’abandonna ensuite pour s’associer aux Chaicidéens de Léontini ; mais quelque temps après, chassé par eux, il alla fonder Thapsos. Après sa mort, ses compagnons furent expulsés de cette ville ; et, sur l’invitation d’Hyblon, roi des Sicules, qui leur céda des terres, ils allèrent fonder Mégara-Hybléa. Après une occupation de deux cent quarante-cinq ans, ils furent chassés de cette ville et de son territoire par Gélon, tyran de Syracuse. Mais, avant leur expulsion et cent ans après leur premier établissement, ils avaient envoyé Pamillos fonder Sélinonte. Celui-ci était venu de Me-gare, leur métropole, pour présider à la colonisation.

Gela fut fondée, quarante-cinq ans après Syracuse, par la réunion de deux colonies, Tune de Rhodiens conduits par Antiphémos, l’antre de Cretois ayant pour chef £utimos. La ville prit son nom du fleuve Géla ; mais le quartier qui maintenant forme la citadelle et qui fut bâti le premier, s'appelle Iindies¹. Cette ville reçut des institutions doriennes. Il y avait près de cent huit ans qu’elle subsistait, lorsque ses habitants fondèrent Agrigente. dont ils empruntèrent le nom au fleuve Acragas. Ils prirent pour fondateurs Aristonoüs et Pystilos, et donnèrent à cette ville les institutions de Géla.

Zanclé dut sa fondation à des pirates de Cymé , ville chalei-déenne du pays des Opiques. Plus tard une troupe partie de Chalcis et du reste de l’Eubée vint partager le territoire avec eux. Les fondateurs furent Périérès et Cratéménès, l’un de Cymé, l'autre de Chalcis. Son nom primitif de Zanclé lui avait été donné par les Sicules, parce que l’emplacement qu’elle occupe a la forme d’une faucille, instrument que les Sicules appellent zanclon. Dans la suite , les habitants furent expulsés par des Samiens et par d’autres Ioniens, qui, fuyant les Mèdes, vinrent aborder en Sicile. Ces Samiens furent chassés à leur tour par Anaxilas, tyran de Rhégion, qui établit dans la ville une population mélangée, et l’appela Messine du nom de son ancienne patrie².

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.) — 6.4.1 focus

[1] About the same time Lamis also came to Sicily with a colony from Megara and settled in a place called Trotilus, beyond the river Pantaeyas; but afterwards, having removed from there and joined the settlement of the Chalcidians at Leontini, he was a little later driven out by them, and then after colonizing Thapsus¹ met his death. His followers were expelled from Thapsus and settled then at a place called Megara Hyblaea,² since Hyblon, a Sicel king, gave up the land to them and led them to the site.

[2] After dwelling there two hundred and forty-five years, they were driven out of the town and country by Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse. But before they were driven out, a hundred years after they had settled there, they founded Selinus,³ sending thither Pammilus, who came from the mother-city Megara and joined in the settlement.

[3] In the forty-fifth year after the settlement of Syracuse Gela⁴ was founded by Antiphemus from Rhodes and Entimus from Crete, who together led out the colony The city got its name from the river Gela, but the place where the acropolis now is and which was the first to be fortified is called Lindii.⁵

[4] The institutions given it were Dorian. Just about one hundred and eight years after their own foundation, the Geloans colonized Acragas⁶; and they named the city after the river Acragas, making Aristonous and Pystilus founders, and giving it the institutions of the Geloans.

[5] Zancle was settled, in the beginning, by pirates who came from Cyme, the Chalcidian city in Opicia; but afterwards a large number of colonists came from Chalcis and the rest of Euboea and shared the land with them, the founders being Perieres and Crataemenes, the one from Cyme, the other from Chalcis. Its name at first was Zancle, and it was so called by the Sicels because the place is sickle-shaped: for the Sicels call a sickle “zanclon.” Afterwards these settlers were driven out by Samians and other Ionians, who in their flight before the Persians landed in Sicily⁷;

[6] but the Samians were expelled not long afterwards by Anaxilas, tyrant of Rhegium, who colonized the place with a mixed population and changed its name to Messene⁸ after his own original fatherland.

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.) — 6.4.1 focus

[1] At the same time Lamis arrived in Sicily with a colony from Megara, and after settling in a place beyond the river Pantacyas, Trotilus by name, and subsequently removing thence, and uniting for a short time with the Chalcidians at Leontini, and being driven out by them, he founded Thapsus, and then he himself died; while the rest, being expelled from Thapsus, effected a settlement at Megara, called the Hyblaean, Hyblo, a Sicel king, having given up the place to them and led them in.

[2] After inhabiting it two hundred and forty—five years, they were expelled from the city and country by Gelo, tyrant of Syracuse. Before their expulsion, however, a hundred years after their settlement, they founded Seliaus, having sent Pamillus for the purpose, who came from Megara, their mother—city, and joined them in founding it.

[3] Gela, again, was founded by Antiphemus from Rhodes, and Entimus from Crete, who led a common colony, in the forty-fifth year after the founding of Syracuse. The name of the city was taken from the river Gelas, but the spot where

the city,

[properly so called,] now stands, and which was first fortified, is named ¹ Lindii. The institutions established amongst them were Dorian.

[4] Just about a hundred and eight years after their own settlement, the Geloans settled Acragas, [or Agrigentum,] naming the city from the river Acragas: they made Aristonous and Pystilus the leaders of their colony, and gave it the institutions of the Geloans.

[5] Zancle, again, was originally founded from Cuma, the Chalcidian city in the country of the Opici, by some freebooters who went there; but afterwards a great number went from Chalcis and the rest of Euboea, and shared with them in the occupation of the land; its founders being Perieres and Crataemenes, one from Cuma, the other from Chalcis. As regards its name, it was at first called Zancle by the Sicels, because the site resembles a reaping-hook in figure, and the reaping-hook is called by the Sicels zanclon. Afterwards, these settlers were expelled by some Samians and other Ionians, who landed in Sicily while flying from the Medes;

[6] and again, Anaxilas, tyrant of Rhegium, having not long after expelled the Samians, and colonized their country with a mixed population, changed its name to Messana, after his own original country.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 6.4.1 focus

[1] Per idem vero tempus et Lamis coloniam Megaris ducens in Siciliam pervenit, et super Pantaciam flumen locum quemdam nomine Trolilum condidit,.et illinc postea digressus et apud Leontinos aliquandiu In republica una cum Chalcidensibus versatus, deinde ab Leontinis ejectus Thapsum condidit et ipse quidem obiit; ceteri vero Thapso expulsi, quum Hyblo rex Siculus terram iis prodidisset et viam monstrasset, Megara, quae Hyblaea vocata sunt, condiderunt.

[2] Et cum hic ducentae et quadraginta quinque annos habitassent, a Gelone Syracusarum rege ex urbe et agro expulsi sunt. Sed antequam expellerentur, anno centesimo post urbem ab ipsis conditam, Selinuntem, Pamillo illuc misso, condiderunt. Hic autem e Megaris ipsorum metropoli eo profectus, urbem illam cum ceteris sociis condidit.

[3] Gelam vero Antiphemus e Rhodo et Entimus ex Creta suam uterque coloniam ducentes communiter condiderunt anno quadragesimo quinto post Syracusas habitari coeptas. Atque urbi quidem a Gela flumine nomen impositum est; locos vero,- ubi nunc urbs est sila, et qtii primus muro munitus est, Lindii vocatur; jura autem Dorica iis constituta sunt. .

[4] Anno autem propemoduin centesimo octavo ab urbe sua condita Geloi Acragantem condiderunt, urbe ab Acragante fluvio nominata, ducibas autem coloniae ducendae creatis Aristonoo et Pystilo, legibus-que Geloorum coloniae datis/

[5] Zancle vero initio quidem a latronibus, qui e Cumis, urbe Chalcidica in agro Opico sita, venerant, condita est; postea vero multitudo, quae ex Chalcide et ex reliqua Euboea venerat, agrum communiter possedit; ejusque coloniae duces fuerunt Perieres atque Crataemenes, alter e Cumis, alter e Chalcide. Nomine autem urbe primo quiaem a Siculis Zancle vocata erat, quod locus ille speciem felcis habeat; falcem autem Siculi zanclen appellant; postea vere ipa quidem a Samos et aliis Ionibus, qui Medos fugientes ad Siciliam appulerant, expulsi sunt;

[6] Samios vero Anaxilas, Rheginoram tyrannus, noo mullo post ejecit et mfaem hommibiis mixtis frequentem reddidit, et nomine motato Messenes a soa antiqua patria nominavit.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 6.4 focus

Nel medesimo tempo anche Lamide da Megara irrìvò con una colouia in Sicilia, e fabbricò sul fiume datario un castello per nome Trotilo. Di là passò poi a contini, e per poco tempo ebbe parte nel governo coi Calcidesi, dai quali cacciato via , fondò la colonia di Taso ve mori. Da Taso furono parimente banditi i suoi comuni , i quali condotti da Iblone re dei Siculi, che avea radito quella terra, fondarono la colonia dei Megaresi , Riamati Iblei : e dopo avervi abitato quarantacinque e iugent’anni furono mandati via della città e del territorio la Gelone tiranno di Siracusa. Ma prima di questa cacala, cioè cent’anni dopo la fondazione della colonia , fabbricarono Selinuute speditovi a tal uopo Pammilo, il quale Partito di Megara, che era la città madre, insieme con alfa gente forni queir impresa. Quarantacinque anni dopo a fondazione di Siracusa, Antifemo ed Entimo fabbricalo in società Gela , conducendovi coloni l’uno da Rodi, l altro da Creta ; e la città prese nome dal fiume Gela. Il luogo però ove è ora la città, e che fu il primo ad esser murato, si chiama Lindii; e vi furono stabilite le leggi doriche. I Geloi, a un bel circa cent’otto anui dopo che ivi abitavano, fabbricarono la città di Acragante , che cosi la chiamarono dal fiume Acragante, destinati Aristoneo e Pistilo a conduttori della colonia, e le diedero le leggi stesse dei Geloi. Zancle fu in principio fondata da’ladroni andativi da Cuma città calcidica nella campagna opica : ma in seguito dalla Calcide e dal resto dell’Eubea vi andò gran gente che ne possedette in comune il territorio ; e capi di quella colonia furono Periere e Oratemene, l’uno di Cuma , l’altro di Calcide. Da principio i Siculi la chiamavano Zancle, perchè il castello ha la figura di una falce , e i Siculi chiamano appunto tanclo la falce. Dipoi coloro furono cacciati via dai Samii e da altri Ionii che fuggendo i Medi approdarono in Sicilia.

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

τὸ ἱερόν —Plutarch says that the A. army was anxious to seize the spoils of the temple, and that Nieias prevented the sacrilege, and purposely permitted the Syr. to occupy the Olympieum.

ξυγκομίσαντες —to burn them. νεκροὺς συγκομίζειν is the regular phrase for preparing the dead.

ἐπὶ πυρὰν ἐπιθέντες —it was the custom to burn the bodies on the field of battle, then to collect the bones and send them to Athens to be buried in the outer Cerameicus. In the case of Marathon, however, the bones were buried on the field of battle, this being regarded as a special honour. It is noticeable that Thuc. in describing this first battle of the expedition puts down the occurrences—such as the preliminary sacrifices and the details of burial—that are a part of all battles.

αὐτοῦ —on the battle-field.

ἀπέπλευσαν ἐς Κατάνην —a strange thing to do after gaining a victory. Nicias surely ought to have attacked Syracuse: for this purpose cavalry would not have been needed.

αὐτόθεν ποιεῖσθαι — i.e. from the position which they now occupied. But it is strange that they did not discover all this before taking up the position.

ἱππέας τε . . καὶ χρήματα δέ —here τε is answered by δέ, for καί strictly=‘as well.’ τε . . δέ is quite common, esp. in tragedy. καὶ . . δέ occurs several times in Thuc. Notice the chiasnius in ἐκ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν . . ἐκ τῶν αὐτόθεν . . αὐτόθεν . . καὶ παρ’ Ἀθηναίων. Chiasmus is very common in Thuc.

μεταπέμψωσιν —the act. means to summon to one's aid. Cf. c. 52, 1.

χρήματα —serves as object of one verb and subject of another.

καὶ σῖτον — explanation of τὰ ἄλλα, so that καί = ‘both.’

ἐς τὸ ἔαρ —expressing the time in the fnt. when the thing is to occur. Frequent in Aristophanes.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.4

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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