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Das die Kriegsmacht, mit der sie zu Anfang hinüberzogen.
Dazu kamen dreißig Lastschiffe, auf denen sich die Lebensmittel,
so wie die Bäcker, Maurer und Zimmerleute mit dem nötigen
Schanzzeug befanden, und in deren Gefolge noch hundert zwangs
weise ausgehobene kleinere Fahrzeuge. Außerdem hatten sich
zahlreiche Lastschiffe und sonstige Fahrzeuge zu Handelszwecken
dem Zuge freiwillig angeschlossen. Das alles setzte sich nun
von Kerkyra über das Ionische Meer in Bewegung. Als die
Athener mit der ganzen Flotte am Japygischen Vorgebirge und
bei Tarent oder wie es sich eben traf, Italien erreicht hatten,
fuhren sie an der Küste entlang, wobei die Städte dort ihnen
Markt und Tore verschlossen und lediglich Wasser und Anker-
grund, Tarent und Lokroi selbst das nicht gewährten. Endlich
kamen sie nach Rhegion an der Südspitze von Italien, wo
sie sich sammelten. Da man sie dort nicht einließ, schlugen
sie außerhalb der Stadt beim Tempel der Artemis ein Lager
auf, wo man ihnen auch einen Markt eröffnete, zogen die
Schiffe ans Land und lagen einstweilen still. Mit den Rhegiern
nüpften sie Verhandlungen an und forderten sie auf, auf
Seite der Leontiner zu treten, die ja auch wie sie Chalkidier
wären. Die erklärten jedoch, sie würden sich zu keiner Partei
halten, sondern sich darnach richten, was die übrigen italischen
Griechen gemeinschaftlich beschließen würden. Die Athener
aber überlegten, auf welche Weise sie unter diesen Umständen
in Sizilien am besten zu ihrem Zweck kommen könnten, und
warteten zugleich auf die Rückkehr der nach Egesta voraus
geschickten Schiffe, um zu hören, ob es mit dem, was die Bot
schafter in Athen von dem Gelde dort gesagt, seine Richtigkeit
habe.

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).) — 6.44.1 focus

[1] τοσαύτη ἡ πρώτη παρασκευὴ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον διέπλει. τούτοις δὲ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἄγουσαι ὁλκάδες μὲν τριάκοντα σιταγωγοί, καὶ τοὺς σιτοποιοὺς ἔχουσαι καὶ λιθολόγους καὶ τέκτονας καὶ ὅσα ἐς τειχισμὸν ἐργαλεῖα, πλοῖα δὲ ἑκατόν, ἃ ἐξ ἀνάγκης μετὰ τῶν ὁλκάδων ξυνέπλει· πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα πλοῖα καὶ ὁλκάδες ἑκούσιοι ξυνηκολούθουν τῇ στρατιᾷ ἐμπορίας ἕνεκα· ἃ τότε πάντα ἐκ τῆς Κερκύρας ξυνδιέβαλλε τὸν Ἰόνιον κόλπον.

[2] καὶ προσβαλοῦσα ἡ πᾶσα παρασκευὴ πρός τε ἄκραν Ἰαπυγίαν καὶ πρὸς Τάραντα καὶ ὡς ἕκαστοι ηὐπόρησαν, παρεκομίζοντο τὴν Ἰταλίαν, τῶν μὲν πόλεων οὐ δεχομένων αὐτοὺς ἀγορᾷ οὐδὲ ἄστει, ὕδατι δὲ καὶ ὅρμῳ, Τάραντος δὲ καὶ Λοκρῶν οὐδὲ τούτοις, ἕως ἀφίκοντο ἐς Ῥήγιον τῆς Ἰταλίας ἀκρωτήριον.

[3] καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἤδη ἡθροίζοντο, καὶ ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, ὡς αὐτοὺς ἔσω οὐκ ἐδέχοντο, στρατόπεδόν τε κατεσκευάσαντο ἐν τῷ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερῷ, οὗ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀγορὰν παρεῖχον, καὶ τὰς ναῦς ἀνελκύσαντες ἡσύχασαν. καὶ πρός [τε] τοὺς Ῥηγίνους λόγους ἐποιήσαντο, ἀξιοῦντες Χαλκιδέας ὄντας Χαλκιδεῦσιν οὖσι Λεοντίνοις βοηθεῖν· οἱ δὲ οὐδὲ μεθ’ ἑτέρων ἔφασαν ἔσεσθαι, ἀλλ’ ὅτι ἂν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἰταλιώταις ξυνδοκῇ, τοῦτο ποιήσειν.

[4] οἱ δὲ πρὸς τὰ ἐν τῇ Σικελίᾳ πράγματα ἐσκόπουν ὅτῳ τρόπῳ ἄριστα προσοίσονται· καὶ τὰς πρόπλους ναῦς ἐκ τῆς Ἐγέστης ἅμα προσέμενον, βουλόμενοι εἰδέναι περὶ τῶν χρημάτων εἰ ἔστιν ἃ ἔλεγον ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις οἱ ἄγγελοι.

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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.) — 6.44.1 focus

[1] These were the forces that went over to the war at first. With these went also thirty ships carrying necessaries, wherein went also the bakers and masons and carpenters and all tools of use in fortification; and with these thirty ships went one hundred boats by constraint, and many other ships and boats that voluntarily followed the army for trade; which then passed all together from Corcyra over the Ionian gulf.

[2] And the whole fleet being come to the promontory of Iapygia and to Tarentum and such other places as every one could recover, they went on by the coast of Italy, neither received of the states there into any city nor allowed any market, having only the liberty of anchorage and water (and that also at Tarentum and Locri denied them), till they were at Rhegium, where they all came together again and settled their camp in the temple of Diana (for neither there were they suffered to come in) without the city, where the Rhegians allowed them a market.

[3] And when they had drawn their galleys to land, they lay still. Being here, they dealt with the Rhegians, who were Chalcideans, to aid the Leontines, Chalcideans likewise. To which was answered that they would take part with neither, but what the rest of the Italians should conclude, that also they would do.

[4] So the Athenians lay still, meditating on their Sicilian business, how they might carry it the best, and withal expected the return from Egesta of the three galleys which they had sent before them, desiring to know if so much money were there or not, as was reported by their messengers at Athens.

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.) — 6.44.1 focus

[1] Such was the strength of the first armament that sailed over for the war. The supplies for this force were carried by thirty ships of burden laden with corn, which conveyed the bakers, stone-masons and carpenters, and the tools for raising fortifications, accompanied by one hundred boats, like the former pressed into the service, besides many other boats and ships of burden which followed the armament voluntarily for purposes of trade; all of which now left Corcyra and struck across the Ionian sea together.

[2] The whole force making land at the Iapygian promontory and Tarentum , with more or less good fortune, coasted along the shores of Italy , the cities shutting their markets and gates against them, and according them nothing but water and liberty to anchor, and Tarentum and Locri not even that, until they arrived at Rhegium , the extreme point of Italy .

[3] Here at length they reunited, and not gaining admission within the walls pitched a camp outside the city in the precinct of Artemis, where a market was also provided for them, and drew their ships on shore and kept quiet. Meanwhile they opened negotiations with the Rhegians, and called upon them as Chalcidians to assist their Leontine kinsmen; to which the Rhegians replied that they would not side with either party, but should await the decision of the rest of the Italiots, and do as they did.

[4] Upon this the Athenians now began to consider what would be the best action to take in the affairs of Sicily , and meanwhile waited for the ships sent on to come back from Egesta , in order to know whether there was really there the money mentioned by the messengers at Athens .

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 6.44 focus

So zahlreich war die erste Heeresmacht, die zum Kriege
überschiffte, und ihr folgten die Lastschiffe, welche die nöthigen
Bedürfnisse mitführten, und zwar dreißig mit Getreide beladen und mit
den. Bäckern und Steinmetzen und Zimmerleuten und den übrigen
Handwerkern, die zum Bau der Schanzen von Nutzen sind; dazu
kamen noch hundert Fahrzeuge, von Staatswegen zur Begleitung
der Lastschiffe gepreßt, und noch viele andere Fahrzeuge und Lastschiffe,
die des Handels wegen dem Heereszug freiwillig folgten. Alle diese ¹
Schiffe fuhren damals von Kerkyra aus über den Ionischen Meer- ²
busen. Die ganze Flotte hielt auf das Japygische Vorgebirg zu und
dann auf Tarent, und wie grade die einzelnen Schiffe es
bewerkstelligen konnten; und so fuhren sie an der Italischen Küste hin, in-«
dem die dortigen Städte sie weder zum Markt, noch in ihre Mauern
zuließen, wohl aber das Ankern und Wasserholen gestatteten,—
Tarent und Lokri aber nicht einmal dieß —, bis sie nach Rhegion
gelangten, an der Spitze von Italien. Hier vereinigten sich alle
wieder, und da die Stadt sie nicht aufnahm, so schlugen sie
außerhalb derselben ein Lager beim Heiligthum der Artemis, wo man
ihnen auch einen Markt gewährte; die Schiffe zogen sie an's Land
und ruhten aus. Mit den Rheginern knüpften sie Unterhandlungen
an und ließen ihnen sagen, als Chalkidier sollten sie eigentlich den
Chalkidischen Leontinern Hülfe leisten. Diese aber antworteten, sie
wollten es mit keinem von beiden Theilen halten, sondern was die
übrigen Jtalioten gemeinsam beschließen würden, das wollten auch
sie thun. Die Athener aber überlegten jetzt, wie sie sich in Bezug
auf die Verhältnisse in Sieilien am besten benehmen würden, und
warteten, bis die vorausgeschickten Schiffe von Egesta zurückkämen,
denn sie wollten auch wissen, wie sie in Betreff der Geldsummen daran
seien, von denen die Gesandten zu Athen geredet hatten.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 6.44 focus

XLIV. Tel fut le premier armement transporté en Sicile pour cette guerre. Trente bâtiments de charge suivaient avec les vivres, les boulangers, les maçons, les charpentiers, et tout l’attirail nécessaire à la construction des murailles. A ce convoi étaient joints, comme partie intégrante de l’expédition, cent autres transports, sans compter une foule de navires de charge et de commerce qui suivaient librement pour l’approvisionnement des marchés. Toute celle flotte sortit de Corcyre et traversa le golfe d’Ionie. On aborda soit au promontoire d’lapygie, soit à Tarente et ailleurs, suivant la commodité de chacun; puis l’expédition tout entière côtoya l’ltalie. Aucune ville ne leur ouvrit ni ses murs, ni ses marchés : on leur permettait seulement d’ancrer et de faire de l’eau, ce qui fut même refusé par Tarente et Locres. Enfin ils arrivèrent à Rhégium, promontoire d’ltalie, où ils se réunirent. Mais, comme on ne les reçut pas dans la ville, ils durent camper au dehors, dans l’enceinte sacrée de Diane, où un marché leur fut ouvert. Ils tirèrent leurs vaisseaux à terre et prirent quelque repos. Là, ils entrèrent en pourparlers avec les Rhégiens, et leur représentèrent qu’en qualité de Chalcidiens ils devaient secourir les Léontins, qui avaient même origine. La réponse des Rhégiens fut qu’ils resteraient neutres et se conformeraient à ce qui serait arrêté en commun par les autres cités itàliennes.

Cependant les Athéniens avaient les yeux sur la Si- cile, afin d’aviser, d’après l’état des choses, aux mesures les plus propres à assurer le succès; en même temps ils attendaient d’Égeste les vaisseaux expédiés en avant pour vérifier si les déclarations faites à Athènes par les envoyés, au sujet des trésors, étaient vraies.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 6.44 focus

Tel fut le premier armement qui partit pour cette uerre. H était accompagné de trente bâtiments de charge, portant les bagages, les vivres, les boulangers, les maçons, les charcutiers, ainsi que les outils destinés à la construction dés murs. Cent autres navires avaient été mis en réquisition ¹; enfin beau-;oup de barques et de vaisseaux marchands suivaient volontaire-nent pour le négoce. Toute cette flotte réunie sortit alors de Cor-ryre et traversais golfe Ionien. Quand ils eurent gagné, les uns la pointe d’Iapygie, les autres Tarente, chacun enfin l'endroit le plus opportun, ils se mirent à longer la côte d’Italie. Les villes leur fermaient leurs portes et leurs marchés, leur permettant seulement de prendre rade et de faire de l’eau ; encore Tarente et Locres le leur refusèrent-elles. Enfin ils atteignirent Rhé-gion, à l’extrémité de l’Italie, et se rallièrent en cet endroit. Gomme on ne les reçut pas dans la ville, ils campèrent au dehors, dans l’enceinte consacrée à Diane, où un marché leur fut ouvert. On tira les vaisseaux sur la grève et l’on se tint en repos. Les généraux s’adressèrent aux Rhégiens, et leur représentèrent que leur qualité de Chalcidéens leur faisait un devoir d’assister les Léontins leurs parents. La réponse des Rhégiens fut qu’ils garderaient la neutralité, et se conformeraient aux résolutions prises en commun par les Grecs d’Italie.

Les Athéniens étudiaient la situation des affaires en Sicile et le plan de campagne qu’ils devaient adopter. Ils attendaient le retour de· vaisseaux qu'ils avaient envoyés à Égeste pour s’assurer de l’existence des trésors dont les députés revenus à Athènes avaient parlé.

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.) — 6.44.1 focus

[1] Such was the strength of the first armament that sailed over for the war.¹ And for these, thirty food-bearing transports brought supplies, having also bakers, stone-masons, carpenters, and all tools for wall-building; and there sailed also one hundred boats that were pressed into service, along with the transports. But many boats besides, as well as transports, voluntarily accompanied the expedition, for the sake of trade. All these, at that time, sailed together from Corcyra across the Ionian Gulf.

[2] And when the whole armament reached the Iapygian promontory, or Tarentum, or wherever they severally found opportunity to make land, they sailed along the coast of Italy—some of the cities not receiving them with a market nor into the town, though furnishing them with water and anchorage, and Tarentum and Locri not even with these—until they came to Rhegium, a promontory of Italy.

[3] There they now assembled, and, as the Rhegians did not admit them within the walls, they pitched a camp outside of the town in the precinct of Artemis, where a market also was provided for them; and so drawing up their ships on shore they took a rest. And they also held a conference with the Rhegians, claiming that they as Chalcidians² should aid the Leontines who were Chalcidians. They, however, said that they would be neutral, but would do whatever the rest of the Italiots should decide.

[4] The Athenians now considered what would be the best course to take with reference to affairs in Sicily; and at the same time they were awaiting the arrival from Egesta of the ships that had been sent ahead, wishing to know about the money, whether there actually was what the messengers had reported at Athens.

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.) — 6.44.1 focus

[1] Such was the amount of the first armament which sailed over for the war. For these troops thirty ships of burden, laden with corn, carried provisions, with the bakers, stone-masons, carpenters, and all the tools for building fortifications; and also one hundred boats, which, together with the ships of burden, were pressed into the service; while many other boats and ships of burden followed the armament voluntarily, for purposes of commerce; all of which proceeded at that time to cross the Ionian Gulf from Corcyra.

[2] When the whole armament had made the coast at the Iapygian foreland, and Tarentum, and as they severally could, they sailed along the coast of Italy, as the cities did not afford them a market, or the protection of their walls, but only water and anchorage, (and Tarentum and Locri not even these,) until they came to Rhegium, a promontory of Italy.

[3] There they at once mustered, and pitched a camp outside the city, (as they would not receive them within the walls,) in the sacred enclosure of Diana, where they afforded them a market; and having drawn up their ships ashore, they remained quiet. They then entered into communication with the Rhegians, calling upon them, as Chalcidians, to assist the Leontines, who were Chalcidians also. They, however, said that they would join neither party, but whatever the rest of the Italiots should collectively determine, that they would do.

[4] The Athenians then turned their attention to the state of things in Sicily, considering in what way they would best deal with them; and at the same time were waiting for the arrival from Segesta of the ships which had been sent on in advance; wishing to know respecting the money, whether there were such a sum as the messengers stated at Athens.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 6.44.1 focus

[1] Tantus hic primus apparatus ad bellum trajiciebat. Ilis autem triginta onerariae naves commeatum vehebant et pistores et lapidum structores et fabros omniaque instrumenta, quae ad munitiones exstruendas erant necessaria, navigia vero centum, quae naves onerarias necessario comitabantur; multa etiam alia navigia et naves onerariae simul navigantes exercitum ultro negotiationis causa sequebantur; quae omnes e Corcyra tunc sinum Ionium simul transmittebant.

[2] Totusque apparatus partim ad promontorium Ja-pygiam, partim Tarentum appulsus, partim etiam alio, prout quibusque facultas data est, oram Italiae legentes praetervehebantur, et civitates nec ad mercatum eos admittebant nec in urbem, sed ad aquae et stationis usum, Tarentum vero Locrique ne ad haec quidem, donec ad Rhegium Italiae promontorium pervenerunt.

[3] Atque hic jam congregabantur et extra urbem (quia Rhegini eos intra muros non recipiebant) castra fecerunt ad Dianae templum, ubi etiam Rhegini mercatum iis praebebant; subductisque naribus quieverunt Et apud Rheginos verba fecerunt, postulantes, ut ipsi Chalcidenses Leontinis Chalcidensibus auxilium ferrent; illi vero dixerunt, se neutris affuturos, sed qufoquid ceteris Italis communiter placeret, id facturos.

[4] Isti vero animum ad res Siculas conversos habebant, considerantes, quanam ratione in illis optime se gererent; simul etiam praecursorias naves ab Egesta praestolabantur, quia scire cupiebant de pecunia, si ita essent, quae legati Athenis praedicassent.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 6.44 focus

Cotanta era la prima armata che navigava a questa guerra, e ad essa tenevan dietro trenta barche annonarie con viveri e panattieri e muratori e fabbri , e tutto il necessario a fabbricare, più cento legni astretti a convogliare le barche. Molti altri navigli e barche andavano spontanee di conserva coll’armata per far mercatura, e tutti insieme da Corfu tragittarono il seno ionico. Ed essendo tutta intera l’armata approdata al capo Iapigio , e a Taranto, e ovunque ciascuno potè y costeggiavano l’Italia non volendo le città riceverli nè dentro le mura nè al mercato, ma solo permettendo loro di fare acqua e stare alla rada ; le quali cose non concessero nè Taranto nè i Locresi. Finalmente pervennero a Reggio promontorio d’Italia, e qui oramai si riunivano ; e non essendo accolti in città , acconciarono il campo al di fuori, nel luogo consacrato a Diana, ove fu loro accordato il mercato ; e tirate in sull’asciutto le navi stavano quieti. Tennero anche parola coi Regini che essendo Calcidesi dovevano aiutare i Leontini che pur erano Calcidesi ; ed ebbero in risposta ch’e’volevano starsene di mezzo, e che farebbero tutto quello di che convenissero gli altri Italiani. Frattanto gli Ateniesi pensavano quale fosse il miglior modo da seguitare per le cose di Sicilia, ed aspettavano da Egesta le navi spèdite innanzi , volendo chiarirà se veramente vi eranò quelle ricchezze, di che gli ambasciatori parlarono in Atene.

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

ὅσα τε ἐσταυρώθη καὶ ᾠκοδομήθη — i.e. the ὑποτείχισμα consisted partly of palisading and partly of stone-work. The exact relations between the σταύρωμα and οἰκοδόμημα cannot be determined. Thuc. himself is not clear, for he speaks presently of φύλακα τοῦ οἰκοδήματος, and farther on alludes to part of the same people as οἱ ἐν τῷ σταυρώματι φυλάσσοντες. Observe that τε is misplaced.

μάχωνται —sc. οἱ Συρακόσιοι. τὴν καθ) αὑτούς—at the north.

τούς τε ὀχετοὺς . . διέφθειραν —the elaborate aqueducts of Syr., of which there are many remains, were partly open, partly underground.

ποτοῦ ὕδατος —belongs to ὀχετούς, but is attracted into the rel. clause.

τούς τε ἄλλους — i.e. those of the φυλή who were not ἐν τῷ σταυρώματι φυλάσσοντες.

ἐξαπιναίως —this and ἐξαπίνης, for ἐξαίφνης and αἰφνιδίως, are Ionic. For

εἰ ἐπιβοηθοῖεν see Index s. εἰ.

ἡ δὲ . . τὸ παρὰ τὴν πυλίδα —while a body of 300 picked men was making for the ὑποτείχισμα, or that portion of it that consisted only of palisading, a division of the army marched to another σταύρωμα—viz. ‘that by the postern gate’; but whether this πυλίς was in the walls of the city or in the ὑποτείχισμα is not stated. On the one hand there may well have been a gate in the ὑποτείχισμα to admit from one side to the other, and this may be one of the ἔφοδοι alluded to in c. 99, 2. But the 300 picked men would be sufficient to attack this, and it ought to be some gate through which help might come to those at the counterwork. Hence most probably it is a gate in the wall of Temenites, south of the point where the counterwork sprang from the wall; so that one division of the A. army marched north, the other south of the ὑποτείχισμα.

τὸ σταύρωμα —sc. τοῦ ὑποτειχίσματος. CavallariHolm seem to identify this wrongly with τὸ σταύρωμα τὸ παρὰ τἡν πυλίδα .

τὸ προτείχισμα —see c. 75, 1. The Syr. probably rushed through the πυλίς, and the pursuers ran in after them, accompanied by some of the division that was marching on the σταύρωμα there. Among these last were some Argives (§ 3), who, being hoplites (c. 43, 2), were not among the ἐκλεκτοί of § 1.

τὴν . . ὑποτείχισιν = τὁ οἰκοδόμημα of § 1. On

διεφόρησαν see c. 91, 7

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.44

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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