Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 6.57

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Als das Fest herangekommen und Hippias auf dem so
genannten Topfmarkte vor der Stadt inmitten seiner Leibwache
eben damit beschäftigt war, den Festzug zu ordnen, schritten
Harmodios und Aristogeiton, mit Dolchen bewaffnet, zur Aus
führung ihres Planes. Da sie jedoch einen ihrer Mitver
schworenen in vertraulichem Gespräch mit Hippias sahen, wie
dieser eben für jedermann leicht zugänglich war, wurden sie
bange und glaubten, sie seien verraten und würden jeden
Augenblick verhaftet werden. An dem Manne aber, der sie
beleidigt und um des willen sie das ganze Wagnis unternommen
hatten, wollten sie sich womöglich vorher noch rächen, und so
eilten sie, wie sie waren, durchs Tor in die Stadt hinein,
trafen Hipparchos beim Leokorion, iselen, der eine aus Eifer-
sucht, der andere wegen des ihm angetanen Schimpfes, voller
Wut hinterrücks über ihn her und stachen ihn nieder. Aristo
geiton gelang es zwar, zunächst im Volksgedränge vor der
Leibwache zu entkommen, wurde aber später ergriffen und
übel zugerichtet. Harmodios aber wurde gleich auf der Stelle
niedergemacht.

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).) — 6.57.1 focus

[1] καὶ ὡς ἐπῆλθεν ἡ ἑορτή, Ἱππίας μὲν ἔξω ἐν τῷ Κεραμεικῷ καλουμένῳ μετὰ τῶν δορυφόρων διεκόσμει ὡς ἕκαστα ἐχρῆν τῆς πομπῆς προϊέναι, ὁ δὲ Ἁρμόδιος καὶ ὁ Ἀριστογείτων ἔχοντες ἤδη τὰ ἐγχειρίδια ἐς τὸ ἔργον προῇσαν.

[2] καὶ ὡς εἶδόν τινα τῶν ξυνωμοτῶν σφίσι διαλεγόμενον οἰκείως τῷ Ἱππίᾳ (ἦν δὲ πᾶσιν εὐπρόσοδος ὁ Ἱππίας), ἔδεισαν καὶ ἐνόμισαν μεμηνῦσθαί τε καὶ ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη ξυλληφθήσεσθαι.

[3] τὸν λυπήσαντα οὖν σφᾶς καὶ δι’ ὅνπερ πάντα ἐκινδύνευον ἐβούλοντο πρότερον, εἰ δύναιντο, προτιμωρήσασθαι, καὶ ὥσπερ εἶχον ὥρμησαν ἔσω τῶν πυλῶν, καὶ περιέτυχον τῷ Ἱππάρχῳ παρὰ τὸ Λεωκόρειον καλούμενον, καὶ εὐθὺς ἀπερισκέπτως προσπεσόντες καὶ ὡς ἂν μάλιστα δι’ ὀργῆς ὁ μὲν ἐρωτικῆς, ὁ δὲ ὑβρισμένος, ἔτυπτον καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν αὐτόν.

[4] καὶ ὁ μὲν τοὺς δορυφόρους τὸ αὐτίκα διαφεύγει ὁ Ἀριστογείτων, ξυνδραμόντος τοῦ ὄχλου, καὶ ὕστερον ληφθεὶς οὐ ῥᾳδίως διετέθη· Ἁρμόδιος δὲ αὐτοῦ παραχρῆμα ἀπόλλυται.

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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.) — 6.57.1 focus

[1] When this holiday was come, Hippias was gone out of the city into the place called Cerameicum with his guard of halberdiers, and was ordering the procession how it was to go. And Harmodius and Aristogeiton, with each of them a dagger, proceeded to the fact.

[2] But when they saw one of the conspirators familiarly talking with Hippias (for Hippias was very affable to all men), they were afraid and believed that they were discovered and must presently have been apprehended.

[3] They resolved therefore (if it were possible) to be revenged first upon him that had done them the wrong, and for whose sake they had undergone all this danger, and, furnished as they were, ran [furiously] into the city, and finding Hipparchus at a place called Leocorium, without all regard of themselves fell upon him, and with all the anger in the world, one upon jealousy, the other upon disgrace, struck and slew him.

[4] Aristogeiton, for the present, by means of the great confluence of people, escaped through the guard, but taken afterwards, was ungently handled; but Harmodius was slain upon the place.

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.) — 6.57.1 focus

[1] At last the festival arrived; and Hippias with his bodyguard was outside the city in the Ceramicus, arranging how the different parts of the procession were to proceed. Harmodius and Aristogiton had already their daggers and were getting ready to act,

[2] when seeing one of their accomplices talking familiarly with Hippias, who was easy of access to every one, they took fright, and concluded that they were discovered and on the point of being taken;

[3] and eager if possible to be revenged first upon the man who had wronged them and for whom they had undertaken all this risk, they rushed, as they were, within the gates, and meeting with Hipparchus by the Leocorium recklessly fell upon him at once, infuriated, Aristogiton by love, and Harmodius by insult, and smote him and slew him.

[4] Aristogiton escaped the guards at the moment, through the crowd running up, but was afterwards taken and dispatched in no merciful way: Harmodius was killed on the spot.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 6.57 focus

Als nun das Fest herangekommen war, traf Hippias, von
seinen Lanzenträgern umgeben, außerhalb der Stadt im sogenannten
Kerameikos die Anordnungen, wie beim Festzug jegliches vor sich
gehen solle. Harmodios aber und Aristogeiton, schon den Dolch in
der Hand, näherten sich zur That. Da sahen sie aber Einen ihrer
Mitverschworenen vertraulich mit Hippias reden, wie denn dieser
überhaupt für Alle leicht zugänglich war, und nun geriethen sie in
Furcht und glaubten, sie seien verrathen und würden jeden
Augenblick festgenommen werden. So dachten sie denn nun, wenn es
möglich wäre, vorher noch an ihrem Beleidiger und um dessentwillen sie
sich auch in dieses Wagstück eingelassen hätten, Rache zu nehmen,
und stehenden Fußes eilten sie zum Thore hinein, trafen den
Hipparchos beim sogenannten Leokorion und sielen rasch und unversehens
über ihn her, und, der Eine im Zorn der beleidigten Liebe, der
Andere vom Stachel der Beschimpfung getrieben, trafen sie ihn mit
ihren Dolchen und tödteten ihn. Und der Eine entkam für den
Augenblick den Lanzenträgern, Aristogeiton nämlich, im Getümmel
des Aufkaufs, wurde aber später gefangen und schlimm zugerichtet,
Harmodios aber wurde auf der Stelle niedergehauen.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 6.57 focus

LVII. La fête arrivée, Hippias, entouré de ses gardes, se rendit hors de la ville, sur la place nommée Céra- ¹ mique², pour régler dans tous ses détails la marche du cortège. Déjà Hârmodius et Aristogiton, armés de leurs poignards, s’avançaient pour le frapper, lorsqu’ils aper- çurent un de leurs complices s’entretenant familièrement avec Hippias; — car il était accessible à tous.— Ils se troublent alors, se croient dénoncés et se voient déjà arrêtés. Mais, avant de l’être, ils veulent du moins, s’il est possible, prendre une vengeance anticipée sur celui qui les a offensés, sur la cause première de tous leurs dangers. Tels qu’ils sont, ils se précipitent dans la ville, et rencontrent Hipparque près du lieu nommé Léocorion; aussitôt ils tombent sur lui comme des forcenés, et, transportés l’un par la jalousie, l’autre par la vengeance, ils le frappent et le tuent. Aristogiton échappa d’abord aux gardes, au milieu du concours de la foule; mais il fut pris ensuite et cruellement traité; quant à Hârmodius, il fut tué sur place au moment même.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 6.57 focus

Le jour de la fête étant venu, Hippias avec ses gardes était dans le Céramique, hors de la ville ¹, occupé à organiser le cortège. Déjà Harmodios et Aristogiton, armés de poignards, avançaient pour le frapper, lorsqu’ils aperçurent un de leurs fi dés s’entretenant familièrement avec lui; en effet Hippias se Assait aborder par tout le monde. Effrayés à cette vue, ils se rurent découverts et sur le point d’être arrêtés. Voulant donc aparavant se venger, s’il se pouvait, de celui qui les avait utragés et réduits à risquer leur vie, ils rentrent à la course ans la ville, rencontrent Hipparque près du lieu appelé Léo-corion²; et, dans la rage qu'inspire à l’un son amour, à l’autre on offense, ils se jettent sur lui en forcenés et le frappent à uort. Aristogiton échappa aux gardes à la faveur du tumulte; nais ensuite il fut pris et cruellement traité ; pour Harmodios, fut massacré sur-le-champ.

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.) — 6.57.1 focus

[1] And when the festival came on, Hippias with his bodyguard was outside the walls, in the place called the Cerameicus, arranging the order in which the several parts of the procession were to go forward; and Harmodius and Aristogeiton, who were ready with their daggers, stepped forward to put their scheme in effect.

[2] But when they saw one of their accomplices talking familiarly with Hippias, who was accessible to all, they took fright, thinking that they had been informed upon and would in a moment be arrested.

[3] So wishing first to take vengeance, if they could, upon the one who had aggrieved them and because of whom they were risking all, they rushed, just as they were, within the gates and came upon Hipparchus at the place called Leocorium.¹ And at once falling upon him recklessly and as men will in extreme wrath, the one inflamed by jealousy, the other by insult, they smote and slew him.

[4] Aristogeiton, indeed, escaped the guards for the moment, as the crowd ran together, but afterwards was caught and handled in no gentle manner; but Harmodius perished on the spot.

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.) — 6.57.1 focus

[1] When therefore the festival arrived, Hippias, with his body-guard, was arranging outside of the walls, in what is called the Ceramicus, how the several parts of the procession were to proceed.

[2] And when they saw one of their accomplices in familiar conversation with Hippias, (for he was easy of access to all,) they were alarmed, and thought that some information had been laid against them, and that they would be almost immediately arrested. They wished therefore to avenge themselves beforehand, if possible, on the man who had aggrieved them, and for whose punishment they were exposing themselves to all that danger;

[3] and so they rushed straightway within the gates, and meeting with Hipparchus by the Leocorium, at once fell on him in a reckless manner, under the influence of the most vehement passion, inspired by love in the one case, and by insult in the other, and smote him, and slew him.

[4] Now one of them, namely, Aristogiton, escaped from the guards at the moment, through the crowd running up; but was seized afterwards, and disposed of in no gentle manner. Harmodius was immediately slain on the spot.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 6.57.1 focus

[1] Quum autem festum advenisset, Hippias quidem extra urbem in loco, qui Ceramicus vocatur, cum satellitibus res ad pompam spectantes ornabat, prout singulas proludere oportebat, Harmodius tero et Aristogito pugiones jam habentes ad facinus faciendum prodibant.

[2] Et ut quemdam ex conjuratis cum Hippia fiimiliariter colloquentem conspexere (aditus autem adHippiam omnibus erat facilis), extimuerunt, et existimarunt, rem patefactam esse, seque jarojam comprehensum iri.

[3] Quamobrem illum, a quo laesi erant, et cujus causa de summa rerum suarum periclitabantur, primum ulcisci volebant, si possent, atque ut erant, impetu portas urbis introiverunt, et Hipparchum nacti sunt in eo loco, qui Leocorium vocatur, protinus ex improviso irruentes, et ut qui vehementissime ira impulsi, hic quidem ex amore concepta, ille vero propter contumeliam, quam acceperat, ictus dabant et eum occidunt.

[4] Et Aristogito quidem per satellites in praesenti fuga evasit, facto multitudinis concursu, et postea comprehensus, haud leniter tractatus est; Harmodius vero in loco statim caeditur.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 6.57 focus

Venuto il di della festa, Ippia accompagnato . daìle sue guardie disponeva fuori di città, nel cosi detto \ Ceramico, il modo col quale dovea procedere ciascuna cosa ; destinata per la pompa ; ed Armodio e Aristogitone con dei pugnali si avanzavano per fare il colpo. Ma vedendo : uno dei loro congiurati parlar familiarmente con Ippia, che con tutti era di facile abbordo, impaurirono e si tennero ^scoperti e poco meno che arrestati.'E però prima di esserlo in effetto determinarono, se possibil fosse, di vendicarsi d' Ipparco che gli aveva offesi, e per cui arrischia vano tutto. Onde senza più, corsi dentro la porta s’imbatterono in Ipparco presso il cosi detto Leocorio, e posto giù ogni riguardo tosto l'assalirono; e spinti entrambi dal più gran furore, questi per gelosia, quegli per l’oltraggio, lo feriscono e l’uccidono. Aristogitone si sottrasse subito alle guardie per essere accorsa gran folla, ma poi fu arrestato e non la passò troppo leggermente : Armodio restò ucciso in sul fatto.

Commentary

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

ἐπῆλθεν —cf. Aeschin. 2, 62 ἐπῄει χρόνος.

ἔξω —outside the gates, i.e. in the (afterwards) outer Cerameicus, outside the Thriasian gate, later Dipylon, or double gateway through which the Sacred Way passed. At a later time the Pompeium, a building in which the things used in the Panathenaic procession were kept, stood just inside the gate. There seems to be no distinction between ‘outer’ and ‘inner’ Cerameicus before the walls of Themistocles were built. Thuc. describes Hippias as marshalling the procession outside; the conspirators rush inside and kill Hipparchus. The Ath. Pol, however, says that Hippias was waiting to receive the procession on the Acropolis. Thuc. in 1, 21 says that Hipparchus was marshalling the procession when he was killed, and with that account the Ath. Pol. agrees. The route of the procession was from the gate through the inner Cerameicus to the temple of Athena Polias.

ἕκαστα —‘the details.’

τῶν ξυνωμοτῶν σφίσι = τῶν ξυνομοσάντων ς.

διαλεγόμενον οἰκείως — Ath. Pol. l.c. φιλανθρὠπως ἐντυγχἁνοντα.

ὥσπερ εἶχον —‘forthwith’: several times in Thuc.; but later Attics use οὕτως Stein reads < τὰ > πάντα ἐκιν.

ὥρμησαν —the proper use of the act. of this word, ‘to rush.’

παρὰ τὸ Λεωκόριον —a verb of motion is not necessary with παρά in this use. It denotes what one sees when one goes past a place. The use is not common, but well established. τὸ Λεωκόριον—ἐν μέσῳ τῷ Κεραμεικῷ (Harpocration). The story was that the three daughters of King Leos were sacrificed to avert famine from Athens. The chapel is connected with the worship of A pollo as god of purification.

ὡς ἄν —sc. προσπέσοιεν.

ἔτυπτον καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν —the historic pres. is often combined with imperfect. < ἐς > τὸ αὐτίκα Stem.

οὐ ῥᾳδίως διετέθη —a characteristic instance of the manner of Thuc., who never dwells on the details of outrages. In Ath. Pol. the story of Aristogeiton's torture and stabbing by Hippias is given at length. Thuc. says only ‘he was harshly treated.’

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.57

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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