Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 7.41

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Auf diese Weise erfochten die Syrakuser schließlich nach
heißer Schlacht den Sieg, und die geschlagenen Athener mußten
sich zwischen den Lastschiffen hindurch auf ihren Ankerplatz
zurückziehen. Die Schiffe der Syrakuser verfolgten sie bis an
die Lastschiffe; hier aber wurden sie durch die mit Delphinen
beschwerten Stangen, welche von den Lastschiffen aus die Ein
fahrten überragten, an der weiteren Verfolgung gehindert.
Zwei syrakusische Schiffe aber, die sich im Hochgefühl des
Sieges zu nahe herangewagt, wurden zertrümmert, und eins
davon fiel mit der ganzen Mannschaft den Athenern in die
Hände. Die Syrakuser, welche den Athenern sieben Schiffe
versenkt, viele leckgemacht und die Mannschaft entweder ge
fangengenommen oder getötet hatten, zogen sich zurück und er
richteten Siegeszeichen für beide Seeschlachten, bereits voller
Zuversicht, der feindlichen Flotte weit überlegen zu sein, und
überzeugt, auch mit dem Landheere schon fertigzuwerden. Sie
richteten sich also darauf ein, beide von neuem anzugreifen.

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).) — 7.41.1 focus

[1] τέλος δὲ τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ κατὰ κράτος ναυμαχοῦντες οἱ Συρακόσιοι ἐνίκησαν, καὶ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τραπόμενοι διὰ τῶν ὁλκάδων τὴν κατάφευξιν ἐποιοῦντο ἐς τὸν ἑαυτῶν ὅρμον.

[2] αἱ δὲ τῶν Συρακοσίων νῆες μέχρι μὲν τῶν ὁλκάδων ἐπεδίωκον· ἔπειτα αὐτοὺς αἱ κεραῖαι ὑπὲρ τῶν ἔσπλων αἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁλκάδων δελφινοφόροι ἠρμέναι ἐκώλυον.

[3] δύο δὲ νῆες τῶν Συρακοσίων ἐπαιρόμεναι τῇ νίκῃ προσέμειξαν αὐτῶν ἐγγὺς καὶ διεφθάρησαν, καὶ ἡ ἑτέρα αὐτοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἑάλω.

[4] καταδύσαντες δ’ οἱ Συρακόσιοι τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἑπτὰ ναῦς καὶ κατατραυματίσαντες πολλὰς ἄνδρας τε τοὺς μὲν πολλοὺς ζωγρήσαντες, τοὺς δὲ ἀποκτείναντες ἀπεχώρησαν, καὶ τροπαῖά τε ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ναυμαχιῶν ἔστησαν, καὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα ἤδη ἐχυρὰν εἶχον ταῖς μὲν ναυσὶ καὶ πολὺ κρείσσους εἶναι, ἐδόκουν δὲ καὶ τὸν πεζὸν χειρώσεσθαι.

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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.) — 7.41.1 focus

[1] The Syracusians, having fought in this manner with the utmost of their strength, in the end gat the victory; and the Athenians, between the [two] ships, escaped into their harbour.

[2] The Syracusian galleys chased them as far as to those ships; but the dolphins hanging from the masts over the entrance of the harbour forbade them to follow any further.

[3] Yet there were two galleys, which upon a jollity after victory approached them, but both were lost, of which one with her men and all was taken.

[4] The Syracusians, after they had sunk seven galleys of the Athenians and torn many more, and of the men had taken some alive and killed others, retired, and for both the battles erected trophies, and had already an assured hope of being far superior by sea, and also made account to subdue the army by land. And they prepared to assault them again in both kinds.

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.) — 7.41.1 focus

[1] At last, fighting hard in this fashion, the Syracusans gained the victory, and the Athenians turned and fled between the merchantmen to their own station.

[2] The Syracusan ships pursued them as far as the merchantmen, where they were stopped by the beams armed with dolphins suspended from those vessels over the passage.

[3] Two of the Syracusan vessels went too near in the excitement of victory and were destroyed, one of them being taken with its crew.

[4] After sinking seven of the Athenian vessels and disabling many, and taking most of the men prisoners and killing others, the Syracusans retired and set up trophies for both the engagements, being now confident of having a decided superiority by sea, and by no means despairing of equal success by land.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 7.41 focus

Endlich gewannen die Syrakusaner, aus diese Weise mit
aller Anstrengung kämpfend, den Sieg, die Athener aber machten
Kehrt und zogen sich durch die Lastschiffe zu ihrem Ankerplatz zurück.
Die Syrakufischen Schiffe verfolgten sie bis an die Lastschiffe heran;
weiter vorzudringen hinderten sie hier die Balken, welche, an den
Lastschiffen angebracht, über den Durchfahrtslücken schwebten und
Delphine herabhängen ließen 22). Doch kamen zwei Syrakufische Schiffe ¹²³
im Siegesrausch ganz dicht heran und wurden zu Grunde gerichtet.
Das eine fiel sammt Bemannung in die Hände der Athener.. Die
Syrakusaner nun, nachdem sie sieben Schiffe der Athener in den
Grund gebohrt und viele kampfuntüchtig gemacht, auch viele
Mannschaft gefangen oder getödtet hatten, zogen sich zurück und stellten
wegen beider Seetreffen Siegeszeichen auf. Was sie früher gehofft,
das glaubten sie nun zuversichtlich, nämlich auch zur See völlig
überlegen zu sein, und so dachten sie denn auch der Landmacht Meister
zu werden. In der That rüsteten sie sich auch auf beiderlei Weise
zu erneuertem Angriff.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 7.41 focus

XLI. A la fin, grâce à cette tactique, les Syracusains forcèrent l’ennemi et restèrent vainqueurs. Les Athéniens, en déroute, passèrent entre leurs bâtiments de charge pour se réfugier à leur mouillage. Les vaisseaux syracusains les poursuivirentjusqu’aux bâtiments de charge; mais les bascules¹ adaptées à l’extrémité des bâtiments, au-dessus des passes, et armées de dauphins, ne leur permirent pas d’avancer plus loin. Cependant deux vaisseaux syracusains, dans l’entraînement de la victoire, s’en approchèrent et furent fracassés; l’un d’eux même fut pris avec son équipage. ²³ Les Syracusains avaient coulé sept vaisseaux athéniens, maltraité beaucoup d’autres, pris ou tué bon nombre d’ennemis; ils se retirèrent et élevèrent un trophée pour les deux combats. Ils avaient désormais la ferme confiance d’avoir sur mer une incontestable supériorité, et comptaient bien vaincre également l’armée de terre : aussi se disposaient-ils à attaquer de nouveau sur terre et sur mer.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 7.41 focus

Enfin, grâce à cette manœuvre, les Syracusains furent complètement vainqueurs. Les Athéniens se retirèrent à travers les transports et se réfugièrent dans leur station. Les Syrracu-sains les poursuivirent jusqu’aux vaisseaux de charge; mais là ils furent arrêtés par les antennes armées de dauphins ¹ et dressées au-dessus des passages. Deux vaisseaux syracusains, dans l’entraînement de la victoire, s'y engagèrent et se perdirent ; l’un d’eux fut pris avec son équipage. Les Syracusains, après avoir coulé sept vaisseaux athéniens, maltraité beaucoup d'autres, pris ou tué ceux qui les montaient, se retirèrent et érigèrent des trophées pour leurs deux victoires navales. Dès lors ils se crurent invincibles sur mer, et ne désespérèrent même pas de triompher de l’armée de terre. Ils se préparèrent donc à renouveler leurs attaques sur les deux éléments.

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.) — 7.41.1 focus

[1] Finally, by pursuing this manner of fighting with all their strength, the Syracusans won, and the Athenians took to flight, endeavouring to make their escape through the line of merchant-ships¹ into their own place of anchorage.

[2] The Syracusan ships pursued them hotly as far as the merchantmen, but there the dolphin-bearing cranes² that were suspended from the merchantmen over the channels between the vessels checked them.

[3] Two Syracusan ships, however, elated by their victory, approached too close to the cranes and were destroyed, one of them being captured together with its crew.

[4] The Syracusans, having sunk seven of the Athenian ships and damaged many others, and having taken prisoner most of the men upon them and killed the rest, then withdrew and set up a trophy for both the sea-fights. They now cherished the confident belief that they were far superior to the Athenians on the sea, and they thought that they should get the better of the army on land as well. So they, on their part, proceeded to make preparations to attack the enemy again on both elements.

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.) — 7.41.1 focus

[1] At length, by fighting in this way with all their might, the Syracusans gained the victory, and the Athenians turned and fled between the merchantmen into their own station. The Syracusan ships pursued them as far as those vessels;

[2] but then the beams that were hung from the merchantmen over the passages between them, with ¹ dolphins attached to them, stopped their progress.

[3] Two, however, elated by their victory, came up close to them, and were destroyed, one of them being captured with its crew.

[4] After the Syracusans had sunk seven Athenian ships and disabled many more, having taken some of the men prisoners and killed others, they retired, and erected trophies for both the engagements; entertaining now a confident hope that by sea they were very decidedly superior, and thinking that they should conquer the enemy's land forces also. Accordingly they began to prepare for making another attack in both ways.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 7.41.1 focus

[1] Tandem autem Syracusani totis viribus hoc modo pugnantes vicerunt, et Atlienienses in fugam versi, inter onerarias naves in suam stationem perfugiebant.

[2] Syracusanorum vero naves usque ad illas onerarias naves quidem insequebantur; deinde antennae, quae ex onerariis navibus super introitus suspensae delphines portabaBt, eos progredi prohibebant.

[3] Duae vero Syracusanorum naves, victoria feroces, ad illas propius accesserunt, atque profligatae sunt; et earum altera una cum ipsis viris capto est.

[4] At Syracusani septem navibus Atheniensium depressis, multisque laceratis, virisque partim captis partim occisis, abierunt, et utriusque pugnae navalis tropas erexerunt, certamque jam spem animo conceperant, sedasse longe superiores fore; existimabant antem, ipsum etiam peditatum a se subactum iri.

Atque hi quidem, ut hostem utnnque rursus aggressuri, sese praeparabant;

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 7.41 focus

Alla fine i Siracusani combattendo in questa guisa vigorosamente furono vincitori, e gli Ateniesi volti alla fuga, cercavano rifugio nella loro stazione di mezzo alle onerarie fin dove furono inseguiti dall’armata nemica: la quale fu impedita di procedere più oltre dalle antenne che ritte sulle onerarie stesse, ed armate di un ordigno di piombo'fatto a modo di delfino, difendevano gli spazi onde si andava all’alloggiamento. E due navi siracusane, che gonfie della vittoria si appressarono a quelle, furono spezzate, ed un’altra presa con la ciurma. I Siracusani colarono a fondo sette navi ateniesi, e molte ne guastarono ; e fatti molti prigioni ed uccisa molla gente si ritirarono ; alzarono i trofei delle due battaglie navali , ed avevano ornai ferma speranza di essere superiori nella flotta, e stimavano che vincerebbero ancora l’esercito di terra. Però si preparavano ad assalire nuovamente il nemico da amendue le parti.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 7.41

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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