Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 7.52

[1] The next day they came out with their galleys, seventy-six in number, and the Athenians set forth against them with eightysix; and being come together, they fought.

[2] Eurymedon had charge of the right wing of the Athenians, and desiring to encompass the galleys of the enemies, drew forth his own galleys in length more towards the shore, and was cut off by the Syracusians, that had first overcome the middle battle of the Athenians, from the rest, in the bottom and inmost part of the haven, and both slain himself, and the galleys that were with him lost. And that done, the rest of the Athenian fleet was also chased and driven ashore.

[1] Drawing off their troops for this day, on the next the Syracusans went out with a fleet of seventy-six sail, and at the same time advanced with their land forces against the lines. The Athenians put out to meet them with eighty-six ships, came to close quarters and engaged. The Syracusans and their allies first defeated the Athenian center,

[2] and then caught Eurymedon, the commander of the right wing, who was sailing out from the line more towards the land in order to surround the enemy, in the hollow and recess of the harbor, and killed him and destroyed the ships accompanying him; after which they now chased the whole Athenian fleet before them and drove them ashore.

An diesem Tage hatte sich das Heer der Syrakusaner
wieder zurückgezogen; am folgenden Tag aber liefen sie mit ihren
Schiffen, sechs und siebenzig an der Zahl; aus und rückten zugleich
mit dem Landheer gegen die Vershcanzungen an.'Die Athener fuhren
ihnen mit'sechs und achtzig Schiffen entgegen,'stießen'auf sie und
begannen die Seeschlacht.'- Den Eurymedon,-welches den rechten
Flügel der Athener befehligte und die Schiffe der Gegner umsegeln
wollte und dabei dem Land zu nahe gekommen war, schnitten die
Syrakusaner und ihre Bundesgenossen, nachdem sie bereits schon die
Mitte der Athener besiegt hatten, in der inneren Hasenbucht ab und
tödteten ihn selbst und versenkten seine Schiffe. Endlich war es so
weit gekommen, daß sie die ganze athenische Flotte vor sich her jagten
und gegen das Land hin trieben.

LII. L’armée syracusaine rentra pour ce jour-là; mais le lendemain ils firent sortir soixante-seize vaisseaux, pendant que l’armée de terre marchait de son côté contre les retranchements. Les Athéniens opposèrent quatre-vingt-six vaisseaux; on s’aborda et le combat commença. Eurymédon, qui tenait la droite des Athéniens, avait étendu sa ligne et rasait de près la côte, afin d’envelopper la flotte ennemie; mais les Syracusains et leurs alliés, après avoir enfoncé le centre des Athéniens, le coupèrent du reste de la flotte, l’enfermèrent dans le golfe au fond du port ¹ et détruisirent son vaisseau, ainsi que ceux qui l’accompagnaient. Ensuite ils se mirent à la poursuite du reste de la flotte et la poussèrent au rivage.

Ce jour-là les Syracusains se retirèrent; le lendemain ils mirent en mer avec soixante-seize vaisseaux, en même temps qu’ils lançaient leur infanterie contre les retranchements. Les Athéniens leur opposèrent quatre-vingt-six vaisseaux. On se joignit et l’action commença. Eurymédon, qui commandait l’aile droite des Athéniens, voulut envelopper la flotte ennemie; mais ce mouvement l’entraîna trop près de la terre. Les Syra-cusains et leurs alliés, après avoir enfoncé le centre des Athéniens, séparèrent Eurymédon du reste de la flotte, l’acculèrent dans un enfoncement du port, détruisirent son vaisseau, ainsi que ceux qui l’avaient suivi, et le tuèrent lui-même. Ensuite ils se mirent à la poursuite de toute la flotte athénienne, qu’ils poussèrent au rivage.

[1] So on this first day the Syracusan army withdrew; but on the following day they sailed out with their ships, seventy-six in number, and at the same time advanced with their land-force against the walls. The Athenians put out to sea to meet them with eighty-six ships, and closing with them commenced the battle.

[2] Eurymedon, who commanded the right wing of the Athenians, wished to surround the ships of the enemy, and had therefore steered his ships out from the line rather too near the shore, when the Syracusans and their allies, after they had defeated the Athenian centre, cut off him also in a recess of the inner bay of the harbour and destroyed both him and the ships that followed him; and after that they set about pursuing the entire Athenian fleet and driving them ashore.

[1] On that day, then, the army of the Syracusans drew off; but on the next they both sailed out with their ships, seventy-six in number, and at the same time advanced with their troops against the walls. The Athenians put out to meet them with eighty-six ships, and closed and fought with them.

[2] Now when Eurymedon, who commanded the right wing of the Athenians, and wished to surround the ships of the enemy, had sailed out from the line too much towards the shore; the Syracusans and their allies, after first defeating the centre of the Athenians, intercepted him also in the bottom and furthest recess of the harbour, and both killed him, and destroyed the ships that were following him. After which the Syracusans closely pursued all the ships of the Athenians, and drove them ashore.

[1] Atque hoc quidem die Syracusanorum exercitus se recepit; postero vero die,et navibus prodierunt, qoae sex et septuaginta erant, et peditatu simul ad munitiones pergebant. Athenienses vero cum sex et octoginta navibus obviam iis occurrebant, et quum ad manus venissent, proelium navale committebant.

[2] Et Eurymedontem, qui dextrum Atheniensium cornu tenebat, quum adversariorum naves circumcludere vellet, et ideo navium agmen produxisset propius terram, Syracusani sociique quum primo mediam Atheuiensium aciem vicissent, illum quoque in concavo portus atque intimo ejus recessu interceperunt, et quum ipsum, tum etiam naves, quae eum sequebantur, profligarunt; deinde vero reliquam etiam Atheniensium classem jam insequebantur et in terram elidebant.

Per quel giorno i Siracusani ritirarono l’esercito , ma nel seguente escono fuori colle navi in numero di settantasei, e al tempo stesso colle genti di terra marciarono verso i muri. Gli Ateniesi si mossero loro incontro con ottantasei navi , e si azzuffarono a battaglia ; ove i Siracusani con gli alleati, vinto prima il centro dell’armata nemica, nella parte concava e più interna del porto colgono Eurimedonte che tenea l’ala destra degli Ateniesi e che volendo chiudere in mezzo le navi opposte avea stangato la sua ordinanza troppo verso terra, e lo rompono insieme colle navi che lo seguivano. Dipoi davano ornai la caccia a tutta la flotta ateniese, e vigorosamente la spingevano a terra.