Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 7.59

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Das die Streitkräfte, welche auf beiden Seiten zusammen
gebracht und damals schon sämtlich zur Stelle waren; auch
hat keiner von beiden später weitere Verstärkungen erhalten.
Die Syrakuser und ihre Verbündeten glaubten also mit Recht,
daß es ihnen zu hohem Ruhm gereichen würde, wenn es
ihnen gelänge, nachdem sie die Seeschlacht gewonnen, nun
auch diese ganze so gewaltige Kriegsmacht der Athener noch
zu vernichten und sie weder zu Lande, noch mit der Flotte
entkommen zu lassen. Sie suchten also gleich den großen Hafen,
dessen Einfahrt ungefähr acht Stadien breit ist, zu sperren,
indem sie dort Trieren, Lastschiffe und kleinere Fahrzeuge quer
verankerten. Zugleich trafen sie für den Fall, daß die Athener
nochmals eine Seeschlacht wagen würden, ihre Vorbereitungen,
wie sie überhaupt hoch hinaus wollten.

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).) — 7.59.1 focus

[1] καὶ αἱ μὲν ἑκατέρων ἐπικουρίαι τοσαίδε ξυνελέγησαν, καὶ τότε ἤδη πᾶσαι ἀμφοτέροις παρῆσαν καὶ οὐκέτι οὐδὲν οὐδετέροις ἐπῆλθεν.

[2] οἱ δ’ οὖν Συρακόσιοι καὶ οἱ ξύμμαχοι εἰκότως ἐνόμισαν καλὸν ἀγώνισμα σφίσιν εἶναι ἐπὶ τῇ γεγενημένῃ νίκῃ τῆς ναυμαχίας ἑλεῖν τε τὸ στρατόπεδον ἅπαν τῶν Ἀθηναίων τοσοῦτον ὄν, καὶ μηδὲ καθ’ ἕτερα αὐτούς, μήτε διὰ θαλάσσης μήτε τῷ πεζῷ, διαφυγεῖν.

[3] ἔκλῃον οὖν τόν τε λιμένα εὐθὺς τὸν μέγαν, ἔχοντα τὸ στόμα ὀκτὼ σταδίων μάλιστα, τριήρεσι πλαγίαις καὶ πλοίοις καὶ ἀκάτοις ἐπ’ ἀγκυρῶν ὁρμίζοντες, καὶ τἆλλα, ἢν ἔτι ναυμαχεῖν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τολμήσωσι, παρεσκευάζοντο, καὶ ὀλίγον οὐδὲν ἐς οὐδὲν ἐπενόουν.

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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.) — 7.59.1 focus

[1] These were the succours assembled on either part, and which were then all there; and after them came no more, neither to the one side nor the other.

[2] No marvel then if the Syracusians thought it a noble mastery if to the victory by sea already gotten they could add the taking of the whole Athenian army, so great as it was, and hinder their escape both by sea and land.

[3] Presently therefore they fall in hand with stopping up the mouth of the great haven, being about eight furlongs wide, with galleys laid cross and lighters and boats upon their anchors; and withal prepared whatsoever else was necessary in case the Athenians would hazard another battle, meditating on no small matters in anything.

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.) — 7.59.1 focus

[1] Such were the auxiliaries brought together on either side, all of which had by this time joined, neither party experiencing any subsequent accession.

[2] It was no wonder, therefore, if the Syracusans and their allies thought that it would win them great glory if they could follow up their recent victory in the sea-fight by the capture of the whole Athenian armada, without letting it escape either by sea or by land.

[3] They began at once to close up the Great Harbor by means of boats, merchant vessels, and galleys moored broadside across its mouth, which is nearly a mile wide, and made all their other arrangements for the event of the Athenians again venturing to fight at sea. There was, in fact, nothing little either in their plans or their ideas.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 7.59 focus

DaS waren die Hülfsvölker, welche auf. beiden Seiten
zusammen kamen, und damals waren sie bereits alle zu beiden
Theilen gestoßen, und Keiner erhielt dann später mehr neuen Zuzug. —

Die Syrakusaner nun und .ihre Bundesgenossen hielten es mit
Recht für eine ruhmvolle Kampfthat, wenn sie nach dem gewonnenen
Seefieg die ganze Heeresmacht der Athener, so gewaltig sie sei,-
vernichteten und dieselbe auf keinem Element, weder zu Land noch zu
Wasser, ihnen entkommen könne. Sie verschlossen nun sogleich den
großen Hasen, dessen Mündung ungefähr acht Stadien weit ist
(4300'), mit quer gestellten Dreiruderern und Lastschiffen und
Booten, die sie vor Anker legten, und trafen auch sonst Vorkehrungen, ¹
falls die Athener noch ein Seegefecht wagen sollten, und etwas Ge- ²
ringes gedachten sie in keiner Weise zu thun.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 7.59 focus

LIX. Telles furent les forces auxiliaires réunies de part et d’autre : toutes se trouvaient alors présentes à Syracuse, et, à partir de ce moment, ni l’un ni l’autre parti ne reçut plus aucun renfort.

Les Syracusains et leurs alliés pensèrent donc avec raison que ce serait pour eux un glorieux exploit, après la victoire navale qu’ils venaient de remporter, que de prendre en entier cette armée athénienne si nombreuse, et de ne lui laisser aucun moyen d’échapper ni par terre ni par mer. Ils se mirent aussitôt à fermer le grand port, qui avait environ huit stades d’ouverture, en mouillant transversalement des trirèmes, des vaisseaux de charge et des barques qu’ils affermirent sur des ancres. Ils faisaient d’ailleurs tous leurs préparatifs pour le cas où les Athéniens oseraient tenter un nouveau combat naval, et ne formaient plus que de vastes desseins.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 7.59 focus

Après la victoire navale qu’ils venaient de remporter, les Syracusains et leurs alliés pensèrent avec raison que ce serait mettre le comble à leur gloire que de faire prisonnière la grande armée des Athéniens, sans lui laisser aucun moyen de s’échapper ni par mer ni par terre. Dans ce but, ils fermèrent le grand port, dont l’entrée est large de huit stades à peu près, au moyen d’une rangée de trirèmes, de transports et de bateaux qu’ils fixèrent par des ancres. Ils firent aussi leurs préparatifs pour le cas d’un nouveau combat naval. Sur tous les points ils ne méditaient rien que de grand.

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.) — 7.59.1 focus

[1] Such were the forces that had been brought together for the assistance of either side, and at this time¹ both had all their contingents at hand, and no further reinforcements came to either.

[2]
The Syracusans and their allies, then, naturally conceived the thought that it would be a glorious achievement for them to crown the victory which they had won in the sea-fight by taking the whole vast armament of the Athenians and preventing their escape in either way, either by sea or by land.

[3] Accordingly, they began at once to close the entrance to the Great Harbour, which was about eight stadia wide, with triremes ranged broadside and with large and small boats, mooring them at anchor; and they made other preparations in case the Athenians should still venture to fight at sea, and there was nothing small about any of the designs they formed.

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.) — 7.59.1 focus

[1] Such were the auxiliaries collected on either side, which, by this time, had all joined both parties, and there were no subsequent additions to either.

[2]

The Syracusans and their allies, then, reasonably conceived that it would be a glorious prize for them, after their recent victory in the sea-fight, to capture the whole armament of the Athenians, great as it was, and not to let them escape either way, neither by sea nor

[3] land. They began therefore immediately to close up the great harbour, the mouth of which was about eight stades across, with triremes ranged broadside, and merchant-vessels, and boats, mooring them with anchors; while they prepared every thing else, in case the Athenians should still have courage for a sea-fight, and entertained no small designs with regard to any thing.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 7.59.1 focus

[1] Atque haec quidem utrorumque auxilia convenerant, et tunc jam omnia utrisque praesto erant, nec ullum prav terea auxilium aut ad hos aut ad illos venit.

[2] Syracusani igitur sociique merito praeclarum certamen sibi propositum esse duxerunt, si post navalem victoriam, quam adepti erant, universum etiam Atheniensium exer-citnm, qui tantus esset, debellassent, et illi neutra ratione, neque mari neque terra effugerent.

[3] Itaque continuo magnum portum claudebant, qui octo ferme stadiorum ostium habebat, transversis triremibus et navigiis et sca phis, ancoris eas stabilientes, et cetera, si Athenienses navale prodium adhuc committere auderent, praeparabant nec in ulla re quicquam parvum animo agitabant.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 7.59 focus

Tanti erano i soccorsi accolli dalle due parti, e già tutti li avevano presenti, e uissuno altro ne sopravvenne nè all’una nè alTaltra. A ragione adunque i Siracusani e gli alleati, dopo la riportata vittoria navale, reputavano bella impresa il vincere anche tutto l’esercito ateniese che era si grande, talché non potesse scampare nè per la via di terra, nè per quella di mare. Ed a questo fine con triremi intraversate e barche e schifi fermati stdl'ancora serrarono subito il porto grande , la cui bocca è larga circa otto stadii : ed in tutto il resto stavano apparecchiali caso che gli Ateniesi osassero venir novamente a battaglia navale. Insomma per ogni lato a grandi cose intendevano.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 7.59

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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