Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 8.28

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Die Peloponnesier aber brachen gegen Sonnenaufgang
von Teichiussa auf und landeten nach der Abfahrt der Athener
bei Milet. Sie blieben einen Tag und wollten am folgenden,
verstärkt durch die chiischen Schiffe, welche erst mit der Flotte
unter Chalkideus von den Athenern verfolgt worden waren,
wieder nach Teichiussa fahren, um ihr Gepäck abzuholen, das
sie dort gelassen hatten. Als sie hier ankamen, traf auch
Tissaphernes mit seinem Heere dort ein und forderte sie auf,
nach Iasos zu segeln, wo Amorgos, der noch gegen ihn in
Waffen stand, sich hielt. Sie ershcienen auch plötzlich vor
Iasos, wo man nicht anders glaubte, als daß es die attische
Flotte sei, und nahmen es ein, wobei die Syrakuser sich be
sonders auszeichneten. Amorgos, der natürliche Sohn des
Pissuthnes, der sich gegen den König empört hatte, fiel den
Peloponnesiern lebendig in die Hände und wurde von ihnen
Tissaphernes übergeben, um ihn, wenn er wollte, dem ihm er
teilten Befehle des Königs gemäß an ihn auszuliefern. Iasos
zerstörten sie gänzlich, und das Heer machte dort reiche Beute;
denn Iasos war schon seit langer Zeit eine reiche Stadt. Den
Söldnern des Amorgos taten sie nichts zuleide, sondern über
nahmen sie selbst und stellten sie in ihr Heer ein, da sie meist
aus dem Peloponnes waren. Die Stadt überließen sie Tissa
phernes mit allen Kriegsgefangenen, Freien und Sklaven, für
die sie sich je einen persischen Goldgulden (Stater Dareikos)
von ihm ausbedungen hatten. Darauf fuhren sie nach Milet
zurück. Pedaritos, Leons Sohn, den die Lakedämonier als
Befehlshaber nach Chios schicken wollten, ließen sie mit den
Söldnern des Amorgos bis Erythrai den Landweg einschlagen,
Milet selbst aber stellten sie uuter^Philippos' Befehl. Damit
endete der Sommer.

History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Theodor Braun (Translator). Leipzig. 1917.

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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).) — 8.28.1 focus

[1] οἱ δὲ Πελοποννήσιοι ἅμα τῇ ἕῳ ἐκ τῆς Τειχιούσσης ἄραντες ἐπικατάγονται, καὶ μείναντες ἡμέραν μίαν τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ καὶ τὰς Χίας ναῦς προσλαβόντες τὰς μετὰ Χαλκιδέως τὸ πρῶτον ξυγκαταδιωχθείσας ἐβούλοντο πλεῦσαι ἐπὶ τὰ σκεύη ἃ ἐξείλοντο ἐς Τειχιοῦσσαν πάλιν.

[2] καὶ ὡς ἦλθον, Τισσαφέρνης τῷ πεζῷ παρελθὼν πείθει αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ Ἴασον, ἐν ᾗ Ἀμόργης πολέμιος ὢν κατεῖχε, πλεῦσαι. καὶ προσβαλόντες τῇ Ἰάσῳ αἰφνίδιοι καὶ οὐ προσδεχομένων ἀλλ’ ἢ Ἀττικὰς τὰς ναῦς εἶναι αἱροῦσιν· καὶ μάλιστα ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ οἱ Συρακόσιοι ἐπῃνέθησαν.

[3] καὶ τόν τε Ἀμόργην ζῶντα λαβόντες, Πισσούθνου νόθον υἱόν, ἀφεστῶτα δὲ βασιλέως, παραδιδόασιν οἱ Πελοποννήσιοι Τισσαφέρνει ἀπαγαγεῖν, εἰ βούλεται, βασιλεῖ, ὥσπερ αὐτῷ προσέταξε, καὶ τὴν Ἴασον διεπόρθησαν καὶ χρήματα πάνυ πολλὰ ἡ στρατιὰ ἔλαβεν· παλαιόπλουτον γὰρ ἦν τὸ χωρίον.

[4] τούς τ’ ἐπικούρους τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἀμόργην παρὰ σφᾶς αὐτοὺς κομίσαντες καὶ οὐκ ἀδικήσαντες ξυνέταξαν, ὅτι ἦσαν οἱ πλεῖστοι ἐκ Πελοποννήσου· τό τε πόλισμα Τισσαφέρνει παραδόντες καὶ τὰ ἀνδράποδα πάντα καὶ δοῦλα καὶ ἐλεύθερα, ὧν καθ’ ἕκαστον στατῆρα Δαρεικὸν παρ’ αὐτοῦ ξυνέβησαν λαβεῖν, ἔπειτα ἀνεχώρησαν ἐς τὴν Μίλητον.

[5] καὶ Πεδάριτόν τε τὸν Λέοντος ἐς τὴν Χίον ἄρχοντα Λακεδαιμονίων πεμψάντων ἀποστέλλουσι πεζῇ μέχρι Ἐρυθρῶν ἔχοντα τὸ παρὰ Ἀμόργου ἐπικουρικόν, καὶ ἐς τὴν Μίλητον αὐτοῦ Φίλιππον καθιστᾶσιν. καὶ τὸ θέρος ἐτελεύτα.

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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.) — 8.28.1 focus

[1] The Peloponnesians, setting forth betimes in the morning from Teichiussa, put in at Miletus and stayed there one day. The next day they took with them those galleys of Chios which had formerly been chased together with Chalcideus, and meant to have returned to Teichiussa to take aboard such necessaries as they had left ashore.

[2] But as they were going, Tissaphernes came to them with his landmen and persuaded them to set upon Iasus, where Amorges, the king's enemy, then lay. Whereupon they assaulted lasus upon a sudden; and they within not thinking but they had been the fleet of the Athenians, took it.

[3] The greatest praise in this action was given to the Syracusians. Having taken Amorges, the bastard son of Pissuthnes, but a rebel to the king, the Peloponnesians delivered him to Tissaphernes to carry him if he would to the king, as he had order to do. The city they pillaged, wherein, as being a place of ancient riches, the army got a very great quantity of money.

[4] The auxiliary soldiers of Amorges they received, without doing them hurt, into their own army, being for the most part Peloponnesians. The town itself they delivered to Tissaphernes, with all the prisoners, as well free as bond, upon composition with him, at a Daric state by the poll. And so they returned to Miletus.

[5] And from hence they sent Pedaritus, the son of Leon, whom the Lacedaemonians had sent hither to be governor of Chios, to Erythrae, and with him the bands that had aided Amorges by land, and made Philip governor there in Miletus. And so this summer ended.

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.) — 8.28.1 focus

[1] As soon as it was morning the Peloponnesians weighed from Teichiussa and put into Miletus after the departure of the Athenians; they stayed one day, and on the next took with them the Chian vessels originally chased into port with Chalcideus, and resolved to sail back for the tackle which they had put on shore at Teichiussa .

[2] Upon their arrival Tissaphernes came to them with his land forces and induced them to sail to Iasus, which was held by his enemy Amorges. Accordingly they suddenly attacked and took Iasus, whose inhabitants never imagined that the ships could be other than Athenian. The Syracusans distinguished themselves most in the action.

[3] Amorges, a bastard of Pissuthnes and a rebel from the king, was taken alive and handed over to Tissaphernes, to carry to the king, if he chose, according to his orders: Iasus was sacked by the army, who found a very great booty there, the place being wealthy from ancient date.

[4] The mercenaries serving with Amorges the Peloponnesians received and enrolled in their army without doing them any harm, since most of them came from Peloponnese , and handed over the town to Tissaphernes with all the captives, bond or free, at the stipulated price of one Doric stater a head; after which they returned to Miletus .

[5] Pedaritus, son of Leon, who had been sent by the Lacedaemonians to take the command at Chios , they despatched by land as far as Erythrae with the mercenaries taken from Amorges; appointing Philip to remain as governor of Miletus .

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 8.28 focus

Die Peloponnesier nun brachen mit Sonnenaufgang von
Teichiussa auf und landeten bei Milet. Sie verweilten hier einen
Tag, nahmen am folgenden auch die Chiifchen Schiffe zu sich, die
zuerst mit denen deS ChalkideuS verfolgt worden waren, und wollten
dann wieder nach Teichiussa zurückfahren, um das Gepäck Und' die
Gerätschaften^) wieder einzunehmen,, welche sie dort gelandet hat- ¹²³
ten. Als sie hier angekommen waren, erschien Tissaphernes mit dem
Land Heere und überredete sie, gegen JasoS zu segeln; wo sein Feind
Amorges sich hielt. Sie griffen also JasoS ganz plötzlich an. und da
man dort nichts.Anderes vermuthet hatte,, als daß die Schiffe den
Athenern gehörten, so wurde die Stadt genommen, wobei sich die
Shrakusaner das größte Lob errangen. Den Amorges, der ein unächter
Sohn des PissuthneS und vom König abgefallen war, fingen,die
Peloponnesier lebendig und lieferten ihn dem Thissaphernes aus, damit
er ihn, wenn er wolle, dem Könige zuschicke, wie dieser ihm befohlen.
Jasos plünderten sie, und.daS Heer fand dort sehr reiche Beute, denn
der Ort war schon von alter Zeit her reich. Die Hilfstruppen des
Amorges zogen sie zu sich herüber, ohne ihnen etwas zu Leide zu thun,
und nahmen sie.in ihre Reihen aus, da sie meist vom Peloponnes her
waren. Das Städtchen und sämmtliche Gefangene, Sklaven wie
Freie, überließen sie dem TissapherneS, und empfingen von ihm, wie
ausgemacht war, einen Dareiken-Stater 2«) für den Kopf..Danach
zogen , sie sich aus Milet zurück, und da die Lakedämonier ihnen den
Pedaritos, des Leon Sohn, , als Befehlshaber für Chios zugesandt
hatten, so schickten sie denselben mit dem Hilfsvolk des Amorges zu
Land bis Erythrä, und über Milet selbst setzten sie den Philippos.
— So ging der Sommer zu Ende.. - ' '

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 8.28 focus

XXVIII. Dès le point du jour, les Péleponnésiens repartirent de Tichiousse, abordèrent à Milet après le départ des Athéniens et y passèrent un jour. Le lendemain, ils recueillirent les vaisseaux de Chio, précédemment commandés par Chalcidéus, et bloqués¹ par les Athéniens; puis ils résolurent de retourner à Tichiousse prendre les bagages qu’ils y avaient déposés. Ils y furent rejoints par Tissaphernes, à la tête de son armée, et consentirent, sur sa demande, à cingler vers lasos, où se trouvait Amorgès, son ennemi. Ils y abordèrent à l’improvisle, surprirent la ville, qui crut voir arriver une flotte athénienne, et l’enlevèrent. La plus ² grande part de gloire dans cette affaire revint aux Syracusains. On prit vivant Amorgès, bâtard de Pissuthnès, révolté contre le Roi. Les Péloponnésiens le remirent à Tissaphernes pour l’amener, s’il le voulait, au Roi, comme il en avait reçu l’ordre. Les soldats livrèrent lasos au pillage et y firent un immense butin, car son opulence datait de loin. Les auxiliaires d’Amorgès furent bien traités et incorporés dans l’armée, étant pour la plupart Péloponnésiens. Quant à la ville, elle fut abandonnée à Tissaphernes, ainsi que tous les prisonniers, tant esclaves qu’hommes libres, moyennant une darique³ par tête. L’armée revint ensuite à Milet : les Lacédémoniens envoyèrent par terre jusqu’à Érythres, avec les auxiliaires d’Amorgès, Pédaritos, fils de Léon, nommé au commandement de Chio; Philippe eut celui de Milet. L’été finit.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 8.28 focus

Au lever de l’aurore, les Péloponésiens quittèrent Tichiussa et abordèrent à Milet, où ils restèrent un jour. Le lendemain, ils rallièrent les vaisseaux chiotes qui avaient accompagné Chalcidéus et que l’ennemi avait poursuivis, et retournèrent à Tichiussa pour prendre les gros bagages qu’ils y avaient laissés¹. A peine y étaient-ils arrivés, que Tissapherne survint avec son armée de terre, et leur persuada de cingler contre Iasos, résidence d’Amorgès son ennemi. Ils attaquèrent à Timproviste cette place, où Ton ne s’attendait pas à voir paraître d’autres vaisseaux que ceux des Athéniens, et s’en emparèrent. L’honneur de la journée revint aux Syracusains. Amorgès, bâtard de Pissouthnès, révolté éontre le roi, fut pris vivant et livré à Tissapherne, avec pouvoir de le mener au roi, selon l’ordre qu’il en avait reçu. Les Péloponésiens pillèrent Iasos, où ils firent un immense butin, car c’était une ville extrêmement opulente. Ils firent venir les mercenaires d’Amor-gés, dont la plupart étaient Péloponésiens ; et loin de leur faire aucun mal, ils les incorporèrent dans leur armée. La place fut remise à Tissapherne, ainsi que les prisonniers, tant esclaves qu’hommes libres, moyennant un statère darique par tête². Les Péloponésiens revinrent ensuite à Milet. Ils envoyèrent à Chios, par voie de terre jusqu’à Ërythres et avec les mercenaires d’Amorgès, Pédaritos, fils de Léon, venu de Lacédémone pour prendre le commandement de Chios ; celui de Milet fut donné à Philippos. Là-dessus l’été finit.

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.) — 8.28.1 focus

[1] At daybreak the Peloponnesians weighed anchor from Teichiussa and put to shore, and then, after waiting one day, took into their fleet on the next day the Chian ships that under the command of Chalcideus had been pursued to port.¹ They now wished to sail back to Teichiussa after the stores which they had put ashore there.

[2] On their arrival Tissaphernes, who had come up with his land-forces, persuaded them to sail against Iasus, where Amorges, an enemy, was in occupation. So they made a sudden attack upon Iasus and took it, as the inhabitants had no thought but that the ships were Athenian;

[3] and in the action the Syracusans won most praise. Amorges was taken alive by the Peloponnesians and delivered over to Tissaphernes to lead home to the King, if he so wished, according to his orders²; and they sacked Iasus, the army taking very much treasure, for the place was one of ancient wealth.

[4] As for the mercenaries who served with Amorges, they took them into their own camp, and without doing them any harm put them into their ranks, because most of them were from the Peloponnesus. The town they delivered to Tissaphernes, together with all the captives, both bond and free, agreeing to accept from him a Daric stater³ for each one of them. They then withdrew to Miletus.

[5] Pedaritus son of Leon, who had been sent by the Lacedaemonians to be governor at Chios, they dispatched by land as far as Erythrae in command of the mercenary force of Amorges, and there in Miletus they appointed Philippus governor. So the summer ended.

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.) — 8.28.1 focus

[1] As soon as it was morning, the Peloponnesians weighed anchor from Tichiussa, and put into Miletus after the enemy's departure; and after remaining one day, they took with them on the next the Chian vessels which had, in the ¹ first instance been chased in company with Chalcideus, and were disposed to sail back again for the stores which they had taken out of their vessels at Tichiussa.

[2] On their arrival, Tissaphernes came to them with his land forces, and persuaded them to sail against Iasus, in which Amorges their enemy maintained himself. Accordingly, having assaulted Iasus on a sudden, and while the inhabitants thought nothing but that the ships belonged to the Athenians, they took it;

[3] and the Syracusans were most distinguished in the action. Amorges, who was a natural son of Pissuthnes, and had revolted from the king, the Peloponnesians took prisoner, and delivered him up to Tissaphernes to lead away to the king, if he pleased, according to his orders. They then sacked Iasus; and the army got very large treasures, for the place was one of ancient wealth.

[4] The mercenaries serving with Amorges they took to themselves, and added to their ranks, without doing them any harm, as most of them were from the Peloponnese: while they delivered to Tissaphernes the town and all the captives, both bond and free, for each one of whom they stipulated to receive from him a Daric stater; after which they returned to Miletus.

[5] Pedaritus the son of Leon, who had been sent by the Lacedaemonians to take the command at Chios, they despatched by land to Erythrae, with the mercenary force taken from Amorges, and appointed Philippus to remain on the spot, as governor of Miletus. And so the summer ended.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 8.28.1 focus

[1] Peloponnesii autem ipso statim diluculo e Ti-chiussa profecti post illos ad Miletum appellunt, et unum diem morati, postridie assumptis etiam navibus Chiis, quas cum Chalcideo venientes hostium classis ante erat Insecuta, volebant retro navigare ad impedimenta arcessenda, quae ad Tichiussam exposuerant.

[2] Et quum illuc pervenissent, Tissaphernes cum suo peditatu adfuit iisque persuasit, ut adversus Iasum, ubi Amorges, qui hostis erat, se continebat, navigarent. Et Iasum repente aggressi, et ipsis nihil exspectantibus nisi Atticas naves esse, ceperunt; et praecipua fuit in hoc opere Syracusanorum laus.

[3] Quum igitur et Amorgen, Pissutlmae filium nothum, qui a rege defecerat, vivum cepissent, Tissapherni tradiderunt, nt eum, si vellet, ad regem abduceret, quemadmodum ei imperaverat, et Iasum diripuerunt, et magnam pecuniae vim exercitus cepit; veteri enim fortuna locuples erat is locus.

[4] Atque auxilia, quae Amorges circa se habuerat, ad se ipsos traducta, nulloque maleficio affecta, suis ordinibus admiscuerunt, quod plerique erant e Peloponneso; et oppidum Tissapherni tradiderunt, univer-sosque captivos, tam servos, quam liberos, pactione cum illo facta, ut in singula capita singulos stateres Daricos sibi numeraret; quibus rebus gestis Miletum redierunt.

[5] Et Pedaritum, Leontis filium, quem Lacedaemonii magistratum in Chium miserant, ad Erythras usque itinere pedestri mittunt, cum iis copiis auxiliaribus, quas circa se Amorges habuerat, et Philippum illic Mileto praeficiunt. Atque haec aestas finiebatur.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 8.28 focus

Dopo la partita degli Ateniesi, i Peloponnesi movendo sull’alba da Tichiussa giungono a Mileto, ove dimorarono un giorno. Il dì seguente aggiuntesi le navi chie, state già inseguite con Calcideo dalla flotta ateniese, vollero rinavigare a Tichiussa per i bagagli che vi avevano scaricati. Pervenuti colà furono incontrati da Tissaferne colla fanteria, il quale gl’ induce a far vela sopra laso, dove stanziava Amorge nemico del re. Assaltarono improvvisamente quella città , la quale credeva che queste navi fossero attiche , e la espugnarono con lode principalmente delle milizie siracusane. Amorge , figlio naturale di Pissutne c ribelle del re, fu preso vivo , e consegnato dai

Peloponnesi a Tissaferne perchè , se volesse , lo menasse al re siccome aveva ordine. Iaso fa saccheggiata, e l'esercito ne cavò molte ricchezze, come da luogo di aulica opulenza ; non fecero alcun male alle truppe che erano in soccorso d’Amorge, ma le ricevettero e le arruolarono nel loro esercito perchè la maggior parte erano del Peloponneso. La cittadella fu conseguala a Tissaferne, come pure tutti i prigionieri servi e liberi, col paltò che pagasse uno statere dorico a testa. Dopo ciò ritornarono a Mileto, mandarono per terra lino ad Entra le genti ausiliarie tolte ad Amorge sotto il comando di Pedarito figliolo di Leone, che i Lacedemoni aveano eletto a governatore di Olio; ed in Mileto hi luogo di Pedarito sostituirono Filippo. Cosi finiva l’estate.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 8.28

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