Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 8.42

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Astyochos schug also ohne weiteres die Richtung nach
Syme ein, um, bevor man ihm auf die Spur käme, die Schiffe
womöglich irgendwo anf hoher See zu treffen. Seine Schiffe
gerieten aber in der Nacht, wo es regnete und der Himmel
durch Wolken verfinstert war, in die Irre und in Unordmmg,
und bei Tagesanbruch, uoch ehe die Flotte sich wieder gesammelt
hatte, wurde ihr linker Flügel von den Athenern gesichtet, als
der andere Unterdessen noch bei der Insel herumirrte. Die
Athener unter Charminos hielten auch, obgleich sie die zwanzig
Schiffe nicht alle zur Stelle hatten, sofort auf sie zu in der
Meinung, es sei die Flotte von Kaunos, der sie aufpaßten.
Gleich im ersten Angriff versenkten sie drei Schiffe, machten
mehrere andere kampfunfähig und behielten auch weiter in der
Schlacht die Oberband, bis unvermutet auch alle übrigen feind
lichen Schiffe zum Vorschein kamen, und sie von allen Seiten
umfaßt wurden. Da machten sie sich auf die Flucht und ver
loren sechs Schiffe. Mit den übrigen gelangten sie glücklich
nach der Insel Teutluffa und von da nach Halikarnaß. Hierauf
gingen die Peloponnesier unter Segel nach Knidos, wo die
siebenundzwanzig Schiffe aus Kaunos mit ihnen zusammen
trafen. Darnach fuhren sie mit der ganzen Flotte nach Syme,
errichteten dort ein Siegeszeichen und gingen dann wieder bei
Knidos vor Anker.

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).) — 8.42.1 focus

[1] ἐπέπλει οὖν ὥσπερ εἶχε πρὸς τὴν Σύμην ὁ Ἀστύοχος πρὶν ἔκπυστος γενέσθαι, εἴ πως περιλάβοι που μετεώρους τὰς ναῦς. καὶ αὐτῷ ὑετός τε καὶ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ξυννέφελα ὄντα πλάνησιν τῶν νεῶν ἐν τῷ σκότει καὶ ταραχὴν παρέσχεν.

[2] καὶ ἅμα τῇ ἕῳ διεσπασμένου τοῦ ναυτικοῦ καὶ τοῦ μὲν φανεροῦ ἤδη ὄντος τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις τοῦ εὐωνύμου κέρως, τοῦ δὲ ἄλλου περὶ τὴν νῆσον ἔτι πλανωμένου, ἐπανάγονται κατὰ τάχος ὁ Χαρμῖνος καὶ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐλάσσοσιν ἢ ταῖς εἴκοσι ναυσί, νομίσαντες ἅσπερ ἐφύλασσον ναῦς τὰς ἀπὸ τῆς Καύνου ταύτας εἶναι.

[3] καὶ προσπεσόντες εὐθὺς κατέδυσάν τε τρεῖς καὶ κατετραυμάτισαν ἄλλας, καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ ἐπεκράτουν, μέχρι οὗ ἐπεφάνησαν αὐτοῖς παρὰ δόξαν αἱ πλείους τῶν νεῶν καὶ πανταχόθεν ἀπεκλῄοντο.

[4] ἔπειτα δὲ ἐς φυγὴν καταστάντες ἓξ μὲν ναῦς ἀπολλύασι, ταῖς δὲ λοιπαῖς καταφεύγουσιν ἐς τὴν Τευτλοῦσσαν νῆσον, ἐντεῦθεν δὲ ἐς Ἁλικαρνασσόν. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο οἱ μὲν Πελοποννήσιοι ἐς Κνίδον κατάραντες καὶ ξυμμιγεισῶν τῶν ἐκ τῆς Καύνου ἑπτὰ καὶ εἴκοσι νεῶν αὐτοῖς ξυμπάσαις πλεύσαντες καὶ τροπαῖον ἐν τῇ Σύμῃ στήσαντες πάλιν ἐς τὴν Κνίδον καθωρμίσαντο·

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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.) — 8.42.1 focus

[1] Astyochus, therefore, desiring to outgo the report of his coming, went as he was to Syme, hoping to find those galleys out from the shore. But [a shower of] rain, together with the cloudiness of the sky, made his galleys to miss their course in the dark and disordered them.

[2] The next morning, the fleet being scattered, the left wing was manifestly described by the Athenians, whilst the rest wandered yet about the island. And thereupon Charminus and the Athenians put forth against them with twenty galleys, supposing they had been the same galleys they were watching for from Caunus;

[3] and presently charging, sunk three of them and hurt others, and were superior in the fight till such time as, contrary to their expectation, the greater part of the fleet came in sight and enclosed them about.

[4] They then betook themselves to flight; and with the loss of six galleys the rest escaped into the island of Teuglussa, and from thence to Halicarnassus. After this the Peloponnesians, putting in at Cnidus and joining with those seven-and-twenty galleys that came from Caunus, went all together to Syme, and having there erected a trophy, returned again and lay at Cnidus.

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.) — 8.42.1 focus

[1] Astyochus accordingly sailed as he was to Syme , before he was heard of, in the hope of catching the enemy somewhere out at sea. Rain, however, and foggy weather encountered him, and caused his ships to straggle and get into disorder in the dark.

[2] In the morning his fleet had parted company and was most of it still straggling round the island, and the left wing only in sight of Charminus and the Athenians, who took it for the squadron which they were watching for from Caunus , and hastily put out against it with part only of their twenty vessels,

[3] and attacking immediately sank three ships and disabled others, and had the advantage in the action until the main body of the fleet unexpectedly hove in sight, when they were surrounded on every side.

[4] Upon this they took to flight, and after losing six ships, with the rest escaped to Teutlussa or Beet Island, and from thence to Halicarnassus . After this the Peloponnesians put into Cnidus , and being joined by the twenty-seven ships from Caunus , sailed all together and set up a trophy in Syme , and then returned to anchor at Cnidus .

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 8.42 focus

¹ Astyochos segelte also, wie er war, gegen Syme, bevor
noch seine Ankunft verrathen würde, um vielleicht die'Schiffe auf
hoher See zu überraschen. Aber Regen und Nebel'verurfachten, daß
seine Schiffe in der Dunkelheit den Weg verloren und in Unordnung
geriethen. Bei Sonnenaufgang war daher sein Geschwader zerstreut,
und als ein Theil desselben, der linke Flügel-nämlich, den Athenern
in Sicht kam, während der andere noch-in der Nähe der Insel
herumirrte, so fuhren Charminos und die Athener rasch auf dieselben
los, jedoch nicht mit all ihren zwanzig Schiffen, da sie glaubten, es
seien jene die Schiffe von Kaunos, denen sie auflauerten. Und gleich
im ersten Anlauf versenkten sie drei derselben und beschädigten andere
sehr stark, so daß sie also soweit siegreich waren, bis ganz unerwartet
auch die größere Zahl der Schiffe erschien und sie von allen'Seiten
eingeschlossen waren. Nun wendeten sie sich zur Flucht und verloren
dabei sechs Schiffe.; mit den übrigen entkamen sie nach der Insel
Teutlussa, und von: da nach Halikarnaß.. Die Peloponnesier liefen
dann in Knidos ein, wo sie sich mit den sieben und zwanzig Schiffen
aus Kaunos vereinigten, segelten mit allen zusammen aus und
errichteten ein Siegeszeichen aus Syme, worauf sie wieder bei Knidos vor
Anker gingen. ' ... - ' ^

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 8.42 focus

XLII. Astyochos cingla donc aussitôt vers Symé, avant que le bruit de son arrivée fût répandu, pour tâcher de surprendre la flotte ennemie en pleine mer. Mais la sienne, contrariée par la pluie et la brume, s’égara dans les ténèbres; le désordre s’y mit; au point du jour elle était dispersée, et déjà l’aile gauche était en vue des Athéniens que le reste errait encore autour de l'ile. Charminos et les Athéniens s’élancent aussitôt à leur rencontre, sans même réunir leurs vingt bâtiments, dans la persuasion que cette flotte est celle de Caune qu’ils guettaient. Ils attaquent à l’instant, coulent trois vaisseaux, et en endommagent d’autres. L’affaire en était là et ils avaient l’avantage, lorsque la plus grande partie de la flotte apparut inopinément et les enveloppa de toutes parts. Ils prirent la fuite, et perdirent six vaisseaux. Le reste se réfugia à l’île de Teutlousse, et gagna de là Halicarnasse. Après ce succès les Peloponnésiens relâchèrent à Cnide, où ils furent rejoints par les vingt-sept vaisseaux de Caune; les deux flottes réunies firent voile pour Symé, y élevèrent un trophée et regagnèrent ensuite le port de Cnide.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 8.42 focus

Astyochos, avant que sa marche fût signalée, cingla immédiatement vers Symé. afin de surprendre en pleine mer l’escadre ennemie. Mais la pluie et la brume dispersèrent sa flotte dans les ténèbres ; au point du jour elle était en désordre, et déjà l’aile gauche se trouvait en vue des Athéniens, tandis que le reste errait encore autour de ΓΪle. Charminos et les Athéniens s’avancent à la hâte, avec moins de vingt vaisseaux, dans la persuasion que cette flotte est celle de Caunos qu’ils épiaient. Ils attaquent à l’instant, coulent trois vaisseaux et en endommagent d’autres. L’affaire en était là et semblait tourner à leur avantage , lorsque le gros de la flotte ennemie parut à l’improviste et les cerna de toutes parts. Les Athéniens prirent alors la fuite et perdirent six vaisseaux : le reste se réfugia d’abord dans l’île de Teutlussa, puis à Halicarnasse. Après ce succès, les Péloponésiens abordèrent à Cnide, où ils furent rejoints par les vingt vaisseaux venant de Caunos. Les deux flottes réunies firent voile pour Symé, y érigèrent un trophée, et revinrent mouiller à Cnide.

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.) — 8.42.1 focus

[1] Astyochus, therefore, sailed directly to Syme before his arrival was reported, on the chance that he might find the Peloponnesian ships somewhere on the high seas. But rain and the foggy state of the atmosphere caused his ships to lose their way in the darkness and confusion.

[2] At daybreak, when his fleet was still scattered and one part of it, the left wing, was already visible to the Athenians, while the rest of it was still wandering round the island, Charminus and the Athenians hastily put to sea against them with fewer than their twenty ships, thinking that these were the ships from Caunus which they were watching for.

[3] And falling upon them at once they sank three and damaged others, and in the general action were having the advantage until, to their surprise, the larger body of ships came in sight and they found themselves being hemmed in on all sides.

[4] Thereupon they took to flight, losing six ships, but with the rest they fled for refuge to the island of Teutlussa, and thence to Halicarnassus. After this the Peloponnesians put in at Cnidos, where they were joined by the twenty-seven ships from Caunus, whereupon they sailed out with the whole fleet, set up a trophy at Syme, and finally came to anchor again at Cnidos.

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.) — 8.42.1 focus

[1] Astyochus therefore sailed immediately to Syme, before he was heard of, on the chance of finding the ships some where out at sea. But the rain and the cloudy state of the atmosphere which he encountered caused the dispersion of his ships during the dark, and threw them into confusion.

[2] In the morning, when his fleet had been separated, and the left wing was now in sight of the Athenians, while the rest of it was still dispersed around the island, Charminus and the Athenians put out against it with all speed, with fewer than their twenty ships, thinking that these were the vessels they were watching for, namely, those from Caunus.

[3] Having attacked them therefore immediately, they sank three, and severely damaged some others, and had the advantage in the action, until the larger division of the fleet unexpectedly came in sight, and they were surrounded on every side.

[4] Then they took to flight, and having lost six ships, fled for refuge with the rest to the island of Teutlussa, and thence to Halicarnassus. After this the Peloponnesians put into Cnidus, and the seven and twenty ships from Caunus having effected a junction with them, they sailed with the whole number, and erected a trophy on Syme, and then came to anchor again at Cnidus.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 8.42.1 focus

[1] Astyochus igitur, ut habebat, ad Symam protinus tendebat, antequam adventus sui fama vulgaretur, si forte classem hostilem in alto circumvenire posset. Sed imber ccclumque nubilum effecit, ut vagae errarent ejus naves per tenebras et perturbarentur.

[2] Et simul ac dies illuxit, quum classis esset dispersa, et sinistrum quidem cornu jam in Atheniensium conspectu esset, alterum vero circum insulam adhuc vagaretur, confestim Charminus et Athenienses cum navibus, quae pauciores erant quam viginti, contra tendunt, existimantes, bas esse naves illas /quas ex Cauno venientes observabant.

[3] Et impressione in eas statim facta tres depresserunt, aliasque lacerarunt, et in proelio superiores erant, donec supervenit iis praeter opinionem major navium numerus et undique intercludebantur

[4] Tunc vero fugam capessentes sex naves amiserunt, cum ceteris autem in insulam Teutlussam confugerunt, et inde Halicarnassum.

[5] Postea vero Peloponnesii quum ad Cnidum appulissent, et septem ac viginti naves ex Cauno profectas sibi adjunxissent, cum universa classe Symam petierunt, ibique tropaeo statuto in Cnidi stationem redierunt ;

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 8.42 focus

Astioco adunque senza più , innanzi d'essere scoperto , indirizzossi alla volta di Siine per veder di sorprendere in qualche luogo le navi nemiche nell’alto. Ma la pioggia e le dense nuvole onde il cielo era coperto fecero in quella oscurità andare smarrita e disordinata la sua flotta. E sul far del giorno trovandosi essa divisa col corno sinistro ornai sotto la vista degli Ateniesi, e coll’altro smarrito tuttora intorno all’ isola , Carmino e le sue geuti andavano ad incontrarla con meno di veuti navi, credendo esser quella Farnnia di Cauno contro la quale stavano in osservazione ; ed assaltatala senza indugio ne affondarono tre navi e conciaron malamente le altre. Erano.gli Ateniesi vincitori in quel combattimento ; quando comparvero inaspettatamente un maggior numero di legni netnici , dai quali furono per ogni banda accerchiati. Allora datisi alla fuga vi perdono sei navi ; e col resto si ricovrano nell’ isola Teutlrissa ; e di lì ad Alicarnasso. Dopo questo i Peloponuesi approdarono a Cnido , e riunitesi a loro le ventisette navi di Cauno, andarono con tutte inMenie a Sime; ove ersero il trofeo, e ritornarono a pigliar porlo a Cuido.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 8.42

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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