Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 8.58

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„Im dreizehnten Jahre der Regierung des Königs Dareios,
als Alexippidas in Lakedämon Ephor war, wurde in der Maian
drosebene zwischen den Lakedämoniern und ihren Bundesgenossen
einerseits und Tissaphernes, Hieramenes und den Söhnen des
Pharnakes anderseits in Sachen des Königs und der Lake
dämonier und ihrer Bundesgenossen folgender Vertrag geschlossen.
Alle Länder, welche der König in Asien besitzt, bleiben dem
Könige, und der König kann mit diesen seinen Besitzungen
schalten, wie es ihm beliebt. Die Lakedämonier und ihre
Bundesgenossen sollen gegen die Besitzungen des Königs keiner
lei Feindseligkeiten verüben, auch von seiten deS Königs
keinerlei Feindseligkeiten gegen die Besitzungen der Lakedämonier
oder ihrer Bundesgenossen verübt werden. Würde jemand aus
dem Gebiete der Lakedämonier oder eines ihrer Bundesgenossen
einen feindlichen Angriff auf das Gebiet des Königs machen,
so sollen die Lakedämonier und ihre Bundesgenossen das zu
verhindern suchen, und wenn jemand aus dem Gebiete des
Königs einen feindlichen Angriff auf die Lakedämonier oder
ihre Bundesgenossen machen würde, so soll der König das zu
verhindern suchen. Bis zur Ankunft der Flotte des Königs
übernimmt Tissaphernes die vertragsmäßige Zahlung des Soldes
für die gegenwärtig vorhandenen Schiffe. Nach der Ankunft
der Flotte des Königs steht es den Lakedämoniern und ihren
Bundesgenossen frei, ob sie ihre Schiffe in eigene Verpflegung
nehmen wollen. Falls sie alsdann den Sold noch weiter von
Tissaphernes zu beziehen wünschen, wird Tissaphernes ihn zahlen;
dann aber haben die Lakedämonier und ihre Bundesgenossen
ihm nach Beendigung des Krieges die erhaltene Summe zu
erstatten. Nach Ankunft der Flotte des Königs soll der Krieg
nach einem von Tissaphernes mit den Lakedämoniern und ihren
Bundesgenossen zu vereinbarenden Plane von der Flotte der
Lakedämonier und ihrer Bundesgenossen und der des Königs
einheitlich geführt werden. Wenn sie aber Frieden schließen
wollen, so soll dieser nur gemeinschaftlich geschlossen werden."

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).) — 8.58.1 focus

[1] ‘τρίτῳ καὶ δεκάτῳ ἔτει Δαρείου βασιλεύοντος, ἐφορεύοντος δὲ Ἀλεξιππίδα ἐν Λακεδαίμονι, ξυνθῆκαι ἐγένοντο ἐν Μαιάνδρου πεδίῳ Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ τῶν ξυμμάχων πρὸς Τισσαφέρνην καὶ Ἱεραμένη καὶ τοὺς Φαρνάκου παῖδας περὶ τῶν βασιλέως πραγμάτων καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ τῶν ξυμμάχων.

[2] χώραν τὴν βασιλέως, ὅση τῆς Ἀσίας ἐστί, βασιλέως εἶναι· καὶ περὶ τῆς χώρας τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βουλευέτω βασιλεὺς ὅπως βούλεται.

[3] Λακεδαιμονίους δὲ καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους μὴ ἰέναι ἐπὶ χώραν τὴν βασιλέως ἐπὶ κακῷ μηδενί, μηδὲ βασιλέα ἐπὶ τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων χώραν μηδὲ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐπὶ κακῷ μηδενί.

[4] ἢν δέ τις Λακεδαιμονίων ἢ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐπὶ κακῷ ἴῃ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλέως χώραν, Λακεδαιμονίους καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους κωλύειν· καὶ ἤν τις ἐκ τῆς βασιλέως ἴῃ ἐπὶ κακῷ ἐπὶ Λακεδαιμονίους ἢ τοὺς ξυμμάχους, βασιλεὺς κωλυέτω.

[5] τροφὴν δὲ ταῖς ναυσὶ ταῖς νῦν παρούσαις Τισσαφέρνην παρέχειν κατὰ τὰ ξυγκείμενα μέχρι ἂν αἱ νῆες αἱ βασιλέως ἔλθωσιν·

[6] Λακεδαιμονίους δὲ καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους, ἐπὴν αἱ βασιλέως νῆες ἀφίκωνται, τὰς ἑαυτῶν ναῦς, ἢν βούλωνται, τρέφειν ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς εἶναι. ἢν δὲ παρὰ Τισσαφέρνους λαμβάνειν ἐθέλωσι τὴν τροφήν, Τισσαφέρνην παρέχειν, Λακεδαιμονίους δὲ καὶ τοὺς ξυμμάχους τελευτῶντος τοῦ πολέμου τὰ χρήματα Τισσαφέρνει ἀποδοῦναι ὁπόσα ἂν λάβωσιν.

[7] ἐπὴν δὲ αἱ βασιλέως νῆες ἀφίκωνται, αἵ τε Λακεδαιμονίων νῆες καὶ αἱ τῶν ξυμμάχων καὶ αἱ βασιλέως κοινῇ τὸν πόλεμον πολεμούντων καθ’ ὅτι ἂν Τισσαφέρνει δοκῇ καὶ Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ τοῖς ξυμμάχοις. ἢν δὲ καταλύειν βούλωνται πρὸς Ἀθηναίους, ἐν ὁμοίῳ καταλύεσθαι.’

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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.) — 8.58.1 focus

[1] "In the thirteenth year of the reign of Darius, Alexippidas being ephor in Lacedaemon, agreement was made in the plain of Maeander between the Lacedaemonians and their confederates on one part and Tissaphernes and Hieramenes and the sons of Pharnaces on the other part concerning the affairs of the king and of the Lacedaemonians and their confederates.

[2] "That whatsoever country in Asia belongeth to the king shall be the king's still;

[3] and that concerning his own countries, it shall be lawful for the king to do whatsoever he shall think meet. "That the Lacedaemonians and their confederates shall not invade any the territories of the king to harm them;

[4] nor the king, the territories of the Lacedaemonians or their confederates. "If any of the Lacedaemonians or their confederates shall invade the king's country to do it hurt, the Lacedaemonians and their confederates shall oppose it; and if any of the king's country shall invade the Lacedaemonians or their confederates to do them hurt, the king shall oppose it.

[5] "That Tissaphernes shall, according to the rates agreed on, maintain the present fleet till the king's fleet arrive.

[6] "That when the king's navy shall be come, the Lacedaemonians and their confederates shall maintain their own navy themselves, if they please; or if they will have Tissaphernes to maintain it, he shall do it; and that the Lacedaemonians and their confederates, at the end of the war, repay Tissaphernes whatsoever money they shall have received of him.

[7] When the king's galleys shall be arrived, both they and the galleys of the Lacedaemonians and their confederates shall make the war jointly, according as to Tissaphernes and the Lacedaemonians and their confederates shall seem good; and if they will give over the war against the Athenians, they shall give it over in the same manner.

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.) — 8.58.1 focus

[1] In the thirteenth year of the reign of Darius, while Alexippidas was Ephor at Lacedaemon , a convention was concluded in the plain of the Moeander by the Lacedaemonians and their allies with Tissaphernes, Hieramenes, and the sons of Pharnaces, concerning the affairs of the king and of the Lacedaemonians and their allies.

[2] 1. The country of the king in Asia shall be the king's, and the king shall treat his own country as he pleases.

[3] 2. The Lacedaemonians and their allies shall not invade or injure the king's country; neither shall the king invade or injure that of the Lacedaemonians or of their allies.

[4] If any of the Lacedaemonians or of their allies invade or injure the king's country, the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall prevent it; and if any from the king's country invade or injure the country of the Lacedaemonians or of their allies, the king shall prevent it.

[5] 3. Tissaphernes shall provide pay for the ships now present, according to the agreement, until the arrival of the king's vessels;

[6] but after the arrival of the king's vessels the Lacedaemonians and their allies may pay their own ships if they wish it. If, however, they choose to receive the pay from Tissaphernes, Tissaphernes shall furnish it; and the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall repay him at the end of the war such monies as they shall have received.

[7] 4. After the king's vessels have arrived, the ships of the Lacedaemonians and of their allies and those of the king shall carry on the war jointly, according as Tissaphernes and the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall think best. If they wish to make peace with the Athenians, they shall make peace also jointly.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 8.58 focus

,,Jm dreißigsten Jahre der königlichen'Regierung des
Dareios, als zu LakedäiNon Alexippidas Ephore'war) ist'in'der
Ebene des Flusses Mäander zwischen den Lilkedämoniern'und ihren
Bundesgenossen einerseits'und Tissaphernes/'Hieramenes und
den Söhnen des Pharnakes andrerseits, in Sachen des Königs, der
Lakedämonier und ihrer Bundesgenossen'der folgende Vertrag
geschlossen'worden^ !?.' -

„Alles Land des Königs/soweit es in Asien liegt,' soll ihm
verbleiben, und über sein eigenes Land soll der König'verfügen' nach
Gutdünken^ Die'Lakedamonier und ihre Bundesgenossen sollen nicht
in irgend welcher feindlichen Absicht gegen das Land des Königs
ziehen', noch'auch der König gegen das Land der Lakedämonier oder
ihrer Bundesgenossen in irgend einer feindlichen Absicht! Wenn aber
von' den Lakedämoniern oder ihren Bundesgenossen Einer in
feindlicher Absicht gegen-das Land des Königs ziehen sollte) so solleti^die
Lakedämonier und ihre Bundesgenossen es hindern; und wenn Einer
aus dem Lande des Königs in feindlicher Absicht gegen die Lakeda^
monier oder ihre Bundesgenossen auSzieheu sollte) so soll derMnig ¹
es hindern. Den jetzt, gegenwärtigen Schiffen soll Tissaphernes, dem ²
Vertrage gemäß^die Verpflegung liefern, bis die Schiffezdes Königs ^
kommen werden. Den Lakedämoniern und ihren Bundesgenossen
sollieS; wenn^die Schiffe des Königs angekommen sind, freistehen,
ihre Schiffe, wenn; sie ^wollen, in eigene Verpflegung zu nehmen.
Wenn sie aber.von Tissaphernes dje.Verpflegung nehmen wallen, so !>'
soll Tissaphernes sie liefern, und, die Lakedämonier. und ihre. Bundes- i'z
genossen-sollen dann nach Beendigung :des Krieges dem Tissaphernes
das Geld zurückzahlen,- soviel »sie ^erhalten haben. Wenn aber.die
Schiffe des Königs ^?).gekommen .sind, so sollen die, Schiffe ,der
Lakedämonier und ihrer^ Bundesgenossen und die des-Königs.>den
Krieg gemeinsam führen, so wie eS dem Tissaphernes und den
Lakedämoniern'und ihren Bundesgenossen gut dünken wird; und.wollen
sie mit den Athenern Frieden schließen, so soll dieß unter den gleichen
Bedingungen geschehen? , >

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 8.58 focus

LVIII. « La treizième année du règne de Darius, Alexippidas étant éphore à Lacédémone, le traité suivant a été conclu, dans la plaine de Méandre, entre les Lacédémoniens d’une part, de l’autre Tissaphernes, Hiéramènes et les enfants de Pharnace, touchant les affaires du Roi, des Lacédémoniens et de leurs alliés. — Tout le pays qui relève du Roi, en Asie, appartiendra au Roi. — Le roi en disposera à sa volonté. — Les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés ne pénétreront pas sur les terres du Roi pour y commettre aucun acte d’hostilité, ni le Roi sur les terres des Lacédémoniens et de leurs alliés. — Si quelqu’un des Lacédémoniens, ou de leurs alliés, entre sur les terres du Roi à mauvaise intention, les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés s’y opposeront. — Si quelqu’un des sujets du Roi entre sur les terres des Lacédémoniens ou de leurs alliés à mauvaise intention, le Roi s’y opposera. — Tissaphernes payera à la flotte actuelle le subside convenu jusqu’à l’arrivée de la flotte du Roi. — Si, après l’arrivée de la flotte du Roi, les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés veulent soudoyer leur flotte, ils en seront les maîtres; s’ils veulent recevoir de Tissaphernes le subside, il le leur fournira; mais, la guerre finie, les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés rembourseront à Tissaphernes tout l’argent qu’ils en auront reçu. — Quand la flotte du Roi sera arrivée, les vaisseaux des Lacédémoniens, de leurs alliés et du Roi feront la guerre en commun, suivant que le jugeront à propos Tissaphernes, les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés. — Si la paix se fait avec les Athéniens, elle ne se fera que d’un commun accord. »

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 8.58 focus

« La treizième année du règne de Darius ¹, sous l’é-phorat d’Alexippidas à Lacédémone, le traité suivant a été conclu dàns la plaine du Méandre, entre les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés d’une part, Tissapherne, Hiéraménès et les fils de Phar-nacès d’autre part, touchant les affaires du roi, des Lacédémoniens et de leurs alliés.

« Tout le pays que le roi possède en Asie demeure sa propriété, avec faculté d’en disposer comme bon lui semble.

« Les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés ne commettront aucun acte d'hostilité contre le pays du roi ; non plus que le roi contre le pays des Lacédémoniens et de leurs alliés.

« Si quelqu’un des Lacédémoniens ou de leurs alliés commet un acte d’hostilité contre le pays du roi, les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés s’y opposeront. Pareillement, si quelqu’un des sujets du roi commet un acte d’hostilité contre les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés, le roi s’y opposera.

« Tissapherne s’engage à fournir aux vaisseaux actuellement présents les subsides convenus, jusqu’à l'arrivée de la flotte du roi.

« Si, après l’arrivée de la flotte du roi, les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés veulent entretenir leurs propres vaisseaux, ils en seront les maîtres. S’ils aiment mieux recevoir de Tissapherne la solde convenue, celui-ci la fournira, à la charge pour les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés, la guerre terminée, de rembourser à Tissapherne tout l’argent qu’ils auront reçu.

« Quand la flotte du roi sera venue, les vaisseaux des Lacédémoniens et de leurs alliés, de concert avec ceux du roi, feront la guerre en commun, selon le plan convenu entre Tissapherne, les Lacédémoniens et leurs alliés. S’ils veulent faire la paix avec les Athéniens, ce sera d’un commun accord. »

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.) — 8.58.1 focus

[1] "In the thirteenth year of the reign of Darius, while Alexippidas was ephor at Lacedaemon, an agreement was made in the plain of the Maeander by the Lacedaemonians and their allies with Tissaphernes, Hieramenes, and the sons of Pharnaces respecting the King's affairs and those of the Lacedaemonians and their allies.
1.

[2] "The King's country, as much of it as is in Asia, shall be the King's; and concerning his own country the King shall determine as he pleases.
2.

[3] "The Lacedaemonians and their allies shall not go against the country of the King to do any harm, nor the King against that of the Lacedaemonians or their allies to do any harm.

[4] If any of the Lacedaemonians or their allies shall go with harmful intent against the country of the King, the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall prevent it; and if any from the King's country shall go with harmful intent against the Lacedaemonians or their allies, the King shall prevent it.
3.

[5] "Maintenance for the ships now present shall be provided by Tissaphernes according to the compact until the King's ships shall come;

[6] and the Lacedaemonians and their allies, after the King's ships arrive, shall be at liberty to maintain their own ships if they so wish. If, however, they desire to receive maintenance from Tissaphernes, he shall furnish it; but the Lacedaemonians and their allies, when the war ends, shall pay back to Tissaphernes whatever money they have received.
4.

[7] “And when the ships of the King arrive, the ships of the Lacedaemonians and their allies and those of the King shall wage war in common, according as it may seem best to Tissaphernes and to the Lacedaemonians and their allies. And if they wish to end the war with the Athenians, it shall be ended on the same footing for both.”

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.) — 8.58.1 focus

[1]

In the thirteenth year of the reign of Darius, while Alexippidas was ephor at Lacedaemon, a convention was concluded on the plain of the Maeander by the Lacedaemonians and their allies, with Tissaphernes, Hieramenes, and the sons of Pharnaces, respecting the interests of the king, the Lacedaemonians, and their allies.—That the king's country, so far as it lies in Asia, shall belong to the king still;

[2]

and that respecting his own territory, the king shall adopt such measures as he pleases.—

[3]

That the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall not invade the king's territory, nor the king that of the Lacedaemonians or their allies, to do it any harm.— That if any of the Lacedaemonians invade the king's territory to do it harm, the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall prevent it;

[4]

and that if any one from the king's country proceed against the Lacedaemonians or their allies to do them harm, the king shall prevent it.——

[5]

That Tissaphernes shall provide the pay for the ships now present. according to the contract, until the king's fleet has come;

[6]

but that when the king's fleet has come, the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall be at liberty to maintain their own ships, if they wish it. That if, however, they consent to receive supplies from Tissaphernes, he shall furnish them, and the Lacedaemonians and their allies shall refund to him, at the conclusion of the war, whatever sums of money they may have received.—

[7]

That after the king's ships have arrived, those of the Lacedaemonians and their allies and those of the king shall jointly carry on the war, according as Tissaphernes and the Lacedaemonians and their allies may think fit. And if they wish to terminate hostilities with the Athenians, they shall be terminated on the same footing.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 8.58.1 focus

[1] « Tertio decimo regni Darei anno, Alexippida La-cedaemone ephoro, pactiones factae sunt in Maeandri planitie inter Lacedaemonios et socios ac Tissaphernem et Hierame-nem et Pharnaci liberos, de regis et Lacedaemoniorum so* ciorumque negotiis.

[2] Quaocumque regio regis est in Asia, regis esto; et de sua regione rex arbitratu suo statuat.

[3] Lacedaemonii vero sociique in regis regionem ne eunto ullius maleficii causa, neque rex in Lacedaemoniorum sociorumve regionem ullius maleficii causa.

[4] Si quis autem Lacc daemoniorum aut sociorum in regis regionem maleficii causa iverit, Lacedaemonii sociique prohibento; et si quis e ditione regis ad Lacedaemonios aut sociqs maleficii causa ierit, rex prohibeto.

[5] Stipendium autem classi, quae nunc adest, ex pactis Tissaphernes suppeditato, donec regia classis venerit.

[6] Ubi autem regia classis advenerit, si Lacedaemonii sociique suam classem alere velint, hoc iis liceat Si i a Tissapherne stipendium accipere velint, Tissaphernes praebeto, Lacedaemonii vero sociique, finito bello, pecunias Tissapherni reddunto, quaecumque acceperint.

[7] Postquam autem classis regia venerit, Lacedaemoniorum et sociorum et regis naves communiter bellum gerunto, prout Tissapherni et Lacedaemoniis et sociis videbitur. Quod si pacem cum Atheniensibus facere velint, pari utrique modo faciunto. »

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 8.58 focus

« L’anno tredicesimo del regno di Dario, essendo eforo in Sparta Alessippide fu fatto concordato nella pianura del Meandro , tra i Lacedemoni ed alleati per una parte , e Tissaferne, Ieramene ed i figlioli di Farnace per l'altra , intorno agli affari del re e a quelli de' Lacedemoni e degli alleati, in questo tenore. Primo, che tutto il territorio del re che è nell’Asia appartenga al re, e del territorio suo proprio il re disponga a suo talento. Secondo, che i Lacedemoni e gli alleati non entrino nel territorio del re a farvi danno veruno, nè il re in quello de' Lacedemoni e degli alleati a farvi alcun male. Terzo, se alcuno de’ Lacedemoni o degli alleati entrerà nel territorio del re per nuocervi, i Lacedemoni e gli alleati debbano impedirlo ; e se alcuno degli stati del re vada per nuocere ai Lacedemoni od agli alleati, il re debba impedirlo. Quarto, che Tissaferne, secondo U convenuto , dia le paghe alle navi ora presenti, sino all’arrivo della flotta del re. Quinto , che dopo arrivata la flotta del re stia in facoltà dei Lacedemoni e degli alleati di dare, se vogliano, le paghe alle navi ; ma se piacerà loro pigliarle da Tissaferne, Tissaferne le sborsi, con questo però che a guerra finita egli debba essere rimborsato dai Lacedemoni e dagli alleati del denaro che avranno preso» Sesto, che arrivata la flotta del re, le navi de’ Lacedemoni, degli alleati e del re facciano in comune la guerra, secondochè piacerà a Tissaferne, ai Lacedemoni ed agli alleati; e se vorranno scioglier la guerra cogli Ateniesi, si debba sciogliere di comune consentimento ».

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 8.58

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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