Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Theodor Braun (Translator), 8.65

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Peisandros und seine Begleiter stellten, wie ihnen auf
getragen war, in den Städten, die sie unterwegs berührten,
die Volks Herrschaft ab, nahmen auch aus einigen Bewaffnete
zu ihrem Schutz mit nach Athen. Bei ihrer Ankunft dort
fanden sie, daß ihnen von ihren Freunden schon tüchtig vor
gearbeitet war. Eine Anzahl junger Leute, die zur Partei ge
hörten, hatten einen gewissen Androkles, einen der Hauptführer
der Volkspartei, vornehmlich auf dessen Betreiben auch Alki
biades verbannt worden war, heimlich ermordet und ihn haupt
sächlich ans dem doppelten Grunde ums Leben gebracht, weit
er einer der Führer der Volkspartei war und weil sie Alki
biades, der ihrer Meinung nach zurückkehren und ihnen zu
einem Bündnis mit Tissaphernes verhelfen würde, damit einen
Gefallen zu tun glaubten. Ebenso hatten sie einige andere,
ihnen unbequeme Persönlichkeiten heimlich aus dem Wege ge
räumt. öffentlich aber kündigten sie einen Antrag an, wonach
künftig niemand, wer nicht Kriegsdienste leistete, Sold aus der
Staatskasse beziehen und das Stimmrecht in der Volksversamm
lung nur fünftausend Bürgern, und zwar denjenigen zustehen
sollte, welche persönlich und durch ihr Vermögen vorzugs
weise imstande seien, die Lasten des Gemeinwesens auf sich
zu nehmen.

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.)

Editions (1)

Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 8.65.1 focus

[1] οἱ δὲ ἀμφὶ τὸν Πείσανδρον παραπλέοντές τε, ὥσπερ ἐδέδοκτο, τοὺς δήμους ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι κατέλυον, καὶ ἅμα ἔστιν ἀφ’ ὧν χωρίων καὶ ὁπλίτας ἔχοντες σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ξυμμάχους ἦλθον ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας.

[2] καὶ καταλαμβάνουσι τὰ πλεῖστα τοῖς ἑταίροις προειργασμένα. καὶ γὰρ Ἀνδροκλέα τέ τινα τοῦ δήμου μάλιστα προεστῶτα ξυστάντες τινὲς τῶν νεωτέρων κρύφα ἀποκτείνουσιν, ὅσπερ καὶ τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐξήλασε, καὶ αὐτὸν κατ’ ἀμφότερα, τῆς τε δημαγωγίας ἕνεκα καὶ οἰόμενοι τῷ Ἀλκιβιάδῃ ὡς κατιόντι καὶ τὸν Τισσαφέρνην φίλον ποιήσοντι χαριεῖσθαι, μᾶλλόν τι διέφθειραν· καὶ ἄλλους τινὰς ἀνεπιτηδείους τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ κρύφα ἀνήλωσαν.

[3] λόγος τε ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ προείργαστο αὐτοῖς ὡς οὔτε μισθοφορητέον εἴη ἄλλους ἢ τοὺς στρατευομένους οὔτε μεθεκτέον τῶν πραγμάτων πλέοσιν ἢ πεντακισχιλίοις, καὶ τούτοις οἳ ἂν μάλιστα τοῖς τε χρήμασι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν ὠφελεῖν οἷοί τε ὦσιν.

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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.) — 8.65.1 focus

[1] They with Pisander, according to the order given them, entering into the cities as they went by, dissolved the democracies; and having in some places obtained also an aid of men of arms, they came to Athens, and found the business, for the greatest part, dispatched to their hands by their accomplices before their coming.

[2] For certain young men, combining themselves, had not only murdered Androcles privily, a principal patron of the popular government and one that had his hand the farthest in the banishment of Alcibiades (whom they slew for two causes: for the sway he bare amongst the people, and to gratify Alcibiades, who they thought would return and get them the friendship of Tissaphernes), but had also made away divers men unfit for their design in the same manner.

[3] They had withal an oration ready made, which they delivered in public, wherein they said that there ought none to receive wages but such as served in the wars, nor to participate of the government more than five thousand, and those, such as by their purses and persons were best able to serve the commonwealth.

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.) — 8.65.1 focus

[1] Pisander and his colleagues on their voyage along shore abolished, as had been determined, the democracies in the cities, and also took some heavy infantry from certain places as their allies, and so came to Athens .

[2] Here they found most of the work already done by their associates. Some of the younger men had banded together, and secretly assassinated one Androcles, the chief leader of the commons, and mainly responsible for the banishment of Alcibiades; Androcles being singled out both because he was a popular leader, and because they sought by his death to recommend themselves to Alcibiades, who was, as they supposed, to be recalled, and to make Tissaphernes their friend. There were also some other obnoxious persons whom they secretly did away with in the same manner.

[3] Meanwhile their cry in public was that no pay should be given except to persons serving in the war, and that not more than five thousand should share in the government, and those such as were most able to serve the state in person and in purse.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 8.65 focus

Die mit Peisandros Abgesandten schifften indeß an der
Küste^hin und hoben; wie beschlossen war, in den einzelnen Städten
die Volksregierung auf und nahmen aus einigen derselben auch
Schwerbewaffnete zu ihrer Unterstützung mit nach Athen. Hier? fanden sie
bereits daS Meiste durch ihre .Genossen vorgearbeitet. Es hatten
nämlich Einige der Jüngeren,sich verbunden und den AndrokleS, einen
Hauptanführer der Volkspartei, heimlich getödtet, der auch des
AlkibiadeS Verbannung hauptsächlich durchgesetzt hatte, und zwar hatten
sie grade ihn um so eher auS dem Wege geräumt, weil bei ihm
zweierlei zusammentraf: einmal, weil er Demagoge war, und dann
weil sie damit dem Alkibiades einen Gefallen zu thun glaubten, der
zurückkehren und ihnen die-Freundschaft des Tissaphernts.-mitbringen
sollte. Auf dieselbe Weise schafften sie auch einige Andere heimlich ¹
bei Seite, die ihnen im Wege standen. Oeffentlich aber hatten-sie
den Antrag vorbereitet, daß außer denen, die am Kriegsdienste Theil
nähmen, sonst Niemand mehr Sold erhalten^), und daß nicht mehr
als fünftausend Bürger an der Verwaltung Theil haben sollten, und
zwar die, welche im Stande wären, durch Besitz und Kriegsdienst
dem Staate am meisten zu nützen. ^ ' - - ' , - .

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 8.65 focus

LXV. Pisandre et ses collègues longèrent les côtes, abolissant, suivant le plan adopté, la démocratie dans les villes. Ils prirent, sur quelques points, des hoplites pour les seconder dans leurs desseins, et arrivèrent à Athènes, où ils trouvèrent les choses déjà fort avancées, grâce aux manoeuvres de leurs amis. En effet, quelques jeunes gens s’étaient ligués et avaient tué secrètement un certain Androclès, le plus influent meneur du peuple et le principal auteur du bannissement d’Alcibiade. Deux motifs le désignaient surtout à leurs coups : le démagogue les gênait, et ils voulaient complaire à Alcibiade, dont le retour paraissait prochain et qui devait procurer l’amitié de Tissaphernes. Ils s’étaient également défaits en secrets de quelques autres citoyens opposés à leurs vues. Enfin ils avaient à l’avance fait publier qu’il n’y aurait plus de solde que pour les gens de guerre, et que le maniement des affaires serait exclusivement réservé à cinq mille citoyens, ceux qui seraient le plus capables de servir l’État de leur fortune et de leurs personnes.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 8.65 focus

Pendant leur traversée, Pisandros et ses collègues, conformément au plan adopté, abolirent la démocratie dans les villes et recrutèrent çà et là quelques hoplites pour auxiliaires. Arrivés à Athènes, ils y trouvèrent leurs affaires déjà bien avancées par les conjurés. Quelques jeunes gens, s’étant donné le mot, avaient tué secrètement un certain Androclès, l’homme le plus influent du parti populaire et le principal auteur du bannissement d’Alcibiade. En l’immolant, ils avaient voulu à la fois frapper le démagogue et complaire à Alcibiade, dont le retour semblait prochain, et qui devait leur procurer l’amitié de Tissapherne. Ils s’étaient également défaits de quelques autres citoyens qui leur portaient ombrage. Enfin ils avaient déclaré, dans un discours médité de longue main, que les seuls emplois rétribués devaient être ceux de l’armée, et la gestion des affaires n’appartenir qu’à cinq mille citoyens, les plus capables de servir l’État de leur fortune et de leurs personnes.

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.) — 8.65.1 focus

[1] Peisander, then, and his companions proceeded along the coast abolishing the democracies in the cities, as had been determined upon, and came to Athens, bringing with them from some places hoplites as supporters. There they found that most of the business had already been accomplished by their associates.

[2] For some of the younger men had combined and secretly put to death a certain Androcles, the most prominent leader of the popular party, the man who had done most to bring about the banishment of Alcibiades.¹ And him they destroyed for two reasons-on account of his being a popular leader, and somewhat the more because they thought it would gratify Alcibiades, who was likely to be recalled and to make Tissaphernes a friend; and some others that were inconvenient they secretly made away with in the same manner.

[3] Moreover, a proposal had already been openly made by them that no others ought to receive pay except those who were serving in the war, and that not more than five thousand should share in the government, and they only so far as they were especially competent to serve the state with both property and person.

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.) — 8.65.1 focus

[1] Pisander, then, and his companions, as they coasted along, abolished the popular governments in the cities, according to arrangement, and, moreover, took from some places heavy-armed troops as their allies, and so came to Athens. There they found most of the business already accomplished by their associates.

[2] For some of the younger men, having conspired together, secretly assassinated one Androcles, the most prominent leaders of the commons, and who also had mainly procured the banishment of Alcibiades; and for both these reasons, on account of his being a popular leader, and because they thought they should gratify Alcibiades, who, they concluded, would be recalled, and would make Tissaphernes their friend, they were the more ready to kill him. There were some other obnoxious individuals also whom they secretly took off in the same manner.

[3] A proposal too had already been openly set on foot by them, that no others should receive pay but such as served in the war; and that not more than five thousand should have a share in the government, and those such as were most competent to do the state service both with their property and their persons.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 8.65.1 focus

[1] At Pisander et ejus collegae, dum praetervehuntur, quemadmodum statutum erat, in urbibus statum popularem tollebant; quinetiam ex nonnullis urbibus gravis armatum milites sibi socios adjunxerunt, quo» secum duceni es Athenas reverterunt,

[2] et pleraque a conjuratis, jam confecta deprehenderunt. Etenim Androdem quemdam, acerrimum status popularis propugnatorem, qui etiam inter primos exstiterat auctor Alcibiadis expellendi, quidam ex juniori bus, conspiratione facta, clam interfecerunt, eutnque duabu» de causis, quod et populum suis concionibus ductaret, et quod eum Alcibiadi, tanquam reversuro et Tissapherni» amicitiam conciliaturo, gratificaturum existimarent, praecipuo quodam studio perdiderunt; et alios nonnullos non admodum secum sentientes eodem modo dani sustulerunt.

[3] Et orationem praeterea propalam elaboraverant, stipendium non esse dandum ullis aliis, nisi iis, qni militarent, nec plures, quam quinque hominum millia, ad reipublicae adminislrationem admittendos esse, et quidem eos, qui et pecuniis et corporibus maxime utiles esse possent.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 8.65 focus

I colleghi di Pisandro nello scorrere le costiere abolivano , secondo che erasi determinato, la democrazia nelle città ; e presi a compagni d'arme dei soldati gran da alcune terre, vennero ad Atene, ove trovarono il più delle cose eseguito da' loro fautori. Perciocché alcuni dei più giovani conspirando insieme aveano ucciso furtivamente Androcle uno de’ primi sostenitori del popolo, quello stesso che si era fatto duce degli altri a cacciare Alcibiade. Ed a ciò fare erano stati spinti da due motivi : primo, dal vedere Androcle atto a tirare a sé gli animi del popolo ; secondo , e questo fu il più grave , dal pensare che s’ingrazionerebbero con Alcibiade, come quegli che tornerebbe in patria e procurerebbe loro l’amicizia di Tissaferne. nell' istessa maniera si levarono copertamente dinanzi alcuni che non la tenevano da loro. Avevano inoltre composta una diceria al pubblico, colla quale mostravano non doversi dar pensioui altro che a’ militari, e non doversi ingerir della cosa pubblica più che cinquemila cittadini , e tra questi quelli specialmente che fosseroin grado di giovare alla Repubblica colle sostanze e colle persone.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 8.65

Theodor Braun (Translator)

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