Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 8.99

[1] About the same time of this summer, when none of those whom Tissaphernes at his going to Aspendus had substituted to pay the Peloponnesian navy at Miletus did it, and seeing neither the Phoenician fleet nor Tissaphernes came to them, and seeing Philip, that was sent along with him, and also another, one Hippocrates, a Spartan, that was lying in Phaselis, had written to Mindarus, the general, that the fleet was not to come at all and in every thing Tissaphernes abused them; seeing also that Pharnabazus had sent for them and was willing, upon the coming to him of their fleet, for his own part also as well as Tissaphernes, to cause the rest of the cities within his own province to revolt from the Athenians; then at length, Mindarus, hoping for benefit by him, with good order and sudden warning that the Athenians at Samos might not be aware of their setting forth, went into the Hellespont with seventythree galleys, besides sixteen which the same summer were gone into the Hellespont before and had overrun part of Chersonnesus. But tossed with the wind she was forced to put in at Icarus; and after he had stayed there through ill weather some five or six days, he arrived at Chios.

[1] To return to the Peloponnesians in Miletus . No pay was forthcoming from any of the agents deputed by Tissaphernes for that purpose upon his departure for Aspendus ; neither the Phoenician fleet nor Tissaphernes showed any signs of appearing, and Philip, who had been sent with him, and another Spartan, Hippocrates, who was at Phaselis, wrote word to Mindarus, the admiral, that the ships were not coming at all, and that they were being grossly abused by Tissaphernes. Meanwhile Pharnabazus was inviting them to come, and making every effort to get the fleet and, like Tissaphernes, to cause the revolt of the cities in his government still subject to Athens , founding great hopes on his success; until at length, at about the period of the summer which we have now reached, Mindarus yielded to his importunities, and, with great order and at a moment's notice, in order to elude the enemy at Samos , weighed anchor with seventy-three ships from Miletus and set sail for the Hellespont . Thither sixteen vessels had already preceded him in the same summer, and had overrun part of the Chersonese . Being caught in a storm, Mindarus was compelled to run in to Icarus, and after being detained five or six days there by stress of weather, arrived at Chios .

Um dieselbe Zeit in diesem Sommer geschah mit den
Peloponnesiern vor Milet Folgendes. Von denen, welche Tissaphernes
bei seiner Abreise nach Aspendos dazu eingesetzt hatte ^8), lieferte
ihnen Keiner die Verpflegung, und weder die phönikischen Schifft, noch
auch Tissaphernes wollten sich blicken lassen; Philippos aber, der
mit jenem abgeschickt worden war, und ein anderer spartiatischer
Mann, Namens Hippokrates, welcher sich damals zu PhaseliS aufhielt,
hatten an Mindaros den Admiral, geschrieben, daß die Schiffe ^{1 2 3}
nicht erscheinen würden und daß Tissaphernes sie in Allem und
Jeglichem zu ihrem Schaden betrüge. Gleichzeitig nun hatte sie auch
Pharnabazos eingeladen, der sich eifrig darum bemühte, ihre Schiffe
an sich zu ziehen und ebenfalls so, wie Tissaphernes, die noch übrigen
Städte in seinem Gebiete zum Abfall von den Athenern zu bringen,
in der Hoffnung, davon einigen Vortheil zu haben. So ging denn
Mindaros in bester Ordnung, und nachdem er den Befehl dazu erst
im letzten Augenblick ertheilt hatte, damit die Athener auf Samos
Nichts merkten, mit dreiundsiebenzig Schiffen von Milet unter Segel
nach dem Hellespont. Es waren aber in demselben Sommer schon
früher sechzehn Schiffe dorthin gegangen, welche auch einen Theil der
Küsten des Hellespont verheert hatten. Er selbst indeß wurde vom
Sturm überfallen und genöthigt, bei Ikaros vor Anker zu gehen,
wo er wegen der Unsee fünf oder sechs Tage liegen blieb und dann
nach Chios ging.

XCIX. Vers la même époque de cet été, les Péloponnésiens qui étaient à Milet se lassèrent de leur situation : ils ne recevaient plus le subside d’aucun des agents que Tissaphernes avait chargés de le payer, lors de son départ pour Aspendos; ni la flotte phénicienne, ni Tissaphernes ne paraissaient; Philippe, envoyé à la suite de Tissaphernes, et Hippocrates, autre Spartiate, alors à Phasélis, écrivaient à Mindaros, commandant de la flotte, que les vaisseaux ne viendraient pas; qu’en tout Tissaphernes les trahissait; que d’un autre côté Pharnabaze les appelait; qu’il était disposé, si on lui amenait la flotte, à faire soulever contre les Athéniens, comme l’avait fait Tissaphernes, le reste des villes de son gouvernement, dans l’espoir de tirer de là quelque avantage. Par ces divers motifs, Mindaros donna soudain l’ordre du départ, afin d’en dérober la connaissance à la flotte de Samos; il mit à la voile avec beaucoup d’ordre et se dirigea de Milet vers l’Hellespont. Déjà seize vaisseaux y étaient entrés, dans le cours du même été, et avaient porté le ravage dans une partie de la Chersonnèse. Mindaros, battu par une tempête, fut forcé de relâcher à Icaros, où il séjourna cinq ou six jours, et aborda ensuite à Chio.

Vers la même époque de cet été, les Péloponésiens qui étaient à Milet se décidèrent à passer vers Pharnabaze. La solde n’était servie par aucun de ceux qu’à son départ pour Aspendos Tissapherne avait chargés de ce soin. Ni la flotte phénicienne ni Tissapherne ne paraissaient. Philippos, qui l’avait accompagné dans ce voyage ainsi qu’un autre Spartiate nommé Hippocratès, mandaient de Phasèlis au navarque Mindaros que cette flotte ne viendrait pas et qu’ils étaient complètement joués par Tissapherne. D’autre part, Pharnabaze les appelait à lui et se montrait disposé à insurger, dès leur arrivée, les villes de son gouvernement qui restaient encore aux Athéniens; en quoi il trouvait pour son compte le même avantage que Tissapherne pour le sien. Par ces divers motifs, Mindaros , avec soixante-treize vaisseaux, partit de Milet pour l’Hellespont dans le plus grand ordre, à un signal donné à l’improviste, afin de dérober sa marche aux Athéniens stationnés à Samos. Déjà ce même été seize vaisseaux étaient entrés dans l’Hellespont et avaient infesté une portion de la Chersonèse. Mindaros, assailli par une tempête, fut contraint de relâcher à Icaros , où les vents contraires le retinrent cinq ou six jours ; il aborda ensuite à Chios.

[1] During this summer, about the same time as these events, the situation of the Peloponnesians in Miletus was as follows: ¹ None of the officers appointed by Tissaphernes at the time when he went to Aspendus would give them maintenance, and neither the Phoenician ships nor Tissaphernes himself had yet come; Philippus, who had been sent with him, ² and also another person, a Spartan named Hippocrates who was at Phaselis, had written letters to Mindarus, the admiral, saving that the ships would never come and that they were being wronged in all things by Tissaphernes; moreover, Pharnabazus was inviting them to come and was eager, when he should have got the assistance of the Peloponnesian fleet, to do just what Tissaphernes was to have done and to cause the rest of the cities within his province to revolt from the Athenians, hoping to gain some advantage thereby. In these circumstances, then, Mindarus put off from Miletus, in good order and, giving his fleet the command without previous notice that his move might not become known to the Athenians at Samos, he sailed for the Hellespont with seventy-three ships; for earlier in this same summer sixteen ships had sailed thither and had overrun a portion of the Chersonesus. Mindarus, however, was caught by a storm and forced to make harbour at Icarus; there he remained five or six days by reason of bad weather and then went on to Chios.

[1] About the same period of this summer the Peloponnesians at Miletus also executed the following measures. When none of those who were intrusted with the business by Tissaphernes, at the time that he went to Aspendus, afforded them supplies, and neither the Phoenician ships nor Tissaphernes made their appearance hitherto, but Philippus who had been sent with him, as well as another Spartan named Hippocrates, who was at Phaselis, wrote word to Mindarus the admiral, that the ships would not join them, and that they were being wronged by Tissaphernes in every respect; and when again Pharnabazus was calling them to his aid, and was desirous to get the ships in his turn, like Tissaphernes, and cause the remaining cities in his government to revolt from the Athenians, hoping to gain some advantage thereby; under these circumstances, I say, Mindarus, with great regularity, and with orders suddenly given, to escape the observation of those at Samos, weighed anchor from Miletus with three and seventy ships, and sailed for the Hellespont. (Sixteen ships had at an earlier period of this same summer entered that sea, and overrun some parts of the Chersonese.) But being caught in a storm, and compelled to do so, he put in at Icarus, and after remaining there through stress of weather five or six days, arrived subsequently at Chios.

[1] Per eadem bojas «statis tempora Peloponnesii quoque, qui Mileti eraot, quam neque ab diorum quoquam stipendium iis daretur, quibus a Tissapherne tone, quam Aspendum petebat, negotium datum erat, neque Phoenissae naves aut Tissaphernes adhuc unquam alvenisseot, et Philippus, qui cum eo missus erat, Miudaro nauarcho scripsisset, ilemque Hippocrates, vir Spartanus, qui apud Phaselidem erat, neque naves venturas esse, et per omnia eos injuria affici a Tissapherne, et quum Pharnabazus eos advocaret et magno studio paratus esset navibus adductis et ipse reliquas adhuc sua; provinciae civitates ad detectionem ab Atheniensibus faciendam compellere, ut Tissaphernes, sperans ex liac re commodum aliquod se percepturum, sic igitur Mindarus, militari disciplina accurate servata, et profectione subito indicta. ut lateret bostes, qui Sami erant, cum tribus et septuaginta navibus Mileto solvens in Helle» spontum navigabat. Antea autem per hanc eandem aestatem aliae sexdecim naves illuc iverant, et quamdam Chersonesi partem incursionibus infestaverant. Sed tempestate jactatus, ad Icarum appellere coactus est, et quum ibi propter navigandi difficultatem quinque vel sex dies moratus esset, Chium pervenit.

In questa estate verso i medesimi tempi, ai Peloponnesi che erano a Mileto non venivan pagati gli siipendìi da veruno dei luogotenenti lasciali da Tissaferne quando partì per Aspendo, nè si vedean comparire le navi fenicie con Tissaferne stesso. E Filippo spedito con lui, ed anche Ippocrate gentiluomo spartano che era a Faselìde, aveano scritto all’amuiiraglio Mindaro che le navi fenicie non comparirebbero, che i Peloponnesi erano in tutto trattati male da Tissaferne, e che Farnabazo li invitava, ed era pronto a condurre a loro la sua flotta, e a ribellare egli stesso (siccome dovea fare Tissaferne) le altre città della sua provincia agli Ateniesi, ripromettendosi da ciò qualche profitto maggiore. Per le quali cose Mindaro con molta regola e con subito ordinamento, onde celarsi alla flotta ateniese di Samo, salpò da Mileto con settantatre navi, e veleggiava alla volta dell1 Ellesponto, ove in questa medesima estate ne erano inuanzi arrivate sedici, ed aveano corso qualche parte del Chersoneso. Se non che colto da burrascoso vento fu astretto a pigliar terra ad lecaro ; ove trattenuto cinque o sei giorni dalla contrarietà del tempo, giunse poi a Chio.