Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Anonymous (Translator), 2.27

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In questa medesima estate gli Ateniesi cacciarono da Egina gli Eginesi coi fanciulli e le donne, incaricandoli d’essere stati la principal cagione di questa guerra. Senza di che pensavano che essendo Egina adiacente al Peloponneso la riterrebbero con maggior sicurezza, se vi manclasserò colonia dei loro cittadini, come infatti poco stante fecero. Laonde i Lacedemoni diedero ad abitare agli Eginesi Tirea col suo territorio, non tanto a cagione delle differenze avevano con gli Ateniesi, quanto perchè ne erano stati beneficati al tempo del terremoto e della ribellione degl7 Iloti. Il territorio di Tirea è conterminale del suolo argivo e laconico, e si stende sino al mare. Alcuni di coloro vi presero stanza , altri si sparsero pel rimanente della Grecia.

History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Anonymous (Translator). Florence. 1835.

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

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 2.27.1 focus

[1] ἀνέστησαν δὲ καὶ Αἰγινήτας τῷ αὐτῷ θέρει τούτῳ ἐξ Αἰγίνης Ἀθηναῖοι, αὐτούς τε καὶ παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας, ἐπικαλέσαντες οὐχ ἥκιστα τοῦ πολέμου σφίσιν αἰτίους εἶναι· καὶ τὴν Αἴγιναν ἀσφαλέστερον ἐφαίνετο τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ ἐπικειμένην αὑτῶν πέμψαντας ἐποίκους ἔχειν. καὶ ἐξέπεμψαν ὕστερον οὐ πολλῷ ἐς αὐτὴν τοὺς οἰκήτορας.

[2] ἐκπεσοῦσι δὲ τοῖς Αἰγινήταις οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἔδοσαν Θυρέαν οἰκεῖν καὶ τὴν γῆν νέμεσθαι, κατά τε τὸ Ἀθηναίων διάφορον καὶ ὅτι σφῶν εὐεργέται ἦσαν ὑπὸ τὸν σεισμὸν καὶ τῶν Εἱλώτων τὴν ἐπανάστασιν. ἡ δὲ Θυρεᾶτις γῆ μεθορία τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ Λακωνικῆς ἐστίν, ἐπὶ θάλασσαν καθήκουσα. καὶ οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν ἐνταῦθα ᾤκησαν, οἱ δ’ ἐσπάρησαν κατὰ τὴν ἄλλην Ἑλλάδα.

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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.) — 2.27.1 focus

[1] The same summer, the Athenians put the Aeginetae, man, woman, and child, out of Aegina, laying to their charge that they were the principal cause of the present war. And it was also thought the safer course to hold Aegina, being adjacent to Peloponnesus, with a colony of their own people; and not long after they sent inhabitants into the same.

[2] When the Aeginetae were thus banished, the Lacedaemonians gave them Thyrea to dwell in and the occupation of the lands belonging unto it to live on, both upon hatred to the Athenians, and for the benefits received at the hands of the Aeginetae in the time of the earthquake and insurrection of the Helotes. This territory of Thyrea is in the border between Argolica and Laconica, and reacheth to the seaside. So some of them were placed there, and the rest dispersed into other parts of Greece.

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.) — 2.27.1 focus

[1] During the summer the Athenians also expelled the Aeginetans with their wives and children from Aegina , on the ground of their having been the chief agents in bringing the war upon them. Besides, Aegina lies so near Peloponnese , that it seemed safer to send colonists of their own to hold it, and shortly afterwards the settlers were sent out.

[2] The banished Aeginetans found an asylum in Thyrea, which was given to them by Lacedaemon , not only on account of her quarrel with Athens , but also because the Aeginetans had laid her under obligations at the time of the earthquake and the revolt of the Helots. The territory of Thyrea is on the frontier of Argolis and Laconia , reaching down to the sea. Those of the Aeginetans who did not settle here were scattered over the rest of Hellas .

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 2.27 focus

¹ Im selben Sommer trieben die Athener auch die
Aegineten von ihrer Insel, Alle, sammt Weib und Kind. Sie gaben
ihnen nämlich Schuld, daß sie nicht die geringste Ursache dieses Krieges
seien. Auch glaubten sie, daß die dem Peloponnes naheliegende Insel
Aegina für sie sicherer sei, wenn sie selbst dorthin Ansiedler sendeten,
und so schickten sie denn auch nicht lange danach Kolonisten dorthin.
Den ausgetriebenen Aegineten aber gaben die Lakedämonier Thyrea
zum Wohnsitz nnd das umliegende Land zum Anbau, einmal aus Haß
gegen die Athener, und dann auch, weil sie sich zur Zeit des Erdbebens
und des Heloten-Aufstandes um sie verdient gemacht hatten. Das
thyreatische Land liegt aus der Gränze zwischen Argos und Lakonika und
reicht bis an's Meer. Ein Theil nun von ihnen siedelte sich dort an,
die Andern zerstreuten sich im übrigen Hellas.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 2.27 focus

In demselben Sommer vertrieben die Athener die Ägineten
mit Weib; und Kind von ihrer Insel, da sie ihnen schuld
gaben, sie seien die Hauptursache an diesem Kriege. Auch
hielten sie es zu ihrer Sicherheit für besser, die so nahe am
Peloponnes gelegene Insel Ägina mit eigenen Ansiedlern zu
besetzen, die sie zu dem Ende denn auch bald darauf dorthin
schickten. Die Lakedämonier aber räumten den vertriebenen
Agineten Thyrea als Wohnort ein und wiesen ihnen dort Land
an,, teils aus Haß gegen die Athener, teils mit Rücksicht auf
die guten Dienste, welche die Ägineten ihnen zur Zeit des
Erdbebens und des Helotenaufstandes geleistet hatten. Die
Landschaft Thyreatis liegt zwischen Argolis und Lakonien und
reicht bis an die See. Die Agineten ließen sich auch zum Teil
dort nieder; die übrigen zerstreuten sich über ganz Griechenland.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 2.27 focus

XXVII. Dans ce même été les Athéniens expulsèrent d'Égine tous les habitants, y compris les femmes et les enfants, sous prétexte qu’ils étaient les principaux auteurs de la guerre. Ils sentaient que la possession d’Égine, qui touche au Péloponnèse, serait bien mieux assurée dans leurs mains en y établissant des colons athéniens ; et, en effet, ils y envoyèrent, peu de temps après, une colonie. Les Lacédémoniens, en haine des Athéniens, et aussi en reconnaissance des services que les Éginètes leur avaient rendus lors du tremblement de terre et du soulèvement des Hilotes, assignèrent pour habitation aux exilés la ville de Thyréa, avec la jouissance des campagnes environnantes. Le territoire de Thyréa confine à l’Argie et à l’Argolide, et s’étend jusqu’à la mer. Une partie des Éginètes s’y établit ; les autres se dispersèrent dans le reste de la Grèce.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 2.27 focus

Dans ce même été, les Athéniens expulsèrent les habitants d’Égine, hommes, femmes et enfants. Ils les accusaient d'avoir été une des principales causes de la guerre ; d’ailleurs, Ëgine avoisinant le Péloponèse, il leur semblait prudent d’occuper eux-mêmes cette île. Ils y envoyèrent donc, quelque temps après, une colonie athénienne¹. AuxËginètes expulsés les Lacédémoniens cédèrent la ville et le territoire de Thyréa, en haine des Athéniens, comme aussi en reconnaissance des services que les Ëginètes avaient rendus à Lacédémone lors du tremblement de terre et du soulèvement des Ilotes ². La Thy-réatide est située sur les confins de l’Argolide et de la Laconie ; elle s’étend jusqu’à la mer. Un certain nombre d’Êginètes s’établirent en ce lieu ; les autres se dispersèrent dans toute la Grèce.

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.) — 2.27.1 focus

[1] In the course of this summer the Athenians also expelled the Aeginetans from Aegina, together with their wives and children, making it their main charge against them that they were responsible for the war in which they were involved; besides Aegina lay close to the Peloponnesus, and it was clearly a safer policy to send colonists of their own to occupy it. And indeed they soon afterwards sent thither the settlers.

[2] As for the Aeginetan refugees, the Lacedaemonians gave them Thyrea to dwell in and its territory to cultivate, moved to do this not only by the hostility of the Aeginetans towards the Athenians but also because the Aeginetans had done them a service at the time of the earthquake and the revolt of the Helots.¹ Now the district of Thyrea is the border country between Argolis and Laconia, extending down to the sea. There some of the Aeginetans settled, while some were scattered over the rest of Hellas.

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.) — 2.27.1 focus

[1] This summer the Athenians also expelled the Aeginetans from their island, themselves, their children, and wives, charging them with being the chief authors of the war they were engaged in; besides Which, it appeared safer to send settlers of their own to hold Aegina, lying so near as it does to the Peloponnese. No long time after therefore they sent the colonists to it;

[2] while to the Aeginetans who were expelled the Lacedaemonians gave Thyrea to live in, and the territory to occupy, as well on the ground of their quarrel with the Athenians, as because they had been benefactors to themselves at the time of the earthquake and the insurrection of the Helots. The territory of Thyrea is on the frontier of Argolis and Laconia, stretching down to the sea. So some of them dwelt there, while others were scattered through the rest of Greece.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 2.27.1 focus

[1] Hac eadem aestate Athenienses etiam iEginetas ex yEgina, quum ipsos, tum etiam liberos et conjuges ejecerunt, crimini iis dantes, quod hujus belli contra se moti praecipui auctores essent; et tutius fore videbatur, si j£gi-nam Peloponneso adjacentem colonia de suis missa tenerent. Nec multo post colonos in eam miserunt.

[2] jEgi-netis autem ejectis Lacedaemonii Thyream incolendam et ejus agrum possidendum dederunt, tum ob odium, quo Athenienses persequebantur, tum etiam, quod de se bene meriti erant terrae motus tempore et Hclotum rebellione. Thyrealicus vero ager est medius inter Argivum et Laconicum, et ad mare pertinet. Atque alii quidem eorum hic habitaverunt, alii vero per reliquam Graeciam dissipati sunt.

Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides First1KGreek (Thucydides. Vier Staatsreden aus Thucydides. Gürsching, Heinrich, translator. Augsburg: Wirth, 1856.) — 2.35.1 focus

[1] Wenn es bisher bei den Rednern an dieser Stätte fast allgemeiner Brauch geworden, den Mann zu rühmen, der mit der Bestattung diese Rede verband, weil an dem Grabe gefallener Krieger ein ehrendes Wort sich zieme, so würde ich es für hinreichend gehalten haben, dass man Helden der That mit einer festlichen Handlung ehre, — wie das denn der Staat durch die Bestattung gethan hat, deren Zeugen ihr so eben gewesen — und würde die Verherrlichung so vieler Männer nicht einem Einzelnen und der zufälligen Wirkung seines Vortrags anheimgegeben haben.

Commentary

Commentary on Thucydides Book 2 (Thucydides, Book II. Marchant, Edgar C., editor. London: Macmillan and Company, 1891.) focus

Αἰγινήτας —Athens had been frequently at war with Aegina, the last war being 460-456 B.C., when Aegina surrendered. See I. 67. {

ἐν }

τῷ αὐτῷ θ —Cl. shows that Thuc. always inserts ἐν in this phrase. Otherwise he uses the gen.

αὐτούς τε —‘brutale applieation du droit du plus fort.’ M. Henry.

οὐχ ἥκιστα —with αἰτίους. [τῇ Π. ἐπικειμένην]—had this been the object Athens would have directed her attacks on Peloponnese from Aegina; but we hear nothing of this.

ἐποίκους — i.e. κληρούχους. This measure was certain to make Pericles very popular.

καὶ — ‘and so.’

Θυρέαν —thus the Aeginetans would form a buffer between Laconia and Argolis. This region was a constant source of dispute between the two.

οἰκεῖν ... νέμεσθαι — these limit ἔδοσαν and ‘denote occupation, not property.’ Bloomf. Cf. c. 30. σφῶν—emphatic. ‘We help you because you helped us.’

ὑπὸ τὸν σεισμὸν —about 464 B.C. Just after, the helots revolted, and the Messenians were expelled in consequence. See c. 25, 1. The Spartans now paid back Athens for placing the Messenians in Naupactus,

Θυρεᾶτις —had been in the hands of Sparta since 495 B.C.

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