Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.41.1

Thomas Hobbes (Translator)

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History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Thomas Hobbes (Translator). London. 1843.

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Editions (1)
Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 6.41.1 focus
Translations (9)
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.) — 6.41.1 focus
Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 6.41 focus
Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 6.41 focus
Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 6.41 focus
Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 6.41 focus
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.) — 6.41.1 focus
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.) — 6.41.1 focus
Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 6.41.1 focus
La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 6.41 focus

Commentary

Commentary on Thucydides: Book 6 (Thucydides, Book VI. Marchant, Edgar C., editor. London: Macmillan and Company, 1909.) focus

τῶν δὲ στρατηγῶν —presumably that one of the (15) Syr. generals who was presiding over the assembly.

πρὸς τὰ παρόντα —‘with reference to the situation’

τινάς —masc.

κοσμηθῆναι . . ἀγάλλεται —both metaphors from bright clothes. II. 42 αὶ τῶνδε ἀρεταὶ ἐκόσμησαν ( τὴν πόλιν): II. 44 αἷς ( εὐτυχίαις ) ποτε καὶ αὐτοὶ ἠγάλλεσθε. Much the same is λαμπρύνομαι c. 12, 2. Cf. ἐγκαλλώπισμα πλούτου II. 62 . (Corstens de Translationibus p. 38.)

ἡμεῖς —sc. οἱ στρατηγοί.

διαπομπῶν —still depending on οὐδεμία βλάβη. The art. alludes to the recommendations of Hermocrates.

ἔς τε κατασκοπήν —‘to collect information’ as to the feeling and resources of the cities. (Valla wrongly understands it qui explorent hostium adventum et consilium. The information is such as may prove useful if the enemy are not coming, ἢν μηδὲν δεήσῃ sc. παρασκευάζεσθαι ἀμύνεσθαι.)

ἤν τι ἄλλο = ἐς ἄλλο τι ὃ ἄν, such as the arrangement of alliances.

τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐπιμεμελήμεθα —‘some precautions of that nature we have already taken.’ τὰ δέ is internal accus.; cf. c. 40, 1.

ἐς ὑμᾶς οἴσομεν —a common meaning of φέρωin tragedy, but rare in prose. Eur. Phoen. 1086 ἦ που ξυμφορὰν ἥκεις φέρων.