Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thomas Hobbes (Translator), 6.73.2

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[2] They sent also ambassadors to Corinth and Lacedaemon, as well to obtain a league with them as also to persuade the Lacedaemonians to make a hotter war against the Athenians and to declare themselves in the quarrel of the Syracusians, thereby either to withdraw them from Sicily or to make them the less able to send supply to their army which was there already.

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

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 6.73.2 focus

[2] καὶ ἐς τὴν Κόρινθον καὶ ἐς τὴν Λακεδαίμονα πρέσβεις ἀπέστειλαν, ὅπως ξυμμαχία τε αὐτοῖς παραγένηται καὶ τὸν πρὸς Ἀθηναίους πόλεμον βεβαιότερον πείθωσι ποιεῖσθαι ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς ὑπὲρ σφῶν τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους, ἵνα ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς Σικελίας ἀπαγάγωσιν αὐτοὺς ἢ πρὸς τὸ ἐν Σικελίᾳ στράτευμα ἧσσον ὠφελίαν ἄλλην ἐπιπέμπωσιν.

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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.) — 6.73.2 focus

[2] They also sent envoys to Corinth and Lacedaemon to procure a force of allies to join them, and to induce the Lacedaemonians for their sakes openly to address themselves in real earnest to the war against the Athenians, that they might either have to leave Sicily or be less able to send reinforcements to their army there.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 6.73 focus

Die Syrakufaner nun, nachdem sie ihn angehört hatten,
beschlossen Alles, so wie er gerathen hatte, und wählten zu Feldherrn
den Hermokrates selbst und den Herakleides, des Lysimaches Sohn,
und den Sikanos, Sohn des Exekestes, zusammen ihrer drei, und nach
Korinth und Lakedämon schickten sie Gesandte, damit ihnen von dort
Bundestruppen zu Hilfe kämen, und um die Lakedämonier zu
überreden, zu ihrem Schutz den Krieg gegen die Athener offen und mit
größerer Entschiedenheit zu führen, damit diese entweder gezwungen
seien,'ihr Heer von Sieilien abzuberufen, oder doch'weniger in der
Lage wären, demselben Unterstützung nachzusendend r

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 6.73 focus

Hierauf beschlossen die Syrakuser ganz so, wie er ihnen
geraten hatte, und wählten drei, ihn, Hermokrates selbst,
Herakleides, Lysimachos' Sohn, und Sikanos, Exekestos' Sohn,
zu Feldherren. Auch schickten sie Gesandte nach Korinth und
Lakedämon, um beide für ein Bündnis mit Syrakus zu ge
winnen und die Lakedämonier zu bewegen, den Krieg gegen
die Athener ihretwegen offen und nachdrücklicher wieder auf
zunehmen, um diese zum Abzüge aus Sizilien zu nötigen oder
doch daran zu hindern, dem Heere in Sizilien weitere Ver
stärkungen zu senden.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 6.73 focus

LXXIII. Les Syracusains, après l’avoir entendu, décrétèrent toutes les mesures qu’il proposait et le nommèrent lui-méme général, avec deux collègues seulement, Héraclides, fils de Lysimachos, et Sicanos, fils d’Exécestès. Ils envoyèrent des ambassadeurs à Corinthe et à Lacédémone pour réclamer l’assistance de leurs alliés, et engager les Lacédémoniens à faire une diversion en leur faveur en poussant ouvertement et avec plus de vigueur les hostilités contre Athènes; ils voulaient par là soit forcer les Athéniens à quitter la Sicile, soit entraver l’envoi de nouveaux renforts à l’armée expéditionnaire.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 6.73 focus

Les Syracusains suivirent ses conseils. Ils élurent trois généraux, savoir Hermocratès lui-même, Héraclidès fils de Lysimachos et Sicanos fils d’Exécestos. Ils députèrent à Corinthe et à Lacédémone pour réclamer assistance, et pour engager les Lacédémoniens à faire en leur faveur une diversion plus active contre l’Attique. C’était le moyen de contraindre les Athéniens à évacuer la Sicile, ou du moins d’entraver l’envoi des renforts destinés à l’expédition.

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.) — 6.73.2 focus

[2] They also sent envoys to Corinth and Lacedaemon to induce an allied force to join them, and to persuade the Lacedaemonians to prosecute the war with the Athenians openly in their behalf and more persistently, in order that they might either draw them away from Sicily, or else to some extent prevent their sending reinforcements to their army in Sicily.

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.) — 6.73.2 focus

[2] They also despatched envoys to Corinth and Lacedaemonians; that an allied force might join them, and that they might persuade the Lacedaemonians, for their benefit, to carry on the war with the Athenians more decidedly, by open measures; that either they might be compelled to return from Sicily, or might less easily send fresh succours to their army now there.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 6.73.2 focus

[2] Corinthumque et Laceda*· monem legatos miserunt, ut auxilia sibi mitterentur, utqut* Lacedaemoniis persuaderent, ut bellum adversus Athenienses majore studio propalam pro se administrarent, quo eos vel a Sicilia abducerent vel ad exercitum, qui in Sicilia erat, aliud auxilium mittere minus possent.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 6.73 focus

i Siracusani dopo averlo udito decretarono tatto come e’ suggeriva, ed elessero a capitano lo stesso Erraocrate con Eraclide di Lisimaco e Sicano d’Esecesto ; essi tre soli. Spedirono ancora legati a Corinto ed a Sparta per averne soccorso secondo l’alleanza, e per indurre i Lacedemoni a far guerra alla scoperta e con più fermezza contro gli Ateniesi ; a volere ritirarli dalla Sicilia, o almeno far sì che non vi mandassero nuovi rinforzi.

Commentary

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

καί —‘accordingly.’

τούτους τρεῖς —‘only these three.’

ξυμμαχία = ξύμμαχοι.

τὸν πόλεμον βεβαιότερον π —‘give to the war a more decided and open character.’

ἀπαγάγωσιν —sc. οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι.

ὠφελίαν ἄλλην —‘reinforcements.’

ἐπιπέμπειν is contrasted with μεταπέμπειν in VII. 15 .

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.73.2

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