Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Richard Crawley (Translator), 2.14.1

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[1] The Athenians listened to his advice, and began to carry in their wives and children from the country, and all their household furniture, even to the woodwork of their houses which they took down. Their sheep and cattle they sent over to Euboea and the adjacent islands.

History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Richard Crawley (Translator). London. 1914.

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History of the Peloponnesian War (English) (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.)

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).) — 2.14.1 focus

[1] οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἀκούσαντες ἀνεπείθοντό τε καὶ ἐσεκομίζοντο ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ τὴν ἄλλην κατασκευὴν ᾗ κατ’ οἶκον ἐχρῶντο, καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν οἰκιῶν καθαιροῦντες τὴν ξύλωσιν· πρόβατα δὲ καὶ ὑποζύγια ἐς τὴν Εὔβοιαν διεπέμψαντο καὶ ἐς τὰς νήσους τὰς ἐπικειμένας.

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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.) — 2.14.1 focus

[1] When the Athenians had heard him, they approved of his words and fetched into the city their wives and children and the furniture of their houses, pulling down the very timber of the houses themselves. Their sheep and oxen they sent over into Euboea and into the islands over against them.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Wahrmund, Adolf, translator. Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1864.) — 2.14 focus

Die Athener nun befolgten, was sie gehört hatten, und
schafften Weib und Kind und das Geräthe, wie es in der
Haushaltung gebraucht wird, nach der Stadt und vergaßen auch nicht das
Holzwerk ihrer niedergerissenen Häuser. Das Schafvieh und die
Zugthiere schifften sie nach Euböa über und den andern umliegenden ¹
Inseln. Widerwillig aber gingen sie an diesen Umzug, weil sie meist ²
von jeher gewohnt waren, immer auf dem Lande zu leben.

Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs First1KGreek (Thucydides. Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Kriegs. Braun, Theodor, translator. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1917.) — 2.14 focus

Die Athener aber befolgten seinen Rat und schafften
Weiber und Kinder, sowie alles, was sie an Hausgerät draußen
hatten, ja selbst das Holzwerk der Häuser, die sie abbrachen,
vom Lande in die Stadt. Schafe und Zugtiere brachten sie
nach Euboia und den benachbarten Inseln hinüber. Es kam
sie freilich hart an, so mit Sack und Pack abzuziehen, da sie
meist gewohnt waren, immer auf dem Lande zu leben.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponèse First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése, Vol. 1-2. Zévort, Marie Charles, translator. Paris: Charpentier, 1852.) — 2.14 focus

XIV. Les Athéniens, persuadés par ses discours, transportèrent à la ville leurs enfants, leurs femmes, et tous les objets à leur usage qui garnissaient les habitations. Ils enlevèrent jusqu'à la charpente des maisons. Les troupeaux et les bêtes de somme furent envoyés en Eubée¹ et dans les îles adjacentes. C’était pour eux une dure nécessité que ce déplacement, la plupart ayant toujours été habitués à vivre à la campagne.

Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése First1KGreek (Thucydides. Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnése. Bétant, Élie-Ami, translator. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863.) — 2.14 focus

Les Athéniens se laissèrent persuader par ses discours. Ils retirèrent des campagnes leurs enfants, leurs femmes et tout leur mobilier; ils enlevèrent jusqu’à la charpente des maisons ; les troupeaux et les bêtes de somme furent transportés dans l’Eubée et dans les îles voisines. Ce déplacement leur parut pénible, accoutumés qu’ils étaient pour la plupart à la vie champêtre.

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.) — 2.14.1 focus

[1] After the Athenians had heard his words they were won to his view, and they began to bring in from the fields their children and wives, and also their household furniture, pulling down even the woodwork of the houses themselves; but sheep and draught-animals they sent over to Euboea and the adjacent islands.

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.) — 2.14.1 focus

[1] The Athenians were persuaded by what they heard from him; and proceeded to bring in from the country their children and wives, and all the furniture which they used in their houses, pulling down even the wood-work of their residences; while they sent their sheep and cattle over to Euboea and the adjacent islands.

Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci First1KGreek (Historia Belli Peloponnesiaci. Haase, Friedrich, translator. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.) — 2.14.1 focus

[1] Athenienses vero, his auditis, ejus sententiae accedebant et comportabant in urbem ex agris liberos et conjuges et reliquam supellectilem, qua domi utebantur, vel etiam ipsa aedificiorum destructorum tigna absportan-tes; pecora quoque et jumenta in Euboeam et circumjacentes insulas transmittebant.

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.

La storia di Tucidide First1KGreek (Thucydides. Della storia di Tucidide volgarizzata libri otto. Anonymous translator. Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, 1835.) — 2.14 focus

Gli Ateniesi, udito che l'ebbero, seguirono il mio consiglio, e dalla campagna introducevano in città i bambini, le donne , le masserìzie di cui usavano in casa f e sino il legname delle case che demolivano ; e facevano passare nell’ Eubea e nelle isole circonvicine gli armenti e le bestie da soma. Fastidioso però riusciva loro lo sgombero, essendo i più avvezzi a vivere continuamente alla campagna.

Commentary

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

Ἀνεπείθοντο —both the compound and the tense denote the difficulty of convincing them. Cf. c. 65, 1. Even now they did not feel quite certain, and were liable to change their minds again. (It was δόξα resulting from πειθώ, not ἐπιστήμη resulting from μάθησις.)

τὴν ἄλλην —perhaps the exclusive άλλος, but κατασκευή, stock, may here include children and wives. See c. 5, 4.

κατ’ οἶκον —see on c. 60, 4.

ξύλωσιν — materia; several verbal nouns in ‐ις are peculiar to Thuc. Cf. ὀλόφυρσις c. 51. Pollux and the Schol. regard this one as coined by Thuc.

καθαιροῦντες —this and ἐσεκομίζοντο both govern ξύλωσιν. ἐπικειμένας—‘off the coast.’

Χαλεπῶς ... ἐγίγνετο —passive for χαλεπῶς τὴν ἀ. ἐποιοῦντο. ἀνάστασις—an unwilling ( μετανάστασις, a willing) removal from one's country.

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 2.14.1

Richard Crawley (Translator)

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