Thucydides, Book 2, Chapter 5
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hawkwing_lbThucydides, Book 2, Chapter 5.
Section 1:
οἱ δ᾽ ἄλλοι Θηβαῖοι, οὓς ἔδει ἔτι τῆς νυκτὸς παραγενέσθαι πανστρατιᾷ, εἴ τι ἄρα μὴ προχωροίη τοῖς ἐσεληλυθόσι, τῆς ἀγγελίας ἅμα καθ᾽ ὁδὸν αὐτοῖς ῥηθείσης περὶ τῶν γεγενημένων ἐπεβοήθουν.
The other Thebans, who were still to come to support them with the whole army during the night, lest something should not go well for the ones who had gone in, went to help, since a message had gone down the road to them concerning these events.
Section 2:
ἀπέχει δὲ ἡ Πλάταια τῶν Θηβῶν σταδίους ἑβδομήκοντα, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτὸς ἐποίησε βραδύτερον αὐτοὺς ἐλθεῖν: ὁ γὰρ Ἀσωπὸς ποταμὸς ἐρρύη μέγας καὶ οὐ ῥᾳδίως διαβατὸς ἦν.
Plataia lies seventy stades from Thebes, and the rain which fell during the night made their coming slow: for the river Asopos was flowing strongly and was not easily crossed.
Section 3:
πορευόμενοί τε ἐν ὑετῷ καὶ τὸν ποταμὸν μόλις διαβάντες ὕστερον παρεγένοντο, ἤδη τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν μὲν διεφθαρμένων, τῶν δὲ ζώντων ἐχομένων.
Marching in the rain and only just crossing the river, they arrived too late: already most of the men had been killed, and the living were held under guard.
Section 4:
ὡς δ᾽ ᾔσθοντο οἱ Θηβαῖοι τὸ γεγενημένον, ἐπεβούλευον τοῖς ἔξω τῆς πόλεως τῶν Πλαταιῶν: ἦσαν γὰρ καὶ ἄνθρωποι κατὰ τοὺς ἀγροὺς καὶ κατασκευή, οἷα ἀπροσδοκήτου κακοῦ ἐν εἰρήνῃ γενομένου: ἐβούλοντο γὰρ σφίσιν, εἴ τινα λάβοιεν, ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον, ἢν ἄρα τύχωσί τινες ἐζωγρημένοι. καὶ οἱ μὲν ταῦτα διενοοῦντο,
As soon as the Thebans perceived what had happened, they formed a design against the ones of the Plataians outside the city. For men were in the countryside and property also, which (since this was happening in peace-time) were not expecting evil. They [the Thebans] wanted, if they could seize some for themselves, to have them in place of their men within, if some of them happened to have been taken alive. And they intended these things,
Section 5:
οἱ δὲ Πλαταιῆς ἔτι διαβουλευομένων αὐτῶν ὑποτοπήσαντες τοιοῦτόν τι ἔσεσθαι καὶ δείσαντες περὶ τοῖς ἔξω κήρυκα ἐξέπεμψαν παρὰ τοὺς Θηβαίους, λέγοντες ὅτι οὔτε τὰ πεποιημένα ὅσια δράσειαν ἐν σπονδαῖς σφῶν πειράσαντες καταλαβεῖν τὴν πόλιν, τά τε ἔξω ἔλεγον αὐτοῖς μὴ ἀδικεῖν: εἰ δὲ μή, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔφασαν αὐτῶν τοὺς ἄνδρας ἀποκτενεῖν οὓς ἔχουσι ζῶντας: ἀναχωρησάντων δὲ πάλιν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀποδώσειν αὐτοῖς τοὺς ἄνδρας.
but the men of Plataia, having discussed matters thoroughly among themselves, suspected this was what was about to happen and, since they were anxious about the men outside, sent out a herald to the Thebans, saying that [neither the holy things which had been done were accomplished by killing in] it was unholy to kill during solemn truce, trying to seize the city, and they said to them [the Thebans] not to do unjust things outside. If they did, the Plataians said they'd kill their men who they held captive, but if the Thebans withdrew from the land they would give them back their men.
Section 6:
Θηβαῖοι μὲν ταῦτα λέγουσι καὶ ἐπομόσαι φασὶν αὐτούς: Πλαταιῆς δ᾽ οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι τοὺς ἄνδρας εὐθὺς ὑποσχέσθαι ἀποδώσειν, ἀλλὰ λόγων πρῶτον γενομένων ἤν τι ξυμβαίνωσι, καὶ ἐπομόσαι οὔ φασιν.
The Thebans say these things and they say the other men swore an oath: but the men of Plataia did not agree to immediately give back the men they held, but to first with a view to an agreement take account of the event [but first to negotiate further], and they say they did not swear an oath.
Section 7:
ἐκ δ᾽ οὖν τῆς γῆς ἀνεχώρησαν οἱ Θηβαῖοι οὐδὲν ἀδικήσαντες: οἱ δὲ Πλαταιῆς ἐπειδὴ τὰ ἐκ τῆς χώρας κατὰ τάχος ἐσεκομίσαντο, ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς ἄνδρας εὐθύς. ἦσαν δὲ ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν οἱ ληφθέντες, καὶ Εὐρύμαχος εἷς αὐτῶν ἦν, πρὸς ὃν ἔπραξαν οἱ προδιδόντες.
So the Thebans withdrew from the land having done nothing harmful: and the men of Plataia, when they'd carried in everything from the land as quickly as possible, immediately killed their captives. There were one hundred and eighty captives, and Eurymachos was among them, with whom the traitors had negotiated.
Section 1:
οἱ δ᾽ ἄλλοι Θηβαῖοι, οὓς ἔδει ἔτι τῆς νυκτὸς παραγενέσθαι πανστρατιᾷ, εἴ τι ἄρα μὴ προχωροίη τοῖς ἐσεληλυθόσι, τῆς ἀγγελίας ἅμα καθ᾽ ὁδὸν αὐτοῖς ῥηθείσης περὶ τῶν γεγενημένων ἐπεβοήθουν.
The other Thebans, who were still to come to support them with the whole army during the night, lest something should not go well for the ones who had gone in, went to help, since a message had gone down the road to them concerning these events.
Section 2:
ἀπέχει δὲ ἡ Πλάταια τῶν Θηβῶν σταδίους ἑβδομήκοντα, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτὸς ἐποίησε βραδύτερον αὐτοὺς ἐλθεῖν: ὁ γὰρ Ἀσωπὸς ποταμὸς ἐρρύη μέγας καὶ οὐ ῥᾳδίως διαβατὸς ἦν.
Plataia lies seventy stades from Thebes, and the rain which fell during the night made their coming slow: for the river Asopos was flowing strongly and was not easily crossed.
Section 3:
πορευόμενοί τε ἐν ὑετῷ καὶ τὸν ποταμὸν μόλις διαβάντες ὕστερον παρεγένοντο, ἤδη τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν μὲν διεφθαρμένων, τῶν δὲ ζώντων ἐχομένων.
Marching in the rain and only just crossing the river, they arrived too late: already most of the men had been killed, and the living were held under guard.
Section 4:
ὡς δ᾽ ᾔσθοντο οἱ Θηβαῖοι τὸ γεγενημένον, ἐπεβούλευον τοῖς ἔξω τῆς πόλεως τῶν Πλαταιῶν: ἦσαν γὰρ καὶ ἄνθρωποι κατὰ τοὺς ἀγροὺς καὶ κατασκευή, οἷα ἀπροσδοκήτου κακοῦ ἐν εἰρήνῃ γενομένου: ἐβούλοντο γὰρ σφίσιν, εἴ τινα λάβοιεν, ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον, ἢν ἄρα τύχωσί τινες ἐζωγρημένοι. καὶ οἱ μὲν ταῦτα διενοοῦντο,
As soon as the Thebans perceived what had happened, they formed a design against the ones of the Plataians outside the city. For men were in the countryside and property also, which (since this was happening in peace-time) were not expecting evil. They [the Thebans] wanted, if they could seize some for themselves, to have them in place of their men within, if some of them happened to have been taken alive. And they intended these things,
Section 5:
οἱ δὲ Πλαταιῆς ἔτι διαβουλευομένων αὐτῶν ὑποτοπήσαντες τοιοῦτόν τι ἔσεσθαι καὶ δείσαντες περὶ τοῖς ἔξω κήρυκα ἐξέπεμψαν παρὰ τοὺς Θηβαίους, λέγοντες ὅτι οὔτε τὰ πεποιημένα ὅσια δράσειαν ἐν σπονδαῖς σφῶν πειράσαντες καταλαβεῖν τὴν πόλιν, τά τε ἔξω ἔλεγον αὐτοῖς μὴ ἀδικεῖν: εἰ δὲ μή, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔφασαν αὐτῶν τοὺς ἄνδρας ἀποκτενεῖν οὓς ἔχουσι ζῶντας: ἀναχωρησάντων δὲ πάλιν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀποδώσειν αὐτοῖς τοὺς ἄνδρας.
but the men of Plataia, having discussed matters thoroughly among themselves, suspected this was what was about to happen and, since they were anxious about the men outside, sent out a herald to the Thebans, saying that [neither the holy things which had been done were accomplished by killing in] it was unholy to kill during solemn truce, trying to seize the city, and they said to them [the Thebans] not to do unjust things outside. If they did, the Plataians said they'd kill their men who they held captive, but if the Thebans withdrew from the land they would give them back their men.
Section 6:
Θηβαῖοι μὲν ταῦτα λέγουσι καὶ ἐπομόσαι φασὶν αὐτούς: Πλαταιῆς δ᾽ οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι τοὺς ἄνδρας εὐθὺς ὑποσχέσθαι ἀποδώσειν, ἀλλὰ λόγων πρῶτον γενομένων ἤν τι ξυμβαίνωσι, καὶ ἐπομόσαι οὔ φασιν.
The Thebans say these things and they say the other men swore an oath: but the men of Plataia did not agree to immediately give back the men they held, but to first with a view to an agreement take account of the event [but first to negotiate further], and they say they did not swear an oath.
Section 7:
ἐκ δ᾽ οὖν τῆς γῆς ἀνεχώρησαν οἱ Θηβαῖοι οὐδὲν ἀδικήσαντες: οἱ δὲ Πλαταιῆς ἐπειδὴ τὰ ἐκ τῆς χώρας κατὰ τάχος ἐσεκομίσαντο, ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς ἄνδρας εὐθύς. ἦσαν δὲ ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν οἱ ληφθέντες, καὶ Εὐρύμαχος εἷς αὐτῶν ἦν, πρὸς ὃν ἔπραξαν οἱ προδιδόντες.
So the Thebans withdrew from the land having done nothing harmful: and the men of Plataia, when they'd carried in everything from the land as quickly as possible, immediately killed their captives. There were one hundred and eighty captives, and Eurymachos was among them, with whom the traitors had negotiated.
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Date: 2012-06-07 11:48 am (UTC)