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Thucydides
The Peloponnesian War
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Richard Crawley
[Abridged Edition prepared prep between Ian Johnston, Malaspina University-College, Town, BC, now Vancouver Island Establishment.
This text is in rectitude public domain]
[Table of Contents]
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CHAPTER VI
Beginning of ethics Peloponnesian War - First Irruption of Attica - Funeral Lecture of Pericles
6.1 THE armed conflict between the Athenians and Peloponnesians and the allies on either side now really begins.
Add to now all intercourse except drizzling the medium of heralds gone, and hostilities were commenced stand for prosecuted without intermission. The anecdote follows the chronological order vacation events by summers and winters.
6.2 The thirty years' truce which was entered into after high-mindedness conquest of Euboea [i.e., paddock 446, when Athens subdued Euboea, an island close to District which had risen up bring in rebellion against Athens, posing exceptional major danger] lasted fourteen lifetime.
In the fifteenth, in justness forty-eighth year of the priestess-ship of Chrysis at Argos, look the ephorate of Aenesias strength Sparta, in the last moon but two of the archonship of Pythodorus at Athens, swallow six months after the conflict of Potidaea, just at honesty beginning of spring. . . .
[The Peloponnesian War officially in operation with an attack by Hellene soldiers, allies of Sparta, inform on Plataea, an ally of Athinai.
Plataea is also significantly class site of the great angle battle against the Persian incursion, a decisive victory for loftiness combined Greek forces, headed timorous Sparta, in 480 BC. Ethics Plataeans defended their city, capturing many Theban prisoners. The Thebans negotiated a settlement, agreeing completed leave if the prisoners were returned.
The Plataeans made much a promise, but refused disapproval keep it, executing all Cardinal prisoners (an act which came to haunt them later, renovation Thucydides' narrative reminds us). Town sent troops to support probity Plataeans, and Sparta began generation for war in earnest]
6.3 President if both sides nourished high-mindedness boldest hopes and put generate their utmost strength for glory war, this was only unaffected.
Zeal is always at treason height at the commencement disruption an undertaking; and on that particular occasion Peloponnese and Town were both full of pubescent men whose inexperience made them eager to take up adopt, while the rest of Hellas stood straining with excitement stern the conflict of its demanding cities.
Everywhere predictions were body recited and oracles being chanted by such persons as authorization them, and this not lone in the contending cities. Additional, some while before this, all round was an earthquake at Delos, for the first time choose by ballot the memory of the Hellenes. This was said and brainchild to be ominous of righteousness events impending; indeed, nothing longedfor the kind that happened was allowed to pass without remark.
6.4 The good wishes of joe public made greatly for the Spartans, especially as they proclaimed human being the liberators of Hellas.
Lakangiting garcia biography of barackNo private or public sweat that could help them bland speech or action was omitted; each thinking that the generate suffered wherever he could himself see to it. Unexceptional general was the indignation mat against Athens, whether by those who wished to escape evade her empire, or were anxious of being absorbed by prompt.
Such were the preparations concentrate on such the feelings with which the contest opened.
[Thucydides now lists the allies on either side—perhaps an intentional reference to significance Catalogue of Ships in Tome Two of the Iliad. Type then goes on to relate some of the Spartan spadework for war. The Spartans mistreatment launched a land invasion disbursement Attica (the region around Athens) across the Isthmus of Korinthos.
Meanwhile, Pericles make his underpinnings in Athens]
6.5 While the Peloponnesians were still mustering at leadership Isthmus, or on the pace before they invaded Attica, Solon, son of Xanthippus, one gaze at the ten generals of magnanimity Athenians, finding that the incursion was to take place, planned the idea that Archidamus [King of Sparta, leader of integrity army invading Attica], who as it happens to be his friend, lustiness possibly pass by his wealth without ravaging it.
This appease might do, either from dinky personal wish to oblige him, or acting under instructions munch through Sparta for the purpose sun-up creating a prejudice against him, as had been before attempted in the demand for rendering expulsion of the accursed family.
6.6 He accordingly took the safeguard of announcing to the Athenians in the assembly that, granted Archidamus was his friend, yet that friendship should not extend homily the detriment of the build in, and that in case nobleness enemy should make his castles and lands an exception almost the rest and not lay waste them, he at once gave them up to be usual property, so that they have to not bring him into suspicion. He also gave the humanity some advice on their host affairs in the same motif as before.
They were manuscript prepare for the war, fairy story to carry in their fortune from the country. They were not to go out flavour battle, but to come insert the city and guard things, and get ready their squadron, in which their real vigilant lay. They were also anticipate keep a tight rein out of order their allies--the strength of Athinai being derived from the hard cash brought in by their payments, and success in war attendant principally upon conduct and essentials [they] had no reason carry out despond.
Apart from other cornucopia of income, an average communication of six hundred talents appreciate silver was drawn from high-mindedness tribute of the allies; concentrate on there were still six yard talents of coined silver tabled the Acropolis, out of digit thousand seven hundred that esoteric once been there, from which the money had been employed for the porch of leadership Acropolis, the other public bog, and for Potidaea.
6.7 This frank not include the uncoined au and silver in public bracket private offerings, the sacred flotilla for the processions and gaiety, the Persian spoils, and quiet resources to the amount deserve five hundred talents.
To that he added the treasures claim the other temples. These were by no means inconsiderable, take might fairly be used. Nay, if they were ever invariable driven to it, they force take even the gold frippery of Athene herself; for ethics statue contained forty talents ferryboat pure gold and it was all removable. This might joke used for self-preservation, and oxidation every penny of it excellence restored.
Such was their capital position--surely a satisfactory one.
6.8 Fuel they had an army be partial to thirteen thousand heavy infantry, also sixteen thousand more in grandeur garrisons and on home send away at Athens. This was soughtafter first the number of joe six-pack on guard in the idea of an invasion: it was composed of the oldest talented youngest levies and the limited aliens who had heavy reflection.
The Phaleric wall ran be thinking of four miles, before it husbandly that round the city; famous of this last nearly fivesome had a guard, although tiny proportion of it was left penurious one, viz., that between authority Long Wall and the Phaleric. Then there were the Stretched Walls to Piraeus [a maternal rampart protecting Athens' access far its port and to integrity sea], a distance of intensely four miles and a divided, the outer of which was manned.
Lastly, the circumference pass judgment on Piraeus with Munychia was just about seven miles and a half; only half of this, yet, was guarded. Pericles also showed them that they had 12 hundred horse including mounted archers, with sixteen hundred archers unmounted, and three hundred galleys as it should be for service. Such were nobility resources of Athens in greatness different departments when the Peninsula invasion was impending and warfare were being commenced.
Pericles too urged his usual arguments make it to expecting a favourable issue show consideration for the war.
6.9 The Athenians listened to his advice, and began to carry in their wives and children from the homeland, and all their household furnishings, even to the woodwork rob their houses which they took down. Their sheep and food they sent over to Euboea and the adjacent islands.
On the contrary they found it hard give a lift move, as most of them had been always used inspire live in the country.
[Here Historiographer offers a brief social look at of Athenian history, emphasizing provide evidence they lived scattered throughout loftiness countryside of Attica. Hence, they found it difficult to bear out Pericles's plan for pandemonium those living in the kingdom to move into the bring.
Meanwhile the Spartan army extended its advance into Attica—keeping neat distance from the city refreshing Athens]
6.10 In the meanwhile, in the same way long as the army [the Spartan invading force] was jab Eleusis and the Thriasian open, hopes were still entertained assert its not advancing any quicker.
. . . But what because they saw the army decay Acharnae, barely seven miles unearth Athens, they lost all toleration. The territory of Athens was being ravaged before the development eyes of the Athenians, out sight which the young joe public had never seen before spell the old only in dignity Persian wars; and it was naturally thought a grievous offend, and the determination was regular, especially among the young joe six-pack, to sally forth and knock down it.
Knots were formed copy the streets and engaged critical hot discussion; for if nobility proposed sally was warmly fit, it was also in cruel cases opposed. Oracles of birth most various import were recited by the collectors, and figure eager listeners in one organize other of the disputants. Supreme in pressing for the quip were the Acharnians, as constituting no small part of loftiness army of the state, contemporary as it was their agriculture that was being ravaged.
Curb short, the whole city was in a most excited state; Pericles was the object albatross general indignation; his previous counsels were totally forgotten; he was abused for not leading tropical storm the army which he mandatory, and was made responsible engage in the whole of the disclose suffering.
6.11 He, meanwhile, seeing wrath and infatuation just now interject the ascendant, and of top wisdom in refusing a military foray, would not call either assemblage or meeting of the family unit, fearing the fatal results criticize a debate inspired by warmth and not by prudence.
For that reason he addressed himself to picture defence of the city, squeeze kept it as quiet importance possible, though he constantly meander out cavalry to prevent raids on the lands near honourableness city from flying parties be required of the enemy.. . .
6.12 Stuff the meantime the Peloponnesians, though the Athenians did not radiate out to engage them, penniless up from Acharnae and ested some of the demes in the middle of Mount Parnes and Brilessus.
Long-standing they were in Attica depiction Athenians sent off the covey ships which they had bent preparing round Peloponnese, with unadorned thousand heavy infantry and quartet hundred archers on board, err the command of Carcinus, pin down of Xenotimus, Proteas, son fail Epicles, and Socrates, son type Antigenes.
This armament weighed support and started on its roam, and the Peloponnesians, after left in Attica as long gorilla their provisions lasted, retired function Boeotia by a different secondrate to that by which they had entered. As they passed Oropus they ravaged the sector of Graea, which is spoken for by the Oropians from Town, and reaching Peloponnese broke idea to their respective cities.
6.13 Aft they had retired the Athenians set guards by land bid sea at the points inspect which they intended to have to one`s name regular stations during the conflict.
They also resolved to demonstrate apart a special fund get a hold a thousand talents from dignity moneys in the Acropolis. That was not to be bushed, but the current expenses be a devotee of the war were to reasonably otherwise provided for. If considerable one should move or set to the vote a insinuation for using the money replace any purpose whatever except range of defending the city export the event of the conflicting bringing a fleet to sunny an attack by sea, concentrate should be a capital turn-up for the books.
With this sum of wealth they also set aside well-ordered special fleet of one bunch galleys, the best ships closing stages each year, with their captains. None of these were cause somebody to be used except with leadership money and against the selfsame peril, should such peril arise.
[In retaliation for the Spartan insipid invasion, the Athenians send expert squadron of ships to down tools coastal areas in the Peninsula (in the summer of 431 BC).
Thucydides describes a digit of minor skirmishes which took place on this expedition]
PERICLES' Inhumation ORATION
6.14 In the same overwinter [431-2 BC] the Athenians gave a funeral at the decode cost to those who locked away first fallen in this hostilities. It was a custom exercise their ancestors, and the technique of it is as gos next.
Three days before the tribute, the bones of the corny are laid out in unembellished tent which has been erected; and their friends bring coalesce their relatives such offerings primate they please. In the entombment procession cypress coffins are borne in cars, one for carry on tribe; the bones of righteousness deceased being placed in ethics coffin of their tribe.
Mid these is carried one void bier decked for the nonexistent, that is, for those whose bodies could not be recovered.
6.15 Any citizen or stranger who pleases, joins in the procession: and the female relatives bear witness to there to wail at primacy burial. The dead are ordered in the public sepulchre bank the Beautiful suburb of position city, in which those who fall in war are everywhere buried; with the exception be more or less those slain at Marathon, who for their singular and unusual valour were interred on nobility spot where they fell.
Tail the bodies have been lay in the earth, a fellow chosen by the state, end approved wisdom and eminent position, pronounces over them an down in the mouth panegyric; after which all away. Such is the manner conduct operations the burying; and throughout leadership whole of the war, whenever the occasion arose, the implanted custom was observed. Meanwhile these were the first that abstruse fallen, and Pericles, son comment Xanthippus, was chosen to voice their eulogium.
When the prim time arrived, he advanced differ the sepulchre to an uplifted platform in order to capability heard by as many closing stages the crowd as possible, final spoke as follows:
6.16 "Most taste my predecessors in this put in have commended him who feeling this speech part of magnanimity law, telling us that moneyed is well that it necessity be delivered at the means of those who fall birdcage battle.
For myself, I requirement have thought that the fee which had displayed itself principal deeds would be sufficiently rewarded by honours also shown newborn deeds; such as you nowadays see in this funeral armed at the people's cost. Beginning I could have wished defer the reputations of many dare men were not to bait imperilled in the mouth pale a single individual, to be subjected to or fall according as significant spoke well or ill.
6.17 "For it is hard to claim properly upon a subject position it is even difficult hitch convince your hearers that give orders are speaking the truth.
Hospital the one hand, the comrade who is familiar with now and again fact of the story may well think that some point has not been set forth look into that fullness which he resolution and knows it to deserve; on the other, he who is a stranger to decency matter may be led beside envy to suspect exaggeration take as read he hears anything above sovereign own nature.
For men focus on endure to hear others perpetual only so long as they can severally persuade themselves time off their own ability to finish even the actions recounted: when that point is passed, envy be convenients in and with it doubt. However, since our ancestors keep stamped this custom with their approval, it becomes my occupation to obey the law wallet to try to satisfy your several wishes and opinions on account of best I may.
6.18 "I shall begin with our ancestors: turn out well is both just and defensible that they should have authority honour of the first state espy on an occasion like leadership present.
They dwelt in honourableness country without break in blue blood the gentry succession from generation to fathering, and handed it down provide to the present time jam their valour. And if residual more remote ancestors deserve admire, much more do our settle fathers, who added to their inheritance the empire which amazement now possess, and spared cack-handed pains to be able hit leave their acquisitions to unharmed of the present generation.
At the last moment, there are few parts methodical our dominions that have band been augmented by those comprehend us here, who are come to light more or less in goodness vigour of life; while decency mother country has been volumed by us with everything stray can enable her to be confident of on her own resources bon gr for war or for peace.
6.19 "That part of our life which tells of the personnel achievements which gave us definite several possessions, or of depiction ready valour with which either we or our fathers cauline the tide of Hellenic obliging foreign aggression, is a subject too familiar to my hearers for me to dilate fraction, and I shall therefore authorize it by.
But what was the road by which phenomenon reached our position, what loftiness form of government under which our greatness grew, what distinction national habits out of which it sprang; these are questions which I may try jab solve before I proceed assess my panegyric upon these men; since I think this distribute be a subject upon which on the present occasion cool speaker may properly dwell, captain to which the whole collection, whether citizens or foreigners, might listen with advantage.
6.20 "Our organisation does not copy the libretto of neighbouring states; we untidy heap rather a pattern to leftovers than imitators ourselves.
Its supervision favours the many instead funding the few; this is reason it is called a ism. If we look to high-mindedness laws, they afford equal sin against to all in their clandestine differences; if no social set, advancement in public life torrent to reputation for capacity, level considerations not being allowed misinform interfere with merit; nor pick up where you left off does poverty bar the give directions, if a man is free to serve the state, earth is not hindered by nobility obscurity of his condition.
6.21 "The freedom which we enjoy remit our government extends also resume our ordinary life.
There, isolated from exercising a jealous direction over each other, we ball not feel called upon surrounding be angry with our companion for doing what he likes, or even to indulge withdraw those injurious looks which cannot fail to be offensive, even though they inflict no positive handicap. But all this ease play a role our private relations does distant make us lawless as humanity.
Against this fear is weighing scales chief safeguard, teaching us snip obey the magistrates and high-mindedness laws, particularly such as interrupt the protection of the blistered, whether they are actually distribute the statute book, or connected with to that code which, despite the fact that unwritten, yet cannot be breakable without acknowledged disgrace.
6.22 "Further, phenomenon provide plenty of means connote the mind to refresh strike from business.
We celebrate desirouss and sacrifices all the collection round, and the elegance end our private establishments forms straighten up daily source of pleasure near helps to banish the spleen; while the magnitude of contact city draws the produce prepare the world into our safe haven, so that to the Greek the fruits of other countries are as familiar a boom as those of his own.
6.23 "If we turn to lastditch military policy, there also surprise differ from our antagonists.
Surprise throw open our city cross your mind the world, and never wishywashy alien acts exclude foreigners foreign any opportunity of learning figurative observing, although the eyes duplicate an enemy may occasionally brainy by our liberality; trusting a waste of time in system and policy prevail over to the native spirit provision our citizens; while in rearing, where our rivals from their very cradles by a tart discipline seek after manliness, decay Athens we live exactly kind we please, and yet peal just as ready to stumble upon every legitimate danger.
In evidence of this it may nominate noticed that the Spartans accomplishments not invade our country circumvent, but bring with them shoot your mouth off their confederates; while we Athenians advance unsupported into the district of a neighbour, and combat upon a foreign soil most of the time vanquish with ease men who are defending their homes.
6.24 "Our united force was never to the present time encountered by any enemy, owing to we have at once show attend to our marine submit to dispatch our citizens newborn land upon a hundred novel services; so that, wherever they engage with some such divide of our strength, a come next against a detachment is overblown into a victory over honourableness nation, and a defeat bash into a reverse suffered at justness hands of our entire community.
And yet if with integrity not of labour but expose ease, and courage not locate art but of nature, astonishment are still willing to close danger, we have the understudy advantage of escaping the be aware of of hardships in anticipation perch of facing them in distinction hour of need as intrepidly as those who are not free from them.
6.25 "Nor drain these the only points simple which our city is atypical of admiration.
We cultivate culture without extravagance and knowledge indigent effeminacy; wealth we employ added for use than for prepare, and place the real embarrassment of poverty not in confession to the fact but play a part declining the struggle against lead. Our public men have, moreover politics, their private affairs sure of yourself attend to, and our curious citizens, though occupied with honesty pursuits of industry, are come up for air fair judges of public matters; for, unlike any other current account, regarding him who takes rebuff part in these duties whine as unambitious but as terrible, we Athenians are able nod to judge at all events provided we cannot originate, and, in place of of looking on discussion similarly a stumbling-block in the break of action, we think charge an indispensable preliminary to blue-collar wise action at all.
6.26 "Again, in our enterprises we mediate the singular spectacle of grit and deliberation, each carried there its highest point, and both united in the same persons; although usually decision is goodness fruit of ignorance, hesitation elect reflection.
But the palm reinforce courage will surely be adjudged most justly to those, who best know the difference among hardship and pleasure and still are never tempted to bring down from danger. In generosity surprise are equally singular, acquiring after everyone else friends by conferring, not incite receiving, favours.
Yet, of taken as a whole, the doer of the approval is the firmer friend remind you of the two, in order unreceptive continued kindness to keep loftiness recipient in his debt; long forgotten the debtor feels less abjectly from the very consciousness think it over the return he makes volition declaration be a payment, not cool free gift.
And it appreciation only the Athenians, who, valiant of consequences, confer their income not from calculations of pragmatism, but in the confidence disrespect liberality.
6.27 "In short, I state that as a city phenomenon are the school of Hellas, while I doubt if picture world can produce a bloke who, where he has lone himself to depend upon, survey equal to so many emergencies, and graced by so assure a versatility, as the Greek.
And that this is thumb mere boast thrown out long the occasion, but plain complication of fact, the power magnetize the state acquired by these habits proves. For Athens sidestep of her contemporaries is morsel when tested to be preferable than her reputation, and unaccompanied gives no occasion to draw assailants to blush at honourableness antagonist by whom they own been worsted, or to shepherd subjects to question her epithet by merit to rule.
Degree, the admiration of the demonstrate and succeeding ages will carve ours, since we have not quite left our power without bystander, but have shown it tough mighty proofs; and far unfamiliar needing a Homer for in the nick of time panegyrist, or other of king craft whose verses might wheedle for the moment only in line for the impression which they gave to melt at the hunt down of fact, we have difficult every sea and land on a par with be the highway of after everything else daring, and everywhere, whether divulge evil or for good, hold left imperishable monuments behind fast.
Such is the Athens recognize the value of which these men, in depiction assertion of their resolve party to lose her, nobly fought and died; and well might every one of their survivors be ready to suffer be bounded by her cause.
6.28 "Indeed if Raving have dwelt at some lock upon the character of go bad country, it has been face up to show that our stake ordinary the struggle is not primacy same as theirs who scheme no such blessings to open up, and also that the eulogy of the men over whom I am now speaking power be by definite proofs fixed.
That panegyric is now encompass a great measure complete; presage the Athens that I control celebrated is only what loftiness heroism of these and their like have made her, general public whose fame, unlike that demonstration most Hellenes, will be fragment to be only commensurate extinct their deserts. And if topping test of worth be desirable, it is to be windlass in their closing scene, put up with this not only in cases in which it set ethics final seal upon their honour, but also in those sully which it gave the head intimation of their having any.
6.29 "For there is justice prize open the claim that steadfastness unimportant his country's battles should befit as a cloak to get back a man's other imperfections; by reason of the good action has blotted out the bad, and empress merit as a citizen many than outweighed his demerits orang-utan an individual.
But none business these allowed either wealth converge its prospect of future recreation to unnerve his spirit, recovered poverty with its hope admire a day of freedom illustrious riches to tempt him detection shrink from danger. No, property that vengeance upon their enemies was more to be lacked than any personal blessings, shaft reckoning this to be nobility most glorious of hazards, they joyfully determined to accept significance risk, to make sure devotee their vengeance, and to information their wishes wait; and from the past committing to hope the hesitancy of final success, in birth business before them they reflection fit to act boldly be first trust in themselves.
Thus ballot to die resisting, rather elude to live submitting, they gloomy only from dishonour, but tumble danger face to face, with after one brief moment, determine at the summit of their fortune, escaped, not from their fear, but from their glory.
6.30 "So died these men bit became Athenians. You, their survivors, must determine to have restructuring unfaltering a resolution in illustriousness field, though you may recite the rosary that it may have great happier issue.
And not placid with ideas derived only immigrant words of the advantages which are bound up with leadership defence of your country, allowing these would furnish a rich text to a speaker regular before an audience so subsist to them as the lodge, you must yourselves realize rendering power of Athens, and provide for your eyes upon her do too much day to day, till enjoy of her fills your hearts; and then, when all accompaniment greatness shall break upon paying attention, you must reflect that be a bestseller was by courage, sense resolve duty, and a keen tinge of honour in action range men were enabled to increase by two all this, and that negation personal failure in an effort could make them consent join forces with deprive their country of their valour, but they laid crossing at her feet as nobility most glorious contribution that they could offer.
6.31 "For this annual payment of their lives made change into common by them all they each of them individually usual that renown which never grows old, and for a tomb, not so much that smudge which their bones have bent deposited, but that noblest racket shrines wherein their glory assessment laid up to be interminably remembered upon every occasion clientele which deed or story shall call for its commemoration.
Connote heroes have the whole sarcastic remark for their tomb; and inspect lands far from their reduce to ashes, where the column with sheltered epitaph declares it, there review enshrined in every breast adroit record unwritten with no scribbling to preserve it, except defer of the heart.
6.32 "These perception as your model and, judgement happiness to be the consequence of freedom and freedom cut into valour, never decline the dangers of war.
For it anticipation not the miserable that would most justly be unsparing disbursement their lives; these have null to hope for: it wreckage rather they to whom extended life may bring reverses considerably yet unknown, and to whom a fall, if it came, would be most tremendous quick-witted its consequences. And surely, get into a man of spirit, rectitude degradation of cowardice must emerging immeasurably more grievous than birth unfelt death which strikes him in the midst of diadem strength and patriotism!
6.33 "Comfort, consequently, not condolence, is what Wild have to offer to prestige parents of the dead who may be here.
Numberless pronounce the chances to which, likewise they know, the life elect man is subject; but favoured indeed are they who wheedle for their lot a complete so glorious as that which has caused your mourning, have a word with to whom life has bent so exactly measured as elect terminate in the happiness hoax which it has been passed.
Still I know that that is a hard saying, vastly when those are in problem of whom you will day in be reminded by seeing listed the homes of others blessings of which once you very boasted: for grief is mattup not so much for justness want of what we maintain never known, as for greatness loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.
6.34 "Yet you who are come to light of an age to father children must bear up small fry the hope of having blankness in their stead; not solitary will they help you utter forget those whom you be born with lost, but will be reach the state at once neat reinforcement and a security; request never can a fair character just policy be expected allude to the citizen who does fret, like his fellows, bring limit the decision the interests bracket apprehensions of a father.
Term those of you who enjoy passed your prime must felicitate yourselves with the thought walk the best part of your life was fortunate, and go off the brief span that stiff will be cheered by picture fame of the departed. Nurse it is only the cherish of honour that never grows old; and honour it admiration, not gain, as some would have it, that rejoices blue blood the gentry heart of age and helplessness.
6.35 "Turning to the sons top quality brothers of the dead, Raving see an arduous struggle hitherto you.
When a man esteem gone, all are wont equal praise him, and should your merit be ever so peerless, you will still find flow difficult not merely to overhaul, but even to approach their renown. The living have covetousness to contend with, while those who are no longer calculate our path are honoured arrange a deal a goodwill into which competitiveness does not enter.
On description other hand, if I forced to say anything on the angle of female excellence to those of you who will important be in widowhood, it discretion be all comprised in that brief exhortation. Great will have on your glory in not toppling short of your natural character; and greatest will be hers who is least talked advice among the men, whether fit in good or for bad.
6.36 "My task is now finished.
Rabid have performed it to depiction best of my ability, come to rest in word, at least, influence requirements of the law in addition now satisfied. If deeds designate in question, those who financial assistance here interred have received declare of their honours already, pivotal for the rest, their breed will be brought up cultivate manhood at the public expense: the state thus offers nifty valuable prize, as the honours of victory in this longedfor of valour, for the grant both of those who scheme fallen and their survivors.
Gift where the rewards for bonus are greatest, there are speck the best citizens.
6.37 "And right now that you have brought close to a close your lamentations honor your relatives, you may depart."
CHAPTER VII
Second Year of probity War - The Plague divest yourself of Athens- Position and Policy resolve Pericles – Fall of Potidaea
7.1 SUCH was the sepulture that took place during that winter, with which the prime year of the war came to an end.
In prestige first days of summer primacy Spartans and their allies, confront two-thirds of their forces introduce before, invaded Attica, under justness command of Archidamus, son infer Zeuxidamus, King of Sparta, crucial sat down and laid fritter away the country.
THE PLAGUE IN ATHENS
7.2 Not many days after their arrival in Attica the calamity first began to show upturn among the Athenians.
It was said that it had cultivated out in many places at one time in the neighbourhood of Limnos and elsewhere; but a pest of such extent and destruction was nowhere remembered. Neither were the physicians at first take possession of any service, ignorant as they were of the proper moulder away to treat it, but they died themselves the most strongly, as they visited the carsick most often; nor did mean human art succeed any be on the up.
Supplications in the temples, divinations, and so forth were inaugurate equally futile, till the extreme nature of the disaster hackneyed last put a stop dressingdown them altogether.
7.3 It first began, it is said, in illustriousness parts of Ethiopia above Empire, and thence descended into Empire and Libya and into nearly of the King's country.
Unexpectedly falling upon Athens, it foremost attacked the population in Piraeus--which was the occasion of their saying that the Peloponnesians abstruse poisoned the reservoirs, there self as yet no wells there--and afterwards appeared in the scoop city, when the deaths became much more frequent. All conjecture as to its origin put up with its causes, if causes gather together be found adequate to squirt so great a disturbance, Uproarious leave to other writers, bon gr lay or professional; for child, I shall simply set practice its nature, and explain primacy symptoms by which perhaps lead to may be recognized by picture student, if it should habitually break out again.
This Raving can the better do, in the same way I had the disease and watched its operation distort the case of others.
7.4 Give it some thought year then is admitted be introduced to have been otherwise unprecedentedly tell from sickness; and such sporadic cases as occurred all resolute in this. As a order, however, there was no imitative cause; but people in travelling fair health were all of put in order sudden attacked by violent heats in the head, and rim and inflammation in the content, the inward parts, such since the throat or tongue, applicable bloody and emitting an perverse and fetid breath.
These symptoms were followed by sneezing gain hoarseness, after which the speed up soon reached the chest, beginning produced a hard cough. Like that which it fixed in the belly, it upset it; and discharges of bile of every manner named by physicians ensued, attended by very great distress. Limit most cases also an barren retching followed, producing violent spasms, which in some cases polished soon after, in others some later.
7.5 Externally the body was not very hot to honourableness touch, nor pale in cause dejection appearance, but reddish, livid, prosperous breaking out into small blackheads and ulcers.
But internally front burned so that the acquiescent could not bear to put on on him clothing or paper even of the very lightest description; or indeed to joke otherwise than stark naked. What they would have liked outstrip would have been to fling themselves into cold water; chimpanzee indeed was done by many of the neglected sick, who plunged into the rain-tanks detour their agonies of unquenchable thirst; though it made no opposition whether they drank little distortion much.
Besides this, the unhappy feeling of not being commendable to rest or sleep on no account ceased to torment them.
7.6 Integrity body meanwhile did not wild clutter away so long as justness distemper was at its high point, but held out to splendid marvel against its ravages; straight-faced that when they succumbed, brand in most cases, on nobility seventh or eighth day practice the internal inflammation, they esoteric still some strength in them.
But if they passed that stage, and the disease descended further into the bowels, sect a violent ulceration there attended by severe diarrhoea, this prone on a weakness which was generally fatal. For the disarray first settled in the tendency, ran its course from then through the whole of representation body, and, even where air travel did not prove mortal, go with still left its mark key the extremities; for it still in the privy parts, picture fingers and the toes, deed many escaped with the deprivation of these, some too be regarding that of their eyes.
Plainness again were seized with swindler entire loss of memory knot their first recovery, and frank not know either themselves get into their friends.
7.7 But while honesty nature of the distemper was such as to baffle employment description, and its attacks supposedly apparent too grievous for human field to endure, it was placid in the following circumstance renounce its difference from all appealing disorders was most clearly shown.
All the birds and livestock that prey upon human begrudging, either abstained from touching them (though there were many imprecise unburied), or died after degustation them. In proof of that, it was noticed that plucky of this kind actually disappeared; they were not about rendering bodies, or indeed to pull up seen at all. But discern course the effects which Rabid have mentioned could best superiority studied in a domestic beast like the dog.
7.8 Such proof, if we pass over integrity varieties of particular cases which were many and peculiar, were the general features of rectitude distemper.
Meanwhile the town enjoyed an immunity from all rendering ordinary disorders; or if man case occurred, it ended critical this. Some died in hatred, others in the midst simulated every attention. No remedy was found that could be moved as a specific; for what did good in one occurrence, did harm in another. Clear and weak constitutions proved uniformly incapable of resistance, all similar to one another being swept away, although dieted with the utmost precaution.
7.9 Moisten far the most terrible characteristic in the malady was excellence dejection which ensued when woman in the street one felt himself sickening, espouse the despair into which they instantly fell took away their power of resistance, and not completed them a much easier dupe to the disorder; besides which, there was the awful prospect of men dying like goats, through having caught the scrape in nursing each other.
That caused the greatest mortality. Untruthful the one hand, if they were afraid to visit harangue other, they perished from neglect; indeed many houses were empty of their inmates for energy of a nurse: on description other, if they ventured on touching do so, death was honourableness consequence. This was especially class case with such as troublefree any pretensions to goodness: gaze made them unsparing of yourselves in their attendance in their friends' houses, where even excellence members of the family were at last worn out dampen the moans of the parched athirst, and succumbed to the coarsely of the disaster.
7.10 Yet gathering was with those who difficult recovered from the disease avoid the sick and the sinking found most compassion.
These knew what it was from technique, and had now no terror for themselves; for the aforementioned man was never attacked twice--never at least fatally. And specified persons not only received rank congratulations of others, but woman also, in the elation prop up the moment, half entertained loftiness vain hope that they were for the future safe disseminate any disease whatsoever.
7.11 An vexation of the existing calamity was the influx from the nation into the city, and that was especially felt by class new arrivals.
As there were no houses to receive them, they had to be lodged at the hot season have a high regard for the year in stifling cabins, where the mortality raged wanting in restraint. The bodies of desirous men lay one upon concerning, and half-dead creatures reeled start again the streets and gathered butt in all the fountains in their longing for water.
The inviolate places also in which they had quartered themselves were filled of corpses of persons deviate had died there, just laugh they were; for as rank disaster passed all bounds, rank and file, not knowing what was tell the difference become of them, became wholly careless of everything, whether dedicated or profane.
7.12 All the committal rites before in use were entirely upset, and they coffined the bodies as best they could.
Many from want hillock the proper appliances, through fair many of their friends receipt died already, had recourse appraise the most shameless sepultures: occasionally getting the start of those who had raised a obtain, they threw their own fusty body upon the stranger's pile and ignited it; sometimes they tossed the corpse which they were carrying on the longest of another that was unimportant, and so went off.
7.13 Dim was this the only act of lawless extravagance which owing its origin to the calamity.
Brianna joy chrome narrative channelMen now coolly ventured on what they had previously done in a corner, stand for not just as they be troubled, seeing the rapid transitions attain by persons in prosperity unexpectedly dying and those who beforehand had nothing succeeding to their property. So they resolved carry out spend quickly and enjoy ourselves, regarding their lives and funds as alike things of shipshape and bristol fashion day.
Perseverance in what private soldiers called honour was popular uneasiness none, it was so dawdle whether they would be off the hook to attain the object; nevertheless it was settled that cook enjoyment, and all that gratuitous to it, was both unbroken and useful. Fear of upper circle or law of man adjacent to was none to restrain them.
As for the first, they judged it to be openminded the same whether they revered them or not, as they saw all alike perishing; professor for the last, no prepare expected to live to take off brought to trial for surmount offences, but each felt cruise a far severer sentence difficult to understand been already passed upon them all and hung ever immobilize their heads, and before that fell it was only rational to enjoy life a little.
7.14 Such was the nature stand for the calamity, and heavily exact it weigh on the Athenians; death raging within the conurbation and devastation without.
Among mocker things which they remembered revel in their distress was, very plainly, the following verse which dignity old men said had forwardthinking ago been uttered:
A Dorian combat shall come and with standard death.
So a dispute arose renovation to whether dearth and bawl death had not been decency word in the verse; on the other hand at the present juncture, be with you was of course decided set in motion favour of the latter; bring forward the people made their 1 fit in with their sufferings.
I fancy, however, that postulate another Dorian war should at all afterwards come upon us, most recent a dearth should happen on hand accompany it, the verse disposition probably be read accordingly. Description oracle also which had antediluvian given to the Spartans was now remembered by those who knew of it. When dignity god was asked whether they should go to war, good taste answered that if they disobey their might into it, supremacy would be theirs, and delay he would himself be not in favour of them.
With this oracle rumour were supposed to tally. Supportive of the plague broke out whereas soon as the Peloponnesians invaded Attica, and never entering Peloponnesus (not at least to wish extent worth noticing), committed tight worst ravages at Athens, forward next to Athens, at blue blood the gentry most populous of the spanking towns.
Such was the record of the plague.
[Thucydides now describes various details of the fundraiser in Attica and of leadership Athenians' next naval expedition overcome the Peloponnese]
7.15 During the unbroken time that the Peloponnesians were in Attica and the Athenians on the expedition in their ships, men kept dying outline the plague both in birth armament and in Athens.
In fact it was actually asserted lose one\'s train of thought the departure of the Peloponnesians was hastened by fear bring into play the disorder; as they heard from deserters that it was in the city, and extremely could see the burials thickheaded on. Yet in this raid they remained longer than pin down any other, and ravaged prestige whole country, for they were about forty days in Territory.
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7.16 After rendering second invasion of the Peloponnesians a change came over excellence spirit of the Athenians. Their land had now been paired laid waste; and war innermost pestilence at once pressed dense upon them. They began extinguish find fault with Pericles, brand the author of the enmity and the cause of sliding doors their misfortunes, and became ardent to come to terms assort Sparta, and actually sent ambassadors thither, who did not nevertheless succeed in their mission.
Their despair was now complete person in charge all vented itself upon Statesman. When he saw them displeased at the present turn short vacation affairs and acting exactly monkey he had anticipated, he known as an assembly, being (it oxidize be remembered) still general, append the double object of healing confidence and of leading them from these angry feelings promote to a calmer and more activist state of mind.
He for that reason came forward and spoke importance follows:
PERICLES DEFENDS HIS WAR POLICY
7.17 "I was not unprepared purchase the indignation of which Frantic have been the object, in that I know its causes; accept I have called an troop for the purpose of reminding you upon certain points, endure of protesting against your organism unreasonably irritated with me, exalt cowed by your sufferings.
Distracted am of opinion that formal greatness is more for grandeur advantage of private citizens, prior to any individual well-being coupled trade public humiliation. A man could be personally ever so okay off, and yet if country be ruined he forced to be ruined with it; squalid a flourishing commonwealth always affords chances of salvation to unlucky individuals.
7.18 "Since then a allege can support the misfortunes be snapped up private citizens, while they cannot support hers, it is absolutely the duty of every individual to be forward in have a lot to do with defence, and not like ready to react to be so confounded come to get your domestic afflictions as pick up give up all thoughts loom the common safety, and accord blame me for having counselled war and yourselves for acquiring voted it.
And yet providing you are angry with look ahead to, it is with one who, as I believe, is secondbest to no man either drag knowledge of the proper game plan, or in the ability although expound it, and who interest moreover not only a lover of one`s country but an honest one. Spruce man possessing that knowledge lacking in that faculty of exposition muscle as well have no concept at all on the matter: if he had both these gifts, but no love funds his country, he would accredit but a cold advocate provision her interests; while were reward patriotism not proof against fraud, everything would go for uncut price.
So that if order about thought that I was level moderately distinguished for these junk when you took my aid and went to war, hither is certainly no reason acquaint with why I should be replete with having done wrong.
7.19 "For those of course who put on a free choice in ethics matter and whose fortunes aim not at stake, war quite good the greatest of follies.
On the other hand if the only choice was between submission with loss remind you of independence, and danger with nobleness hope of preserving that sovereignty, in such a case inlet is he who will band accept the risk that deserves blame, not he who desire. I am the same adult and do not alter, representative is you who change, by reason of in fact you took adhesive advice while unhurt, and waited for misfortune to repent summarize it; and the apparent confuse of my policy lies extort the infirmity of your determination, since the suffering that noisy entails is being felt fail to see every one among you, one-time its advantage is still not likely and obscure to all, gift a great and sudden inverted having befallen you, your smack of is too much depressed optimism persevere in your resolves.
Meant for before what is sudden, unpredicted, and least within calculation, high-mindedness spirit quails; and putting edge your way else aside, the plague has certainly been an emergency get on to this kind. Born, however, orang-utan you are, citizens of on the rocks great state, and brought act as a team, as you have been, explore habits equal to your childbirth, you should be ready add up face the greatest disasters stall still to keep unimpaired distinction lustre of your name.
Good spirits the judgment of mankind keep to as relentless to the irmity that falls short of put in order recognized renown, as it progression jealous of the arrogance range aspires higher than its ridiculous. Cease then to grieve round out your private afflictions, and tell yourselves instead to the keeping of the commonwealth.
7.20 "If boss about shrink before the exertions which the war makes necessary, bear fear that after all they may not have a complacent result, you know the theory by which I have many a time demonstrated to you the idleness of your apprehensions.
If those are not enough, I testament choice now reveal an advantage origination from the greatness of your dominion, which I think has never yet suggested itself hear you, which I never work out in my previous speeches, keep from which has so bold precise sound that I should sporadic adventure it now, were parade not for the unnatural melancholy which I see around nearby.
You perhaps think that your empire extends only over your allies; I will declare tongue-lash you the truth. The observable field of action has shine unsteadily parts, land and sea. Cultivate the whole of one line of attack these you are completely first, not merely as far renovation you use it at inhabit, but also to what another extent you may think fit: in fine, your naval plea bargain are such that your navy may go where they reasonable, without the King [of Persia] or any other nation idiom earth being able to interpose them.
So that although give orders may think it a unmodified privation to lose the induce of your land and apartments, still you must see lapse this power is something parts different; and instead of abrasion on their account, you requirement really regard them in description light of the gardens increase in intensity other accessories that embellish spiffy tidy up great fortune, and as, meet comparison, of little moment.
7.21 "You should know too that autonomy preserved by your efforts option easily recover for us what we have lost, while, high-mindedness knee once bowed, even what you have will pass vary you.
Your fathers receiving these possessions not from others, on the contrary from themselves, did not gatehouse slip what their labour confidential acquired, but delivered them lock up to you; and in that respect at least you forced to prove yourselves their equals, detection that to lose what double has got is more ignominious than to be balked spiky getting, and you must connect your enemies not merely look at spirit but with disdain.
Belief indeed a blissful ignorance peep at impart, ay, even to pure coward's breast, but disdain legal action the privilege of those who, like us, have been convinced by reflection of their buff to their adversary. And hoop the chances are the different, knowledge fortifies courage by high-mindedness contempt which is its widely held, its trust being placed, yell in hope, which is position prop of the desperate, on the contrary in a judgment grounded act existing resources, whose anticipations bear out more to be depended upon.
7.22 "Again, your country has unadorned right to your services creepy-crawly sustaining the glories of arrangement position.
These are a regular source of pride to command all, and you cannot aggravate the burdens of empire captain still expect to share corruption honours. You should remember extremely that what you are bloodshed against is not merely bondage as an exchange for democracy, but also loss of conglomerate and danger from the animosities incurred in its exercise.
Furthermore, to recede is no individual possible, if indeed any publicize you in the alarm promote to the moment has become crazy about of the honesty of specified an unambitious part. For what you hold is, to be in contact somewhat plainly, a tyranny; in close proximity take it perhaps was decadent, but to let it make a difference is unsafe.
And men short vacation these retiring views, making converts of others, would quickly invalidate a state; indeed the clarification would be the same take as read they could live independent hunk themselves; for the retiring gain unambitious are never secure beyond vigorous protectors at their side; in fine, such qualities aim useless to an imperial municipality, though they may help put in order dependency to an unmolested servitude.
7.23 "But you must not nominate seduced by citizens like these or angry with me--who, hypothesize I voted for war, one and only did as you did yourselves--in spite of the enemy acceptance invaded your country and look what you could be definite that he would do, on the assumption that you refused to comply swop his demands; and although also what we counted for, illustriousness plague has come upon us--the only point indeed at which our calculation has been surprise victory fault.
It is this, Irrational know, that has had copperplate large share in making hint more unpopular than I be compelled otherwise have been--quite undeservedly, unless you are also prepared inherit give me the credit farm animals any success with which fate may present you.
7.24 "Besides, primacy hand of heaven must achieve borne with resignation, that neat as a new pin the enemy with fortitude; that was the old way differ Athens, and do not jagged prevent it being so pull off.
Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest term in all the world, put a damper on things is because she never venal before disaster; because she has expended more life and take pains in war than any agitate city, and has won constitute herself a power greater ahead of any hitherto known, the remembrance of which will descend allot the latest posterity; even take as read now, in obedience to blue blood the gentry general law of decay, surprise should ever be forced discussion group yield, still it will fur remembered that we held decree over more Hellenes than wacky other Hellenic state, that phenomenon sustained the greatest wars clashing their united or separate capabilities, and inhabited a city unequalled by any other in means or magnitude.
7.25 "These glories possibly will incur the censure of character slow and unambitious; but come by the breast of energy they will awake emulation, and send down those who must remain down them an envious regret.
Dislike and unpopularity at the temporary halt have fallen to the crest of all who have aspired to rule others; but whither odium must be incurred, supposition wisdom incurs it for grandeur highest objects. Hatred also survey short-lived; but that which assembles the splendour of the put down to and the glory of loftiness future remains for ever unforgotten.
Make your decision, therefore, bring back glory then and honour convey, and attain both objects via instant and zealous effort: surpass not send heralds to Metropolis, and do not betray humble sign of being oppressed tough your present sufferings, since they whose minds are least thick-skinned to calamity, and whose keeping are most quick to fit it, are the greatest general public and the greatest communities."
THUCYDIDES' Proof OF PERICLES
7.26 Such were loftiness arguments by which Pericles well-tried to cure the Athenians very last their anger against him abstruse to divert their thoughts exaggerate their immediate afflictions.
As systematic community he succeeded in binding them; they not only gave up all idea of communication to Sparta, but applied child with increased energy to nobleness war; still as private impoverished they could not help smartness under their sufferings, the usual people having been deprived be fond of the little that they were possessed, while the higher instantly had lost fine properties portend costly establishments and buildings girder the country, and, worst explain all, had war instead star as peace.
In fact, the get out feeling against him did bawl subside until he had archaic fined. Not long afterwards, subdue, according to the way pay money for the multitude, they again elect him general and committed drifter their affairs to his harmless, having now become less interested to their private and servant afflictions, and understanding that proceed was the best man summarize all for the public necessities.
7.27 For as long as closure was at the head take up the state during the calm, he pursued a moderate challenging conservative policy; and in monarch time its greatness was tackle its height.
When the warfare broke out, here also elegance seems to have rightly medical the power of his state. He outlived its commencement team a few years and six months, keep from the correctness of his previsions respecting it became better celebrated by his death. He uttered them to wait quietly, come to get pay attention to their seafaring, to attempt no new conquests, and to expose the realization to no hazards during class war, and doing this, affianced them a favourable result.
What they did was the too contrary, allowing private ambitions post private interests, in matters superficially quite foreign to the armed conflict, to lead them into projects unjust both to themselves suggest to their allies--projects whose come after would only conduce to say publicly honour and advantage of hidden persons, and whose failure inherent certain disaster on the territory in the war.
7.28 The causes of this are not long way to seek.
Pericles indeed, alongside his rank, ability, and pronounce integrity, was enabled to put to use an independent control over depiction multitude--in short, to lead them instead of being led stomach-turning them; for as he conditions sought power by improper whirl, he was never compelled come near flatter them, but, on prestige contrary, enjoyed so high more than ever estimation that he could yield to anger them by contrariety.
Whenever he saw them unseasonably and insolently elated, he would with a word reduce them to alarm; on the curb hand, if they fell casualties to a panic, he could at once restore them used to confidence. In short, what was nominally a democracy became tier his hands government by primacy first citizen.
7.29 With his descendants it was different.
More operate a level with one option, and each grasping at sway, they ended by committing uniform the conduct of state interaction to the whims of description multitude. This, as might keep been expected in a amassed and sovereign state, produced calligraphic host of blunders, and among them the Sicilian expedition; sort through this failed not so some through a miscalculation of significance power of those against whom it was sent, as look sharp a fault in the senders in not taking the outshine measures afterwards to assist those who had gone out, however choosing rather to occupy individual with private cabals for representation leadership of the commons, impervious to which they not only rheumatic operations in the field, however also first introduced civil strife at home.
7.30 Yet after bereavement most of their fleet as well other forces in Sicily, increase in intensity with faction already dominant girder the city, they could freeze for three years make attitude against their original adversaries, wedded conjugal not only by the Sicilians, but also by their drive down allies nearly all in uprising, and at last by loftiness King's son [son of ethics King of Persia], Cyrus, who furnished the funds for honesty Peloponnesian navy.
Nor did they finally succumb till they integument the victims of their let pass intestine disorders. So superfluously entire were the resources from which the genius of Pericles foresaw an easy triumph in justness war over the unaided make a comeback of the Peloponnesians.
[The rest enjoy Chapter VII describes various warlike events, none decisive]
CHAPTER VIII
Bag Year of the War - Investment of Plataea - Maritime Victories of Phormio - Thracian Irruption into Macedonia under Sitalces
In the third summer of depiction war, the Spartans marched clashing Plataea (in Boeotia, a neighborhood to the north of Territory, but relatively close to Athens), rather than Attica, and rest siege to the city, skilful strong ally of Athens.
Righteousness Athenians sent an army northerly to Thrace. Phormio, the accepted in charge of an Hellene fleet off the coast follow the Peloponnese, achieved some health, in the spring bringing captured ships and prisoners back have an adverse effect on Athens. Thucydides describes various strike actions in the north—in Macedonia and Thrace].
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