§11.65.1μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Ἀθήνησι μὲν ἦν ἄρχων Θεαγενείδης, ἐν Ῥώμῃ δʼ ὕπατοι καθειστήκεσαν Λεύκιος Αἰμίλιος Μάμερκος καὶ Λεύκιος Ἰούλιος Ἴουλος, Ὀλυμπιὰς δʼ ἤχθη ἑβδομηκοστὴ καὶ ὀγδόη, καθʼ ἣν ἐνίκα στάδιον Παρμενίδης Ποσειδωνιάτης.
After these events, Theageneides was archon in Athens, and in Rome Lucius Aemilius Mamercus and Lucius Julius Iulus were established as consuls, and the seventy-eighth Olympiad was celebrated, in which Parmenides of Poseidonia won the stadion race.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ἀργείοις καὶ Μυκηναίοις ἐνέστη πόλεμος διὰ τοιαύτας αἰτίας.
During their term of office, a war arose between the Argives and the Mycenaeans for the following reasons.
§11.65.2Μυκηναῖοι διὰ τὸ παλαιὸν ἀξίωμα τῆς ἰδίας πατρίδος οὐχ ὑπήκουον τοῖς Ἀργείοις, ὥσπερ αἱ λοιπαὶ πόλεις αἱ κατὰ τὴν Ἀργείαν, ἀλλὰ κατʼ ἰδίαν ταττόμενοι τοῖς Ἀργείοις οὐ προσεῖχον· ἠμφισβήτουν δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἱερῶν τῆς Ἥρας, καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα τῶν Νεμέων ἠξίουν αὐτοὶ διοικεῖν· πρὸς δὲ τούτοις τῶν Ἀργείων ψηφισαμένων μὴ συμμαχεῖν εἰς Θερμοπύλας τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις, ἐὰν μὴ μέρος τῆς ἡγεμονίας αὐτοῖς παραδῶσι, μόνοι τῶν τὴν Ἀργείαν κατοικούντων συνεμάχησαν οἱ Μυκηναῖοι τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις.
The Mycenaeans, because of the ancient prestige of their own fatherland, did not obey the Argives as the other cities in the Argolid did, but maintaining a separate status, they paid no attention to the Argives; and they also disputed over the sanctuary of Hera, and claimed the right to administer the Nemean games themselves; and in addition to these things, when the Argives voted not to fight as allies with the Lacedaemonians at Thermopylae unless they gave them a share in the leadership, the Mycenaeans alone of those who inhabited the Argolid fought as allies with the Lacedaemonians.
§11.65.3τὸ δὲ σύνολον ὑπώπτευον αὐτούς, μήποτε ἰσχύσαντες ἐπὶ πλέον τῆς ἡγεμονίας ἀμφισβητήσωσι τοῖς Ἀργείοις διὰ τὸ παλαιὸν φρόνημα τῆς πόλεως.
In general, they suspected them, lest they should grow even stronger and dispute the leadership with the Argives because of the ancient pride of their city.
διὰ δὴ ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας ἀλλοτρίως διακείμενοι, πάλαι μὲν ἔσπευδον ἆραι τὴν πόλιν, τότε δὲ καιρὸν εὔθετον ἔχειν ἐνόμιζον, ὁρῶντες τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους τεταπεινωμένους καὶ μὴ δυναμένους τοῖς Μυκηναίοις βοηθεῖν.
For these reasons, being hostilely disposed, they had long been eager to destroy the city, and at that time they thought they had a favorable opportunity, seeing that the Lacedaemonians had been humbled and were unable to help the Mycenaeans.
ἀθροίσαντες οὖν ἀξιόλογον δύναμιν ἔκ τε Ἄργους καὶ ἐκ τῶν συμμαχίδων πόλεων ἐστράτευσαν ἐπʼ αὐτούς, νικήσαντες δὲ μάχῃ τοὺς Μυκηναίους καὶ συγκλείσαντες ἐντὸς τειχῶν ἐπολιόρκουν τὴν πόλιν.
Therefore, having gathered a considerable force from Argos and from the allied cities, they marched against them, and having defeated the Mycenaeans in battle and shut them up within their walls, they besieged the city.
§11.65.4οἱ δὲ Μυκηναῖοι χρόνον μέν τινα τοὺς πολιορκοῦντας εὐτόνως ἠμύνοντο, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα λειπόμενοι τῷ πολέμῳ, καὶ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων μὴ δυναμένων βοηθῆσαι διὰ τοὺς ἰδίους πολέμους καὶ τὴν ἐκ τῶν σεισμῶν γενομένην αὐτοῖς συμφοράν, ἄλλων δʼ οὐκ ὄντων συμμάχων, ἐρημίᾳ τῶν ἐπικουρούντων κατὰ κράτος ἥλωσαν.
The Mycenaeans for a time vigorously defended themselves against the besiegers, but after this, being worsted in the war, and since the Lacedaemonians were unable to help them because of their own wars and the disaster that had befallen them from the earthquakes, and there being no other allies, they were taken by storm due to the lack of helpers.
§11.65.5οἱ δὲ Ἀργεῖοι τοὺς Μυκηναίους ἀνδραποδισάμενοι καὶ δεκάτην ἐξ αὐτῶν τῷ θεῷ καθιερώσαντες, τὰς Μυκήνας κατέσκαψαν.
The Argives, having enslaved the Mycenaeans and dedicated a tenth of them to the god, razed Mycenae.
αὕτη μὲν οὖν ἡ πόλις, εὐδαίμων ἐν τοῖς ἀρχαίοις χρόνοις γενομένη καὶ μεγάλους ἄνδρας ἔχουσα καὶ πράξεις ἀξιολόγους ἐπιτελεσαμένη, τοιαύτην ἔσχε τὴν καταστροφήν, καὶ διέμεινεν ἀοίκητος μέχρι τῶν καθʼ ἡμᾶς χρόνων.
Thus this city, which had been prosperous in ancient times, having great men and having achieved remarkable deeds, met with such a ruin, and has remained uninhabited down to our own times.
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐπράχθη κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν ἐνιαυτόν.
These, then, were the events transacted in this year.