§12.42.1οἱ δὲ Πλαταιεῖς διαπρεσβευσάμενοι πρὸς τοὺς Θηβαίους ἠξίουν ἀπελθεῖν ἐκ τῆς χώρας αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπολαβεῖν τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους.
The Plataeans, having sent embassies to the Thebans, demanded that they depart from their territory and take back the prisoners.
διὸ καὶ τῆς συνθέσεως ταύτης γεγενημένης οἱ μὲν Θηβαῖοι τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους ἀπολαβόντες καὶ τὴν λείαν ἀποδόντες εἰς τὰς Θήβας ἀπηλλάγησαν, οἱ δὲ Πλαταιεῖς πρὸς μὲν Ἀθηναίους ἔπεμψαν πρέσβεις περὶ βοηθείας, αὐτοὶ δὲ τὰ πλεῖστα ἐκόμισαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν.
Therefore, when this agreement had been made, the Thebans, having taken back the prisoners and returned the booty, departed for Thebes; while the Plataeans sent ambassadors to the Athenians to ask for help, and themselves carried most of their property into the city.
§12.42.2οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι πυθόμενοι τὰ περὶ τὰς Πλαταιάς, παραχρῆμα ἐξέπεμψαν τοὺς ἱκανοὺς στρατιώτας· οὗτοι δὲ κατὰ σπουδὴν παραγενόμενοι, καὶ μὴ φθάσαντες τοὺς Θηβαίους, τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χώρας κατεκόμισαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ τὸν ὄχλον ἀθροίσαντες ἐξαπέστειλαν εἰς τὰς Ἀθήνας.
The Athenians, having learned of the events concerning Plataea, immediately sent out a sufficient number of soldiers; these, having arrived in haste, and not having anticipated the Thebans, carried the rest of the property from the countryside into the city, and, having gathered the children, women, and the crowd, sent them away to Athens.
§12.42.3οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι κρίναντες καταλελύσθαι τὰς σπονδὰς ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων, δύναμιν ἀξιόλογον ἤθροισαν ἔκ τε τῆς Λακεδαίμονος καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων Πελοποννησίων.
The Lacedaemonians, judging that the treaty had been broken by the Athenians, gathered a considerable force both from Lacedaemon and from the other Peloponnesians.
§12.42.4συνεμάχουν δὲ τότε Λακεδαιμονίοις Πελοποννήσιοι μὲν πάντες πλὴν Ἀργείων· οὗτοι δʼ ἡσυχίαν εἶχον·
At that time, all the Peloponnesians except the Argives were allied with the Lacedaemonians; the latter, indeed, remained quiet.
τῶν δʼ ἐκτὸς τῆς Πελοποννήσου Μεγαρεῖς, Ἀμβρακιῶται, Λευκάδιοι, Φωκεῖς, Βοιωτοί, Λοκροὶ τῶν μὲν πρὸς Εὔβοιαν ἐστραμμένων οἱ πλείους, τῶν δʼ ἄλλων Ἀμφισσεῖς.
Of those outside the Peloponnesus, there were the Megarians, Ambraciots, Leucadians, Phocians, Boeotians, and of the Locrians, the majority of those who faced Euboea, and of the others, the Amphissians.
§12.42.5τοῖς δʼ Ἀθηναίοις συνεμάχουν οἱ τὴν παράλιον τῆς Ἀσίας οἰκοῦντες Κᾶρες καὶ Δωριεῖς καὶ Ἴωνες καὶ Ἑλλησπόντιοι καὶ νησιῶται πάντες πλὴν τῶν ἐν Μήλῳ καὶ Θήρᾳ κατοικούντων, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης πλὴν Χαλκιδέων καὶ Ποτιδαιατῶν· πρὸς δὲ τούτοις Μεσσήνιοι μὲν οἱ τὴν Ναύπακτον οἰκοῦντες καὶ Κερκυραῖοι.
On the side of the Athenians, there allied those who inhabited the coast of Asia: the Carians, Dorians, Ionians, and Hellespontines, and all the islanders except those inhabiting Melos and Thera, and likewise those in Thrace except the Chalcidians and Potidaeans; and in addition to these, the Messenians who inhabited Naupactus, and the Corcyraeans.
τούτων ναυτικὸν παρείχοντο Χῖοι, Λέσβιοι, Κερκυραῖοι, αἱ δʼ ἄλλαι πᾶσαι πεζοὺς στρατιώτας ἐξέπεμπον.
Of these, the Chians, Lesbians, and Corcyraeans provided a navy, while all the other cities sent land forces.
σύμμαχοι μὲν οὖν ἀμφοτέροις ὑπῆρχον οἱ προειρημένοι.
These, then, were the allies who supported each side.
§12.42.6Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ δύναμιν ἀξιόλογον προχειρισάμενοι τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἔδωκαν Ἀρχιδάμῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ.
The Lacedaemonians, having mobilized a considerable force, gave the command to King Archidamus.
οὗτος δὲ μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὴν Ἀττικήν, τοῖς δὲ φρουρίοις προσβολὰς ἐποιεῖτο καὶ τῆς χώρας πολλὴν ἐδῄωσε.
He, with his army, invaded Attica, made attacks on the strongholds, and ravaged much of the countryside.
τῶν δʼ Ἀθηναίων παροξυνομένων διὰ τὴν τῆς χώρας καταδρομήν, καὶ βουλομένων παρατάξασθαι τοῖς πολεμίοις, Περικλῆς στρατηγὸς ὢν καὶ τὴν ὅλην ἡγεμονίαν ἔχων παρεκάλει τοὺς νέους ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν, ἐπαγγελλόμενος ἄνευ κινδύνων ἐκβαλεῖν τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς.
While the Athenians were provoked by the raid on their country and wished to draw up in battle against the enemy, Pericles, being general and having the entire command, urged the young men to remain quiet, promising that he would expel the Lacedaemonians from Attica without any danger.
§12.42.7πληρώσας οὖν ἑκατὸν τριήρεις καὶ δύναμιν ἀξιόλογον εἰς τὰς ναῦς ἐνθέμενος, καὶ στρατηγὸν ἐπιστήσας Καρκίνον καὶ ἑτέρους τινάς, ἐξέπεμψεν εἰς τὴν Πελοπόννησον.
Therefore, having manned a hundred triremes and put a considerable force aboard the ships, and having appointed Carcinus and some others as generals, he sent them to the Peloponnesus.
οὗτοι δὲ πολλὴν τῆς παραθαλαττίου χώρας πορθήσαντες καί τινα τῶν φρουρίων ἑλόντες κατεπλήξαντο τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους· διὸ καὶ τὴν ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς δύναμιν ταχέως μεταπεμψάμενοι πολλὴν ἀσφάλειαν τοῖς Πελοποννησίοις παρείχοντο.
These men, having plundered much of the coastal territory and taken some of the strongholds, struck terror into the Lacedaemonians; therefore, they quickly recalled their army from Attica, and provided great safety for the Peloponnesians.
§12.42.8τούτῳ δὲ τῷ τρόπῳ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἐλευθερωθείσης, ὁ μὲν Περικλῆς ἀποδοχῆς ἐτύγχανε παρὰ τοῖς πολίταις, ὡς δυνάμενος στρατηγεῖν καὶ τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις διαπολεμεῖν.
When Attica had been freed in this manner, Pericles won acceptance among the citizens as one who was capable of commanding and carrying on the war against the Lacedaemonians.