§4.23.1τῶν δὲ Μεσσηνίων ὁπόσοι περὶ τὴν Εἶραν ἢ καὶ ἑτέρωθί που τῆς Μεσσηνίας ἐγκατελήφθησαν, τούτους μὲν οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι προσένειμαν ἐς τὸ εἱλωτικόν· Πύλιοι δὲ καὶ Μοθωναῖοι καὶ ὅσοι τὰ παραθαλάσσια ᾤκουν, ναυσὶν ὑπὸ τὴν ἅλωσιν τῆς Εἴρας ἀπαίρουσιν ἐς Κυλλήνην τὸ ἐπίνειον τὸ Ἠλείων.
Of the Messenians, as many as were captured around Eira or elsewhere in Messenia, these the Lacedaemonians assigned to the Helot class; but the Pylians, the Mothonaeans, and those who inhabited the coastal regions set sail in ships for Kyllene, the port of the Eleans, just about the time of the capture of Eira.
ἐκεῖθεν δὲ παρὰ τοὺς ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ Μεσσηνίους ἀπέστελλον, ἐθέλοντες κοινῷ στόλῳ χώραν ἔνθα οἰκήσουσιν ἀναζητεῖν, καὶ Ἀριστομένην ἐκέλευον ἡγεῖσθαί σφισιν ἐς ἀποικίαν.
From there they sent messengers to the Messenians in Arcadia, wishing to seek in a common fleet a land where they might dwell, and they urged Aristomenes to lead them to a colony.
§4.23.2ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς μὲν ἕως ἂν περιῇ, πολεμήσειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ἔφασκεν, ἐπίστασθαι δὲ ἀκριβῶς ὡς ἀεί τι ἀναφύσεται τῇ Σπάρτῃ διʼ αὐτοῦ κακόν· ἐκείνοις δὲ Γόργον καὶ Μάντικλον ἔδωκεν ἡγεμόνας.
But he indeed said that as long as he lived he would make war on the Lacedaemonians, and that he knew for certain that some evil would always arise to Sparta through him; but to them he gave Gorgos and Mantiklos as leaders.
ὁ δὲ Εὐεργετίδας ἐς μὲν τὸ Λύκαιον σὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις Μεσσηνίοις καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπεχώρησεν· ἐκεῖθεν δέ, ὡς ἑώρα τὸ βούλευμα διαπεπτωκὸς τῷ Ἀριστομένει τὸ ἐς τὴν κατάληψιν τῆς Σπάρτης, ἀναπείσας τῶν Μεσσηνίων ὡς πεντήκοντα ἐπάνεισιν ἐπὶ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἐς τὴν Εἶραν, καὶ ἐντυχὼν διαρπάζουσιν ἔτι τὰ ἐπινίκια
And Euergetidas also retreated with the other Messenians to Lykaion; but from there, when he saw that the plan of Aristomenes for the capture of Sparta had failed, having persuaded about fifty of the Messenians, he went back against the Lacedaemonians at Eira, and fell upon them while they were still plundering for their victory celebration, and brought grief upon them.
§4.23.3πένθος σφίσιν ἐποίησε. καὶ τὸν μὲν ἐνταῦθα ἐπιλαμβάνει τὸ χρεών, Ἀριστομένης δὲ ὡς τοὺς ἡγεμόνας τοῖς Μεσσηνίοις ἐπέταξεν ἰέναι ἐς Κυλλήνην, ὅστις ἐθέλοι μετέχειν τῆς ἀποικίας.
And there fate overtook him, but Aristomenes, when he had appointed the leaders for the Messenians, ordered whoever wished to take part in the colony to go to Kyllene.
καὶ μετέσχον ἅπαντες, πλὴν εἰ γῆράς τινα ἀπεῖργεν ἢ μηδὲ εὐπορῶν ἔτυχεν ἐς τὴν ἀποδημίαν· οὗτοι δὲ αὐτοῦ κατέμειναν παρὰ τοῖς Ἀρκάσιν.
And all took part, except if old age prevented anyone, or if anyone happened not to be well-provided for the journey; and these remained there with the Arcadians.
§4.23.4ἑάλω δὲ ἡ Εἶρα καὶ ὁ πόλεμος ὁ δεύτερος Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ Μεσσηνίων τέλος ἔσχεν Ἀθηναίοις ἄρχοντος Αὐτοσθένους, ἔτει πρώτῳ τῆς ὀγδόης τε καὶ εἰκοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος, ἣν ἐνίκα Χίονις Λάκων.
And Eira was captured and the second war between the Lacedaemonians and the Messenians came to an end when Autosthenes was archon at Athens, in the first year of the twenty-eighth Olympiad, which Chionis the Laconian won.
§4.23.5ὡς δὲ ἐς τὴν Κυλλήνην οἱ Μεσσήνιοι συνελέχθησαν, τὸν μὲν παρόντα χειμῶνα ἔδοξεν αὐτοῦ χειμάζειν, καὶ τὴν ἀγοράν σφισι καὶ χρήματα οἱ Ἠλεῖοι παρεῖχον· ἅμα δὲ τῷ ἦρι ἐβουλεύοντο ποῖ χρὴ σταλῆναι.
And when the Messenians were assembled in Kyllene, they decided to winter there for the coming winter, and the Eleans provided them with a market and money; and at the same time with the spring they deliberated where they ought to be sent.
γνῶμαι δὲ ἦσαν Γόργου μὲν Ζάκυνθον τὴν ὑπὲρ Κεφαλληνίας καταλαβόντας καὶ νησιώτας ἀντὶ ἠπειρωτῶν γενομένους ναυσὶν ἐς τὰ παραθαλάσσια τῆς Λακωνικῆς ἐπιπλέοντας κακοῦν τὴν γῆν· Μάντικλος δὲ ἐκέλευε Μεσσήνης μὲν καὶ τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίων ἔχθους λαβεῖν λήθην, πλεύσαντας δὲ ἐς Σαρδὼ κτήσασθαι μεγίστην τε νῆσον καὶ εὐδαιμονίᾳ πρώτην.
And the opinions were, on the part of Gorgos, that they should seize Zakynthos, which lies beyond Kephallenia, and, becoming islanders instead of mainlanders, sail against the coastal areas of Laconia with ships and ravage the land; but Mantiklos urged them to forget Messene and their hatred of the Lacedaemonians, and, sailing to Sardo, acquire the greatest island and the first in prosperity.
§4.23.6ἐν τοσούτῳ δὲ Ἀναξίλας παρὰ τοὺς Μεσσηνίους ἀπέστελλεν ἐς Ἰταλίαν καλῶν.
Meanwhile Anaxilas sent messengers to the Messenians, calling them to Italy.
ὁ δὲ Ἀναξίλας ἐτυράννει μὲν Ῥηγίου, τέταρτος δὲ ἀπόγονος ἦν Ἀλκιδαμίδου· μετῴκησε δὲ Ἀλκιδαμίδας ἐκ Μεσσήνης ἐς Ῥήγιον μετὰ τὴν Ἀριστοδήμου τοῦ βασιλέως τελευτὴν καὶ Ἰθώμης τὴν ἅλωσιν.
And Anaxilas was tyrant of Rhegion, and he was the fourth descendant of Alkidamidas; and Alkidamidas had migrated from Messene to Rhegion after the death of King Aristodemos and the capture of Ithome.
οὗτος οὖν ὁ Ἀναξίλας τοὺς Μεσσηνίους μετεπέμπετο· ἐλθοῦσί τε ἔλεγεν ὡς Ζαγκλαῖοι διάφοροι μέν εἰσιν αὐτῷ, χώραν δὲ εὐδαίμονα καὶ πόλιν ἐν καλῷ τῆς Σικελίας ἔχουσιν, ἃ δὴ σφίσιν ἐθέλειν ἔφη συγκατεργασάμενος δοῦναι.
This Anaxilas, then, sent for the Messenians; and when they arrived, he told them that the Zancleans were at variance with him, and had a fertile territory and a city in a beautiful part of Sicily, which indeed he said he wished to give them after conquering it together with them.
προσεμένων δὲ τὸν λόγον, οὕτως Ἀναξίλας διεβίβασεν ἐς Σικελίαν αὐτούς.
And when they accepted his proposal, Anaxilas thus transported them to Sicily.
§4.23.7Ζάγκλην δὲ τὸ μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς κατέλαβον λῃσταί, καὶ ἐν ἐρήμῳ τῇ γῇ τειχίσαντες ὅσον περὶ τὸν λιμένα ὁρμητηρίῳ πρὸς τὰς καταδρομὰς καὶ ἐς τοὺς ἐπίπλους ἐχρῶντο· ἡγεμόνες δὲ ἦσαν αὐτῶν Κραταιμένης Σάμιος καὶ Περιήρης ἐκ Χαλκίδος.
And Zancle was from the beginning occupied by pirates, who, having built a fort in the deserted land only around the harbor, used it as a base for raids and naval excursions; and their leaders were Krataimenes the Samian and Perieres from Chalcis.
Περιήρει δὲ ὕστερον καὶ Κραταιμένει καὶ ἄλλους ἐπαγαγέσθαι τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἔδοξεν οἰκήτορας.
But later Perieres and Krataimenes decided to bring in other Greeks as inhabitants.
§4.23.8τότε δὲ τοὺς Ζαγκλαίους ὅ τε Ἀναξίλας ναυσὶν ἀνταναγομένους ἐνίκησε καὶ οἱ Μεσσήνιοι μάχῃ πεζῇ· Ζαγκλαῖοι δὲ κατὰ γῆν τε ὑπὸ Μεσσηνίων καὶ ναυσὶν ἅμα ἐκ θαλάσσης ὑπὸ Ῥηγίνων πολιορκούμενοι, καὶ ἁλισκομένου σφίσιν ἤδη τοῦ τείχους, ἐπί τε βωμοὺς θεῶν καὶ πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ καταφεύγουσιν.
And at that time Anaxilas defeated the Zancleans as they put to sea to oppose him with ships, and the Messenians defeated them in a land battle; and the Zancleans, besieged on land by the Messenians and at the same time from the sea by the Rhegines with ships, and when their wall was already being captured, fled to the altars of the gods and to the temples.
Ἀναξίλας μὲν οὖν τοῖς Μεσσηνίοις παρεκελεύετο τούς τε ἱκετεύοντας Ζαγκλαίων ἀποκτείνειν καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς γυναιξὶν ὁμοῦ καὶ παισὶν ἀνδραποδίσασθαι· §4.23.9Γόργος δὲ καὶ Μάντικλος παρῃτοῦντο Ἀναξίλαν μὴ σφᾶς, ὑπὸ συγγενῶν ἀνδρῶν πεπονθότας ἀνόσια, ὅμοια αὐτοὺς ἐς ἀνθρώπους Ἕλληνας ἀναγκάσαι δρᾶσαι.
Anaxilas indeed urged the Messenians to kill those of the Zancleans who were supplicating and to enslave the rest, together with their women and children; but Gorgos and Mantiklos begged Anaxilas not to force them, who had suffered unholy things from related men, to do similar things to Greek men.
μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ἤδη τοὺς Ζαγκλαίους ἀνίστασαν ἀπὸ τῶν βωμῶν καὶ ὅρκους δόντες καὶ αὐτοὶ παρʼ ἐκείνων λαβόντες ᾤκησαν ἀμφότεροι κοινῇ· ὄνομα δὲ τῇ πόλει μετέθεσαν Μεσσήνην ἀντὶ Ζάγκλης καλεῖσθαι.
And after this they raised the Zancleans from the altars, and having given oaths and received them from them, they both dwelt in common; and they changed the name of the city to be called Messene instead of Zancle.
§4.23.10ταῦτα δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος ἐπράχθη τῆς ἐνάτης καὶ εἰκοστῆς, ἣν Χίονις Λάκων τὸ δεύτερον ἐνίκα, Μιλτιάδου παρʼ Ἀθηναίοις ἄρχοντος.
And these things were done during the twenty-ninth Olympiad, which Chionis the Laconian won for the second time, when Miltiades was archon at Athens.
Μάντικλος δὲ καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν Μεσσηνίοις τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐποίησε, καὶ ἔστιν ἐκτὸς τείχους ὁ θεὸς ἱδρυμένος, Ἡρακλῆς καλούμενος Μάντικλος, καθάπερ γε καὶ Ἄμμων ἐν Λιβύῃ καὶ ὁ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι Βῆλος ὁ μὲν ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς Αἰγυπτίου Βήλου τοῦ Λιβύης ὄνομα ἔσχεν, Ἄμμων δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱδρυσαμένου ποιμένος.
And Mantiklos also made the sanctuary of Heracles for the Messenians, and the god is established outside the wall, being called Heracles Mantiklos, just as Ammon in Libya and Belos in Babylon, the latter having his name from an Egyptian man, Belos the son of Libya, and Ammon from the shepherd who established it.
Μεσσηνίοις μὲν οὖν τοῖς φεύγουσιν ἐγεγόνει πέρας τῆς ἄλης·
For the exiled Messenians, then, there was an end to their wandering;