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haec ab iis cognovit : Suebos , postea quam per exploratores pontem fieri comperissent , more suo concilio habito nuntios in omnes partes dimisisse , uti de oppidis demigrarent , liberos , uxores suaque omnia in silvis deponerent atque omnes qui arma ferre possent unum in locum convenirent . Hunc esse delectum medium fere regionum earum quas Suebi obtinerent ; hic Romanorum adventum expectare atque ibi decertare constituisse . Quod ubi Caesar comperit , omnibus iis rebus confectis , quarum rerum causa exercitum traducere constituerat , ut Germanis metum iniceret , ut Sugambros ulcisceretur , ut Ubios obsidione liberaret , diebus omnino XVIII trans Rhenum consumptis , satis et ad laudem et ad utilitatem profectum arbitratus se in Galliam recepit pontemque rescidit .

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haec ab iis cognovit : Suebos , postea quam per exploratores pontem fieri comperissent , more suo concilio habito nuntios in omnes partes dimisisse , uti de oppidis demigrarent , liberos , uxores suaque omnia in silvis deponerent atque omnes qui arma ferre possent unum in locum convenirent . Hunc esse delectum medium fere regionum earum quas Suebi obtinerent ; hic Romanorum adventum expectare atque ibi decertare constituisse . Quod ubi Caesar comperit , omnibus iis rebus confectis , quarum rerum causa exercitum traducere constituerat , ut Germanis metum iniceret , ut Sugambros ulcisceretur , ut Ubios obsidione liberaret , diebus omnino XVIII trans Rhenum consumptis , satis et ad laudem et ad utilitatem profectum arbitratus se in Galliam recepit pontemque rescidit .

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haec ab iis cognovit : Suebos , postea quam per exploratores pontem fieri comperissent , more suo concilio habito nuntios in omnes partes dimisisse , uti de oppidis demigrarent , liberos , uxores suaque omnia in silvis deponerent atque omnes qui arma ferre possent unum in locum convenirent . Hunc esse delectum medium fere regionum earum quas Suebi obtinerent ; hic Romanorum adventum expectare atque ibi decertare constituisse . Quod ubi Caesar comperit , omnibus iis rebus confectis , quarum rerum causa exercitum traducere constituerat , ut Germanis metum iniceret , ut Sugambros ulcisceretur , ut Ubios obsidione liberaret , diebus omnino XVIII trans Rhenum consumptis , satis et ad laudem et ad utilitatem profectum arbitratus se in Galliam recepit pontemque rescidit .

saepe illam perhibent ardenti corde furentem
clarisonas imo fudisse e pectore voces ,
ac tum praeruptos tristem conscendere montes ,
unde aciem in pelagi vastos protenderet aestus ,
tum tremuli salis adversas procurrere in undas
mollia nudatae tollentem tegmina surae ,
atque haec extremis maestam dixisse querellis ,
frigidulos udo singultus ore cientem :
' sicine me patriis avectam , perfide , ab aris
perfide , deserto liquisti in litore , Theseu ?
sicine discedens neglecto numine divum ,
immemor a ! devota domum periuria portas ?
nullane res potuit crudelis flectere mentis
consilium ? tibi nulla fuit clementia praesto ,
immite ut nostri vellet miserescere pectus ?
at non haec quondam blanda promissa dedisti
voce mihi , non haec miserae sperare iubebas ,
sed conubia laeta , sed optatos hymenaeos ,
quae cuncta aereii discerpunt irrita venti .
nunc iam nulla viro iuranti femina credat ,
nulla viri speret sermones esse fideles ;
quis dum aliquid cupiens animus praegestit apisci ,
nil metuunt iurare , nihil promittere parcunt :
sed simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est ,
dicta nihil metuere , nihil periuria curant .
certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti
eripui , et potius germanum amittere crevi ,
quam tibi fallaci supremo in tempore dessem .
pro quo dilaceranda feris dabor alitibusque
praeda , neque iniacta tumulabor mortua terra .
quaenam te genuit sola sub rupe leaena ,
quod mare conceptum spumantibus exspuit undis ,
quae Syrtis , quae Scylla rapax , quae vasta Carybdis ,
talia qui reddis pro dulci praemia vita ?

Often loud shrieks cried the frenzy in her ardent heart
poured out from the depths of her breast ,
and then she would climb the steep cliffs in her grief ,
where the vast sea-surge stretches out to the view ,
then run against the waves into the salt tremor
holding her soft clothes above her naked calves ,
and call out mournfully this last complaint ,
a frozen sob issuing from her wet face :
‘False Theseus , is this why you take me from my father’s land ,
faithless man , to abandon me on a desert shore ?
Is this how you vanish , heedless of the god’s power ,
ah , uncaring , bearing home your accursed perjuries ?
Nothing could alter the measure of your cruel mind ?
No mercy was near to you , inexorable man ,
that you might take pity on my heart ?
Yet once you made promises to me in that flattering voice ,
you told me to hope , not for this misery
but for joyful marriage , the longed-for wedding songs ,
all in vain , dispersed on the airy breezes .
Now , no woman should believe a man’s pledges ,
or believe there’s any truth in a man’s words :
when their minds are intent on their desire ,
they have no fear of oaths , don’t spare their promises :
but as soon as the lust of their eager mind is slaked
they fear no words , they care nothing for perjury .
Surely I rescued you from the midst of the tempest
of fate , and more , I gave up my half-brother ,
whom I abandoned to you with treachery at the end .
For that I’m left to be torn apart by beasts , and a prey
to sea-birds , unburied , when dead , in the scattered earth .
What lioness whelped you under a desert rock ,
what sea conceived and spat you from foaming waves ,
what Syrtis , what fierce Scylla , what vast Charybdis ,
you who return me this , for the gift of your sweet life ?

They often say that
she , raving from a blazing heart , had uttered shrill oaths
from the bottom of her breast , and then that the unhappy
woman climbed steep mountains from which to extend her gaze
into the desolate swell of the sea , and then that she rolled
forth into the waves of the splashing sea that faced her as
she raised the voluptuous coverings from her denuded calf ,
and that she had said these unhappy words , her final
lamentation : " Treacherous , treacherous Theseus ! Is this the
way you abandon me , who was carried off from patriarchal
altars , onto the lonely shore ? Feckless man , have you run
away because you thought the gods ' heavenly powers
inconsequential ? Are you coming home to bear unholy
perjuries ? Could nothing divert the deliberations of a cruel
mind ? Did you have no mercy available for your implacable
heart to wish me tenderness ? Yet you did not formerly give
me these assurances with a sweet voice , and you were not
bidding me , who was unhappy , to anticipate these things , but
the airy winds tear to pieces a desired marriage and a happy
wedding , the whole of which is null and void . Even now , may
no woman put faith in a man who swears by oath , and may no
woman trust that a man ' s discourses are worthy of trust ;
while the mind of men , when it desires , is especially eager
to obtain something , the men are by no means loath to swear
by oath and by no means refrain from promises : but as soon
as the desirous mind ' s lust has been satisfied , by no means
do men fear what has been said , and by no means do they care
about their breaches of oath ! Certainly I snatched you away
as you were tossing and turning in the middle of death ' s
maelstrom , and I decided to lose a brother rather than fail
you at a critical and treacherous time . For the which I
shall be given as prey to be torn piecemeal by birds and
beasts , and when I have died , I shall not be covered with a
burial mound ! What lioness gave birth to you from her lonely
crag ? What sea , conceived by foaming waves , has spit you
out ? What Syrtis , what predatory Scylla , what endless
Charybdis gave you birth , you who return such rewards for
living sweet ?

Akkadian

Akkadian

Sic Hannibal , minor V et XX annis natus imperator factus , proximo triennio omnes gentes Hispaniae bello subegit . Saguntum , foederatam civitatem , vi expugnavit . Tres exercitus maximos comparavit . Ex his unum in Africam misit , alterum cum Hasdrubale fratre in Hispania reliquit , tertium in Italiam secum duxit . Saltum Pyrenaeum transiit . Quacumque iter fecit , cum omnibus incolis conflixit . Ad Alpes posteaquam venit , quae Italiam ab Gallia seiungunt , quas nemo umquam cum exercitu ante eum praeter Herculem Graium transierat , quo facto is hodie saltus Graius appellatur . Alpicos conantes prohibere transitu concidit . Loca patefecit et effecit , ut ea elephantus ornatus ire posset , qua antea unus homo inermis vix poterat repere . Hac copias traduxit in Italiamque pervenit .

Akkadian

Akkadian

Sic Hannibal , minor V et XX annis natus imperator factus , proximo triennio omnes gentes Hispaniae bello subegit . Saguntum , foederatam civitatem , vi expugnavit . Tres exercitus maximos comparavit . Ex his unum in Africam misit , alterum cum Hasdrubale fratre in Hispania reliquit , tertium in Italiam secum duxit . Saltum Pyrenaeum transiit . Quacumque iter fecit , cum omnibus incolis conflixit . Ad Alpes posteaquam venit , quae Italiam ab Gallia seiungunt , quas nemo umquam cum exercitu ante eum praeter Herculem Graium transierat , quo facto is hodie saltus Graius appellatur . Alpicos conantes prohibere transitu concidit . Loca patefecit et effecit , ut ea elephantus ornatus ire posset , qua antea unus homo inermis vix poterat repere . Hac copias traduxit in Italiamque pervenit .

Akkadian

Akkadian

Sic Hannibal , minor V et XX annis natus imperator factus , proximo triennio omnes gentes Hispaniae bello subegit . Saguntum , foederatam civitatem , vi expugnavit . Tres exercitus maximos comparavit . Ex his unum in Africam misit , alterum cum Hasdrubale fratre in Hispania reliquit , tertium in Italiam secum duxit . Saltum Pyrenaeum transiit . Quacumque iter fecit , cum omnibus incolis conflixit . Ad Alpes posteaquam venit , quae Italiam ab Gallia seiungunt , quas nemo umquam cum exercitu ante eum praeter Herculem Graium transierat , quo facto is hodie saltus Graius appellatur . Alpicos conantes prohibere transitu concidit . Loca patefecit et effecit , ut ea elephantus ornatus ire posset , qua antea unus homo inermis vix poterat repere . Hac copias traduxit in Italiamque pervenit .

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Et quae tanta fuit Romam tibi causa videndi ?
Libertas , quae sera tamen respexit inertem ,
candidior postquam tondenti barba cadebat ;
respexit tamen , et longo post tempore venit ,
postquam nos Amaryllis habet , reliquit Galatea . reliquit .

Θουκυδίδης Ἀθηναῖος ξυνέγραψε τὸν πόλεμον τῶν Πελοποννησίων καὶ Ἀθηναίων , ὡς ἐπολέμησαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους , ἀρξάμενος εὐθὺς καθισταμένου καὶ ἐλπίσας μέγαν τε ἔσεσθαι καὶ ἀξιολογώτατον τῶν προγεγενημένων , τεκμαιρόμενος ὅτι ἀκμάζοντές τε ᾖσαν ἐς αὐτὸν ἀμφότεροι παρασκευῇ τῇ πάσῃ καὶ τὸ ἄλλο Ἑλληνικὸν ὁρῶν ξυνιστάμενον πρὸς ἑκατέρους , τὸ μὲν εὐθύς , τὸ δὲ καὶ διανοούμενον . [ 2 ] κίνησις γὰρ αὕτη μεγίστη δὴ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐγένετο καὶ μέρει τινὶ τῶν βαρβάρων , ὡς δὲ εἰπεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἀνθρώπων . [ 3 ] τὰ γὰρ πρὸ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔτι παλαίτερα σαφῶς μὲν εὑρεῖν διὰ χρόνου πλῆθος ἀδύνατα ἦν , ἐκ δὲ τεκμηρίων ὧν ἐπὶ μακρότατον σκοποῦντί μοι πιστεῦσαι ξυμβαίνει οὐ μεγάλα νομίζω γενέσθαι οὔτε κατὰ τοὺς πολέμους οὔτε ἐς τὰ ἄλλα .

Thucydides , an Athenian , wrote the war of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians as they warred against each other , beginning to write as soon as the war was on foot , with expectation it should prove a great one and most worthy the relation of all that had been before it ; conjecturing so much both from this , that they flourished on both sides in all manner of provision , and also because he saw the rest of Greece siding with the one or the other faction , some then presently and some intending so to do . [ 2 ] For this was certainly the greatest commotion that ever happened among the Grecians , reaching also to part of the barbarians and , as a man may say , to most nations . [ 3 ] For the actions that preceded this and those again that are yet more ancient , though the truth of them through length of time cannot by any means clearly be discovered , yet for any argument that , looking into times far past , I have yet light on to persuade me , I do not think they have been very great , either for matter of war or otherwise .

Thucydides , an Athenian , wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians , beginning at the moment that it broke out , and believing that it would be a great war , and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it . This belief was not without its grounds . The preparations of both the combatants were in every department in the last state of perfection ; and he could see the rest of the Hellenic race taking sides in the quarrel ; those who delayed doing so at once having it in contemplation . [ 2 ] Indeed this was the greatest movement yet known in history , not only of the Hellenes , but of a large part of the barbarian world—I had almost said of mankind . [ 3 ] For though the events of remote antiquity , and even those that more immediately precede the war , could not from lapse of time be clearly ascertained , yet the evidences which an inquiry carried as far back as was practicable leads me to trust , all point to the conclusion that there was nothing on a great scale , either in war or in other matters .

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haec ab iis cognovit : Suebos , postea quam per exploratores pontem fieri comperissent , more suo concilio habito nuntios in omnes partes dimisisse , uti de oppidis demigrarent , liberos , uxores suaque omnia in silvis deponerent atque omnes qui arma ferre possent unum in locum convenirent . Hunc esse delectum medium fere regionum earum quas Suebi obtinerent ; hic Romanorum adventum expectare atque ibi decertare constituisse . Quod ubi Caesar comperit , omnibus iis rebus confectis , quarum rerum causa exercitum traducere constituerat , ut Germanis metum iniceret , ut Sugambros ulcisceretur , ut Ubios obsidione liberaret , diebus omnino XVIII trans Rhenum consumptis , satis et ad laudem et ad utilitatem profectum arbitratus se in Galliam recepit pontemque rescidit .