Cornelii Nepotis Vitae (Hamilton)/Lysander

by Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

Vitae (Editio Interlinearis Latina-Anglica Ad Modum Hamiltonii)

VI. Lysander

editio: Philadelphia, 1890(?); Iacobus Hamiltonius (James Hamilton) et Ioannes Gulielmus Subsilvius (J. W. Underwood) recensuit

V. Cimon	VII. Alcibiades

I

Lysander	Lacedaemonius	reliqui	magnam	famam
Lysander	the Lacedemonian	left	great	fame

sui,	partam	magis	felicitate,	quam	virtute.
of himself,	procured	more	by good fortune,	than	by bravery.

Enim	apparet	confecisse	Athenienses	gerentes
For	he appears	to have finished	the Athenians	carrying on

bellum	in	Peloponnesios	sexto	et
war	against	the Peloponnesians	in the sixth	and

vicesimo	anno.	Latet,	qua	ratione	consecutus-sit (sub.)
twentieth	year.	It is hid,	by what	plan	he attained

id.	Enim	factum-est	non	virtute	sui
that.	For	it was done	not	by the bravery	of his

exercitus,	sed	immodestia	adversariorum,	qui,
army,	but	by the disorderliness	of enemies,	who,

quod	erant	non	audientes	dicto
because	they were	not	hearing to	saying (obedient to command)

suis	imperatoribus,	dispalati	in
to their	commanders,	having straggled about	in

agris,	navibus	relictis,	venerunt	in
the fields,	(their) ships	being left,	came	into

potestatem	hostium.	Quo	facto,	Athenienses
the power	of the enemies.	Which	being done,	the Athenians

dediderunt	se	Lacedaemoniis.	Lysander	elatus
surrendered	themselves	to the Lacedemonians.	Lysander	elated

hac	victoria,	quum	antea	fuisset (sub.)	semper
with this	victory,	when	before	he had been	always

factiosus	que	audax,	indulsit	sibi	sic,
factious	and	bold,	indulged	to himself	so,

ut	opera	eius	Lacedaemonii
that	by the labour (by means)	of him	the Lacedemonians

pervenerint (sub.)	in	maximum	odium	Graecae.	Nam
came	into	the greatest	hatred	of Greece.	For

quum	Lacedaemonii	dictitassent (sub.)	hanc	esse
when	the Lacedemonians	had often said	this	to be

caussam	belli	sibi,	ut	refringerent
the cause	of war	to them,	that	they might break

impotentem	dominationem	Atheniensium,	postquam
the unrestrained	tyranny	of the Athenians,	after that

Lysander	apud	flumen	Aegos	potitus-est
Lysander	at	the river	Aegos (Aegospotamus)	possessed

classis	hostium,	molitus-est	nihil	aliud,	quam
of the fleet	of enemies,	he endeavoured	nothing	other,	than

ut	teneret	omnes	civitates	in	sua	potestate,
that	he might hold	all	the states	in	his own	power,

quum	simularet (sub.)	se	facere	id	caussa
when	he pretended	himself	to do	that	for the sake

Lacedaemoniorum.	Namque	undique,	eiectis
of the Lacedemonians.	For	everywhere,	(those) being cast out

qui	studuissent (sub.)	rebus	Atheniensium,
who	had studied (favoured)	to affairs	of the Athenians,

delegerat	decem	in	unaquaque	civitate,	quibus
he had chosen	ten	in	each	state,	to whom

committeret	summum	imperium	que	potestatem
he might commit	the highest	command	and	power

omnium	rerum.	Nemo	admittebatur	in	numerum
of all	things.	Nobody	was admitted	into	the number

horum,	nisi	qui	contineretur (sub.)	aut
of these,	unless	who	was held (bound)	either

hospitio	eius,	aut	confirmarat	fide,
by the hospitality	of him,	or	had confirmed	by faith,

se	fore	proprium	illius.
himself	to be about to be	proper (devoted)	of him.

II

Ita,	decemvirali	potestate	constituta	in
Thus,	the decemviral	power	being appointed	in

omnibus	urbibus,	omnia	gerebantur	nutu
all the	cities,	all (things)	were carried on	by the nod

ipsius.	De	crudelitate	ac	perfidia	cuius	est
of himself.	Of	the cruelty	and	perfidy	of whom	it is

satis	proferre	unam	rem,	gratia	exempli,
enough	to produce	one	thing,	for the sake	of example,

ne	enumerando	plura	de	eodem
lest	by enumerating	more (things)	concerning	the same

defatigemus	lectores.	Quum	reverteretur (sub.)
we may outweary	(our) readers.	When	he did return

victor	ex	Asia,	que	devertisset (sub.)	Thasum,
victorious	out of	Asia,	and	had turned aside	(to) Thasus,

quod	ea	civitas	fuerat	praecipua	fide
because	that	state	had been	in especial	fidelity

erga	Athenienses,	proinde-ac	si	iidem	solerent (sub.)
towards	the Athenians,	just-as	if	the same	did use

esse	firmissimi	amici,	qui	fuissent (sub.)	constantes
to be	most firm	friends,	who	had been	constant

inimici,	concupivit	pervertere	eam.	Autem
enemies,	he strongly desired	to utterly destroy	it.	But

vidit,	nisi	occultasset	voluntatem	in
he saw,	unless	he should have concealed	(his) wish	in

eo,	futurum,	ut	Thasii	dilaberentur,	que
that,	about to be,	that	the Thasians	would glide away,	and

consulerent	suis	rebus.	Itaque	...
would consult	for their own	affairs.	Therefore	...

III

Sui	sustulerunt	suam	decemviralem	potestatem
His own	took away	his	decemviral	power

constitutam	ab	illo.	Incensus	quo	dolore,
appointed	by	him.	Incensed	by which	grief,

iniit	consilia	tollere	reges
he entered into	counsels	to take away	the kings

Lacedaemoniorum.	Sed	sentiebat,	se	non
of the Lacedemonians.	But	he did perceive,	himself	not

posse	facere	id	sine	ope	deorum,	quod
to be able	to do	that	without	the aid	of the gods,	because

Lacedaemonii	consueverant	referre
the Lacedemonians	had accustomed (themselves)	to refer

omnia	ad	oracula.	Primum	conatus-est
all (things)	to	the oracles.	First	he endeavoured

corrumpere	Delphos.	Quum	potuisset (sub.)	non
to corrupt	Delphi.	When	he had been able	not (to do)

id,	adortus-est	Dodonam.	Repulsus	hinc	quoque,
that,	he attempted	Dodona.	Repelled	hence	also,

dixit	se	suscepisse	vota,	quae
he said	himself	to have undertaken	vows,	which

solveret	Iovi	Hammoni,	existimans,	se
he should pay	to Jupiter	Hammon,	thinking,	himself

corrupturum	Afros	facilius.	Quum
about to corrupt	the Africans	more easily.	When

profectus-esset (sub.)	hac	spe	in	Africam,	antistites
he had set out	with this	hope	into	Africa,	the priests

Iovis	fefellerunt	eum	multum.	Nam	potuerunt
of Jupiter	deceived	him	much.	For	they were able

non	solum	non	corrumpi,	sed	etiam	miserunt
not	only	not	to be corrupted,	but	even	sent

legatos	Lacedaemona,	qui	accusarent	Lysandrum,
ambassadors	(to) Lacedemon,	who	should accuse	Lysander,

quod	conatus-esset (sub.)	corrumpere	sacerdotes
because	he had endeavoured	to corrupt	the priests

fani.	Accusatus	hoc	crimine,	que	absolutus
of the temple.	Accused	with this	crime,	and	absolved

sententiis	iudicum,	missus	subsidio
by the sentences	of the judges,	being sent	to aid

Orchomeniis,	occisus-est	a	Thebanis	apud
to the Orchomenians,	he was killed	by	the Thebans	at

Haliartum.	Quam	vere	iudicatum-foret (sub.)	de
Haliartus.	How	truly	it had been judged	of

eo,	oratio	fuit	indicio,	quae	reperta-est
him,	the oration	was	to (as an) evidence,	which	was found

in	domo	eius	post	mortem,	in	qua
in	the house	of him	after	(his) death,	in	which

suadet	Lacedaemoniis,	ut,	regia	potestate
he advises	to the Lacedemonians,	that,	royal	power

dissoluta,	dux	deligatur	ex	omnibus	ad
being dissolved,	a leader	may be chosen	out of	all	to

gerendum	bellum,	sed	ita	scripta,	ut	videretur	congruere
carrying on	war,	but	so	written,	that	it might seem	to agree

sententiae	deorum,	quam	ille	dubitabat	non	se
to the sentence	of the gods,	which	he	did doubt	not	himself

habiturum,	fidens	pecunia.	Cleon	Halicarnasseus
about to have,	trusting	in money.	Cleon	the Halicarnassian

dicitur	scripsisse	hanc	ei.
is said	to have written	this	to (for) him.

IV

Atque	hoc	loco	factum	Pharnabazi,	regii
And	in this	place	the deed	of Pharnabazus,	a royal

satrapis,	est	non	praetereundum.	Nam	quum	Lysander
satrap,	is	not	to be passed over.	For	when	Lysander

praefectus	classis	fecisset (sub.)	multa
commander	of the fleet	had done	many (things)

crudeliter	que	avare	in	bello,	que	suspicaretur (sub.)
cruelly	and	avariciously	in	war,	and	did suspect

perlatum-esse	ad	suos	cives	de	his	rebus,
(it) to have been reported	to	his	citizens	of	these	things,

petit	a	Pharnabazo,	ut	daret	sibi
he asked	from	Pharnabazus,	that	he would give	to (for) himself

testimonium	ad	ephoros,	quanta	sanctitate
testimony	to	the magistrates,	with how great	sanctity

gessisset (sub.)	bellum,	que	tractasset (sub.)	socios,
he had carried on	war,	and	had treated	the allies,

que	scriberet	accurate	de	ea	re;	enim
and	would write	carefully	of	that	thing;	for

auctoritatem	eius	futuram	magnam	in	ea	re.
the authority	of him	about to be	great	in	that	thing.

Ille	pollicetur	liberaliter	huic,	conscripsit	librum
He	promises	liberally	to him,	he composed	a book

gravem	multis	verbis,	in	quo	fert	eum
heavy	with many	words,	in	which	he extols	him

summis	laudibus.	Quum	legisset (sub.)	et
with highest	praises.	When	he had read	and

probasset (sub.)	quem,	dum	obsignatur,	subiecit
had approved of	which,	while	it is sealed,	he substituted

alterum	pari	magnitudine,	signatum,	ut
another	with equal	greatness,	sealed,	that

posset (sub.)	non	discerni,	in	quo	accusarat
it could	not	to be distinguished,	in	which	he had accused

accuratissime	avaritiam	que	perfidiam	eius.	Quum
most carefully	the avarice	and	treachery	of him.	When

Lysander	redisset (sub.)	hinc	domum,	postquam
Lysander	had returned	hence	home,	after that

dixerat	quae	voluerat	de	suis	rebus
he had said	what (things)	he had wished	of	his own	things

gestis	apud	maximum	magistratum,
carried on (exploits)	at (before)	the greatest	magistrate,

tradidit	librum	datum	a	Pharnabazo	loco
he delivered	the book	given	by	Pharnabazus	in place

testimonii.	Lysandro	summoto,	quum	ephori
of testimony.	Lysander	being removed,	when	the magistrates

cognossent (sub.)	hunc,	dederunt	ipsi	legendum.
had known (read)	this,	they gave (it)	to himself	to be read.

Ita	ille	imprudens	fuit	ipse	accusator	sui.
Thus	he	unknowing	was	himself	accuser	of himself.