Cornelii Nepotis Vitae (Hamilton)/Timotheus

by Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

Vitae (Editio Interlinearis Latina-Anglica Ad Modum Hamiltonii)

XIII. Timotheus

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

XII. Chabrias	XIV. Datames

I

Timotheus,	filius	Cononis	Atheniensis.	Hic
Timotheus,	son of	Conon,	the Athenian.	He

auxit	gloriam	acceptam	a	patre	multis
increased	the glory	received	from	father	with many

virtutibus.	Enim	fuit	disertus,	impiger,	laboriosus,
virtues.	For	he was	eloquent,	active,	laborious,

peritus	militaris	rei,	neque	minus	civitatis
skilled	of military	affair,	nor	less	of the state

regendae.	Multa	huius	facta-sunt	praeclare,
to be ruled.	Many (things)	of him	were done	splendidly,

sed	haec	maxime	illustria.	Subegit
but	these	(are) most	illustrious.	He subdued

Olynthios	et	Byzantios	bello.	Cepit
the Olynthians	and	Byzantians	in war.	He took

Samum,	in	qua	oppugnanda	superiore	bello
Samos,	in	which	to be besieged	in former	war

Athenienses	consumpserant	mille	et	ducenta
the Athenians	had consumed	a thousand	and	two hundred

talenta.	Ille	restituit	id	populo	sine	ulla
talents.	He	restored	that	to the people	without	any

publica	impensa:	gessit	bella	adversus	Cotum,
public	cost:	he carried on	wars	against	Cotus,

que	retulit	ab	eo	mille	et	ducenta
and	brought back	from	him	a thousand	and	two hundred

talenta	praedae	in	publicum.	Liberavit
talents	of booty	into	the public (treasury).	He delivered

Cyzicum	obsidione.	Profectus-est	cum	Agesilao
Cyzicus	from siege.	He set out	with	Agesilaus

auxilio	Ariobarzani;	a	quo	quum
to assistance	of Ariobarzanus;	from	whom	when

Laco	accepisset (sub.)	pecuniam	numeratam,	ille
the Spartan	had received	money	counted,	he

maluit	suos	cives	augeri	agro
rather chose	his own	citizens	to be increased	with land

atque	urbibus,	quam	sumere	id,	cuius
and	cities,	than	to take	that,	of which

posset	ferre	partem	suam	domum.
he might be able	to carry	part	(to) his own	home.

Itaque	accepit	Crithoten	et	Sestum.
Therefore	he received	Crithote	and	Sestus.

II

Idem	praefectus	classi,	circumvehens
The same	being appointed	to fleet,	sailing round

Peloponnesum,	populatus	Laconicen,	fugavit
Peloponnesus,	having plundered	Laconica,	routed

classem	eorum.	Redegit	Corcyram	sub
the fleet	of them.	He reduced	Corcyra	under

imperium	Atheniensium;	que	idem	adiunxit
the command	of the Athenians;	and	the same	joined

socios	Epirotas,	Athamanas,	Chaonas,	que
(as) allies	the Epirots,	Athamanians,	Chaonians,	and

omnes	eas	gentes,	quae	adiacent	illud	mare.
all	those	nations,	which	lie near to	that	sea.

Quo	facto,	Lacedaemonii	destiterunt	de	diutina
Which	being done,	the Lacedemonians	desisted	from	long

contentione,	et	sua	sponte	concesserunt
contention,	and	by their own	accord	yielded

Atheniensibus	principatum	maritimi	imperii,	que
to the Athenians	the chiefdom	of maritime	power,	and

constituerunt	pacem	his	legibus,	ut
settled	peace	with these	laws,	that

Athenienses	essent	duces	mari.	Quae	victoria
the Athenians	should be	leaders	by sea.	Which	victory

fuit	tantae	laetitiae	Atticis,	ut	tum	primum
was	to so great	joy	to the Athenians,	that	then	first

arae	factae-sint (sub.)	publice	PACI,	que	pulvinar
altars	were made	publicly	to PEACE,	and	a shrine

institutum-sit	ei	deae.	Ut	memoria
was appointed	to that	goddess.	That	the remembrance

cuius	laudis	maneret,	posuerunt	statuam
of which	praise	might remain,	they placed	a statue

Timotheo	in	foro	publice;	qui	honos
to Timotheus	in	the forum	publicly;	which	honour

contigit	huic	uni	ante	hoc	tempus,	ut,
happened	to him	alone	before	this	time,	that,

quum	populus	posuisset (sub.)	statuam	patri,
when	the people	had placed	a statue	to the father,

daret (sub.)	filio	quoque.	Sic	recens
it did give (one)	to the son	also.	Thus	the new (statue)

filii,	posita	iuxta,	renovavit	veterem
of the son,	placed	nigh,	renewed	the old

memoriam	patris.
remembrance	of the father.

III

Quum	hic	esset (sub.)	magno	natu,	et
When	he	was	in great	age,	and

desisset (sub.)	gerere	magistratus,	Athenienses
had ceased	to carry on	magistracies,	the Athenians

coepti-sunt	premi	undique	bello.	Samus
began	to be pressed	on every side	with war.	Samos

defecerat;	Hellespontus	descierat;	Philippus
had revolted;	the Hellespont	had fallen away;	Philip

[Macedo]	iam-tunc	valens	moliebatur
[the Macedonian]	already	powerful	did attempt

multa;	cui	quum	Chares	oppositus-esset (sub.),
many (things);	to whom	when	Chares	had been opposed,

satis	praesidii	putabatur	non	in	eo.
enough	of defence	was thought	not	in	him.

Menestheus,	filius	Iphicratis,	gener	Timothei,
Menestheus,	son	of Iphicrates,	son-in-law	of Timotheus,

fit	praetor,	et	decernitur,	ut
is made	commander,	and	it is decreed,	that

proficiscatur	ad	bellum.	Duo,	pater	et
he may set out	to	the war.	Two,	father	and

socer,	praestantes	usu	que	sapientia,
father-in-law,	excelling	in experience	and	in wisdom,

dantur	huic	in	consilium,	consilio	quorum
are given	to him	unto	counsel,	advice	of whom

uteretur,	quod	tanta	auctoritas	erat	in
he might use,	because	so great	authority	was	in

his,	ut	magna	spes	esset (sub.)	amissa
these,	that	great	hope	was	the lost (things)

posse	recuperari	per	eos.	Quum	hi
to be able	to be recovered	through	them.	When	these

profecti-essent (sub.)	Samum,	et	Chares,	adventu
had set out	(to) Samos,	and	Chares,	the arrival

[illorum]	cognito,	proficisceretur (sub.)	eodem
[of them]	being known,	did set out	to the same place

cum	suis	copiis,	ne	quid	videretur (sub.)
with	his own	forces,	lest	any (thing)	might seem

gestum,	se	absente,	accidit,	quum
carried on,	himself	being absent,	it happened,	when

appropinquarent (sub.)	ad	insulam,	ut	magna
they did approach	to	the island,	that	a great

tempestas	oriretur (sub.),	quam	duo	veteres
storm	did rise,	which	the two	old

imperatores	arbitrati	utile	evitare,	suppresserunt
commanders	having thought	useful	to shun,	stopped

suam	classem.	At	ille,	usus	temeraria	ratione,
their	fleet.	But	he,	having used	rash	plan,

cessit	non	auctoritati	maiorum	natu,
yielded	not	to the authority	of greaters	by birth (of his elders),

et,	ut	si	fortuna	esset	in
and,	as	if	fortune	might be	in

sua	navi,	pervenit	quo	contenderat,	que
his own	ship,	he arrived	whither	he had endeavoured,	and

misit	nuntium	ad	Timotheum	et	Iphicratem,	ut
sent	a message	to	Timotheus	and	Iphicrates,	that

sequerentur	eodem.	Hinc,	re
they should follow	to the same place.	Hence,	the thing

gesta	male,	compluribus	navibus	amissis,
being carried on	badly,	several	ships	being lost,

recepit	se	eodem,	unde	profectus-erat,
he betook	himself	to the same place,	whence	he had set out,

que	misit	litteras	Athenas	publice,	fuisse
and	sent	a letter	(to) Athens	publicly,	to have been

proclive	sibi	capere	Samum,	nisi
easy	to himself	to take	Samos,	unless

desertus-esset (sub.)	a	Timotheo	et	Iphicrate.
he had been deserted	by	Timotheus	and	Iphicrates.

[Ob	eam	rem	vocabantur	in	crimen.]
[For	this	thing	they were called	into	accusation.]

Populus	acer,	suspicax,	mobilis,	adversarius,
The people	sharp,	suspicious,	inconstant,	adverse,

etiam	invidus	potentiae,	revocat	domum:
also	envious	of power,	recalls	(them) home:

accusantur	proditionis.	Hoc	iudicio
they are accused	of treachery.	By this	judgment

Timotheus	damnatur,	que	lis	eius
Timotheus	is condemned,	and	the fine	of him

aestimatur	centum	talentis.	Ille,	coactus
is valued	at a hundred	talents.	He,	forced

odio	ingratae	civitatis,	contulit
by the hatred	of the ungrateful	state,	betook

se	Chalcidem.
himself	(to) Chalcis.

IV

Post	mortem	huius,	quum	poeniteret (sub.)
After	the death	of him,	when	it did repent

populum	sui	iudicii,	detraxit	novem	partes
the people	of its	judgment,	it withdrew	nine	parts

multae,	et	iussit	filium	eius	Cononem
of the fine,	and	ordered	the son	of him	Conon

dare	decem	talenta	ad	quamdam	partem
to give	ten	talents	to	a certain	part

muri	reficiendam.	In	quo	varietas
of the wall	to be repaired.	In	whom	the mutability

fortunae	est	animadversa.	Nam	nepos,
of fortune	is	observed.	For	the grandson,

cum	summa	ignominia	familiae,	coactus-est
with	highest	reproach	of family,	was compelled

reficere	ex	sua	familiari	re
to repair	out of	his own	family	thing (property)

eosdem	muros,	quos	avus	Conon
the same	walls,	which	(his) grandfather	Conon

restituerat	patriae	ex	praeda	hostium.
had restored	to country	out of	the booty	of enemies.

Autem	quum	possimus	proferre	pleraque
But	when	we may be able	to produce	many

testimonia	moderatae	que	sapientis	vitae
evidences	of the moderate	and	wise	life

Timothei,	erimus	contenti	uno,	quod
of Timotheus,	we shall be	content	with one,	because

ex	eo	poterit	coniici,	quam
from	it	it will be able	to be conjectured,	how

carus	fuerit (sub.)	suis.	Quum
dear	he was	to his own (friends).	When

adolescentulus	diceret (sub.)	caussam	Athenis,
a youth	he did speak (plead)	cause	at Athens,

non	solum	amici	que	privati	hospites	convenerunt
not	only	friends	and	private	guests	came together

ad	defendendum	eum,	sed	etiam	in	eis	Iason
to	defending	him,	but	even	among	them	Jason

tyrannus,	qui	illo	tempore	fuit	potentissimus
king,	who	in that	time	was	most powerful

omnium.	Hic	quum	arbitraretur (sub.)	se
of all.	He	when	he did think	himself

non	tutum	in	patria	sine	satellitibus,
not	safe	in	his own country	without	attendants,

venit	Athenas	sine	ullo	praesidio,	que
came	(to) Athens	without	any	guard,	and

fecit	hospitem	tanti,	ut
made	(his) guest	of so much (account),	that

mallet	adire	periculum	capitis,	quam
he would rather	to go to (encounter)	danger	of head,	than

deesse	Timotheo	dimicanti	de
to be wanting	to Timotheus	contending	concerning

fama.	Tamen	postea,	iussu	populi,
fame.	However	afterwards,	by order	of people,

Timotheus	gessit	bellum	adversus	hinc,	que
Timotheus	carried on	war	against	him,	and

duxit	iura	patriae	esse	sanctiora,
led (esteemed)	the rights	of country	to be	more sacred,

quam	hospitii.	Haec	fuit	extrema	aetas
than	of hospitality.	This	was	the last	age

Atheniensium	imperatorum,	Iphicratis,	Chabriae,
of Athenian	generals,	of Iphicrates,	of Chabrias,

Timothei,	neque,	post	obitum	illorum,	fuit
of Timotheus,	nor,	after	the death	of them,	was

quisquam	dux	in	illa	urbe	dignus	memoria.
any	general	in	that	city	worthy	with (of) remembrance.