第 9 节
作者:青词      更新:2022-07-12 16:19      字数:9322
  hen; they acted on these lines; and they destroyed the professional accusers  and those mischievous and evil…minded persons who; to the great  detriment of the democracy; had attached themselves to it in order to curry  favour with it。 With all of this the city was much pleased; and thought that the Thirty were doing it with the best of motives。 But so soon  as they had got a firmer hold on the city; they spared no class of citizens; but put to death any persons who were eminent for wealth or birth or character。 Herein they aimed at removing all whom they had reason to fear; while they also wished to lay hands on their  possessions; and in a short time they put to death not less than fifteen hundred persons。
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  Theramenes; however; seeing the city thus falling into ruin; was displeased with their proceedings; and counselled them to cease such unprincipled conduct and let the better classes have a share in the government。 At first they resisted his advice; but when his proposals came to be known abroad; and the masses began to associate themselves with him; they were seized with alarm lest he should make himself the leader of the people and destroy their despotic power。 Accordingly they drew up a list of three thousand citizens; to whom they announced that they would give a share in the constitution。 Theramenes; however; criticized this scheme also; first on the ground that; while proposing to give all respectable citizens a share in the constitution; they were actually giving it only to three thousand persons; as though all merit were confined within that number; and secondly because they were doing two inconsistent things; since they made the government rest on the basis of  force; and yet made the governors inferior in strength to the governed。 However; they took no notice of his criticisms; and for a long time put off the publication of the list of the Three Thousand and kept to themselves the names of those who had been placed upon it; and every time they did decide to publish it they proceeded to strike out some of those who had been included in it; and insert others who had been omitted。
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  Now when winter had set in; Thrasybulus and the exiles occupied Phyle; and the force which the Thirty led out to attack them met with a reverse。 Thereupon the Thirty decided to disarm the  bulk of the population and to get rid of Theramenes; which they did in the following way。 They introduced two laws into the Council; which they commanded it to pass; the first of them gave the Thirty  absolute power to put to death any citizen who was not included in the list of the Three Thousand; while the second disqualified all persons from participation in the franchise who should have assisted in the demolition of the fort of Eetioneia; or have acted in any way against the Four Hundred who had organized the previous oligarchy。 Theramenes had done both; and accordingly; when these laws were ratified; he became excluded from the franchise and the Thirty had full power to put him to death。 Theramenes having been thus removed; they disarmed all the people except the Three Thousand; and in every respect showed a great advance in cruelty and crime。 They also sent ambassadors to Lacedaemonian to blacken the character of Theramenes and to ask for help; and the Lacedaemonians; in answer to their appeal; sent Callibius as military governor with about seven hundred troops; who came and occupied the Acropolis。
  Part 38
  These events were followed by the occupation of Munichia by the exiles from Phyle; and their victory over the Thirty and their partisans。 After the fight the party of the city retreated; and next day they held a meeting in the marketplace and deposed the  Thirty; and elected ten citizens with full powers to bring the war to a termination。 When; however; the Ten had taken over the  government they did nothing towards the object for which they were elected; but sent envoys to Lacedaemonian to ask for help and to borrow money。 Further; finding that the citizens who possessed the franchise were displeased at their proceedings; they were afraid lest they should be deposed; and consequently; in order to strike terror into them (in which design they succeeded); they arrested Demaretus; one of the most eminent citizens; and put him to death。 This gave  them a firm hold on the government; and they also had the support of  Callibius and his Peloponnesians; together with several of the Knights; for some of the members of this class were the most zealous among the citizens to prevent the return of the exiles from Phyle。 When; however; the party in Piraeus and Munichia began to gain the upper hand in the war; through the defection of the whole populace to them; the party in the city deposed the original Ten; and elected another Ten; consisting of men of the highest repute。 Under their administration; and with their active and zealous cooperation; the treaty of reconciliation was made and the populace returned to the city。 The most prominent members of this board were Rhinon of Paeania and Phayllus of Acherdus; who; even before the arrival of Pausanias; opened negotiations with the party in Piraeus; and after his arrival seconded his efforts to bring about the return of the exiles。 For it was Pausanias; the king of the Lacedaemonians; who brought the peace and reconciliation to a fulfillment; in conjunction with the ten commissioners of arbitration who arrived later from Lacedaemonian; at his own earnest request。 Rhinon and his colleagues received a vote of thanks for the goodwill shown  by them to the people; and though they received their charge under an oligarchy and handed in their accounts under a democracy; no one; either of the party that had stayed in the city or of the exiles that had returned from the Piraeus; brought any complaint against them。 On the contrary; Rhinon was immediately elected general on  account of his conduct in this office。
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  This reconciliation was effected in the archonship of Eucleides; on the following terms。 All persons who; having remained in the city during the troubles; were now anxious to leave it; were to be free to settle at Eleusis; retaining their civil rights and  possessing full and independent powers of self…government; and with the free  enjoyment of their own personal property。 The temple at Eleusis should  be common ground for both parties; and should be under the superintendence of the Ceryces; and the Eumolpidae; according to primitive custom。 The settlers at Eleusis should not be allowed to enter Athens; nor the people of Athens to enter Eleusis; except at the season of the mysteries; when both parties should be free from these restrictions。 The secessionists should pay their share to the fund for the common defence out of their revenues; just like all the other Athenians。 If any of the seceding party wished to take a house in Eleusis; the people would help them to obtain the consent of the owner;  but if they could not come to terms; they should appoint three valuers on either side; and the owner should receive whatever price they  should appoint。 Of the inhabitants of Eleusis; those whom the secessionists wished to remain should be allowed to do so。 The list of those who  desired to secede should be made up within ten days after the taking of  the oaths in the case of persons already in the country; and their actual departure should take place within twenty days; persons at  present out of the country should have the same terms allowed to them after their return。 No one who settled at Eleusis should be capable of holding any office in Athens until he should again register  himself on the roll as a resident in the city。 Trials for homicide;  including all cases in which one party had either killed or wounded another; should be conducted according to ancestral practice。 There  should be a general amnesty concerning past events towards all persons except the Thirty; the Ten; the Eleven; and the magistrates in Piraeus; and these too should be included if they should submit their accounts in the usual way。 Such accounts should be given by the magistrates in Piraeus before a court of citizens rated in Piraeus; and by the magistrates in the city before a court of those rated in the city。 On these terms those who wished to do so might secede。 Each party was to repay separately the money which it had borrowed for the war。 Part 40
  When the reconciliation had taken place on these terms; those who had fought on the side of the Thirty felt considerable apprehensions; and a large number intended to secede。 But as they put off entering their names till the last moment; as people will do; Archinus; observing their numbers; and being anxious to retain them as citizens; cut off the remaining days during which the list should have remained open; and in this way many persons were  compelled to remain; though they did so very unwillingly until they recovered confidence。 This is one point in which Archinus appears to have acted in a most statesmanlike manner; and another was his subsequent prosecution of Thrasybulus on the charge of illegality; for a motion by which he proposed to confer the franchise on all who had  taken part in the return from Piraeus; although some of them were no