§5.50.1ὡς δ’ οὐκ ἐσήκουον, αὖθις τάδε ἠξίουν, Λέπρεον μὲν μὴ ἀποδοῦναι, εἰ μὴ βούλονται, ἀναβάντας δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ὀλυμπίου, ἐπειδὴ προθυμοῦνται χρῆσθαι τῷ ἱερῷ, ἐπομόσαι ἐναντίον τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἦ μὴν ἀποδώσειν ὕστερον τὴν καταδίκην.
When they would not listen, the Eleans made a further proposal: they need not restore Lepreum if they did not wish to, but since they were eager to have access to the temple, they should go up to the altar of Olympic Zeus and swear in the presence of the Greeks that they would surely pay the fine later.
§5.50.2ὡς δὲ οὐδὲ ταῦτα ἤθελον, Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν εἴργοντο τοῦ ἱεροῦ [θυσίας καὶ ἀγώνων] καὶ οἴκοι ἔθυον, οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι Ἕλληνες ἐθεώρουν πλὴν Λεπρεατῶν.
But when they refused this as well, the Lacedaemonians were excluded from the temple [from the sacrifices and the games] and sacrificed at home, while the other Greeks attended the festival, with the exception of the Lepreans.
§5.50.3ὅμως δὲ οἱ Ἠλεῖοι δεδιότες μὴ βίᾳ θύσωσι, ξὺν ὅπλοις τῶν νεωτέρων φυλακὴν εἶχον· ἦλθον δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ Ἀργεῖοι καὶ Μαντινῆς, χίλιοι ἑκατέρων, καὶ Ἀθηναίων ἱππῆς, οἳ ἐν Ἁρπίνῃ ὑπέμενον τὴν ἑορτήν.
Nevertheless, the Eleans, fearing that they might offer sacrifice by force, kept a guard of their younger men under arms; and they were joined by the Argives and Mantineans, a thousand from each, and by the Athenian cavalry, who remained at Harpina during the festival.
§5.50.4δέος δ’ ἐγένετο τῇ πανηγύρει μέγα μὴ ξὺν ὅπλοις ἔλθωσιν οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, ἄλλως τε καὶ ἐπειδὴ καὶ Λίχας ὁ Ἀρκεσιλάου Λακεδαιμόνιος ἐν τῷ ἀγῶνι ὑπὸ τῶν ῥαβδούχων πληγὰς ἔλαβεν, ὅτι νικῶντος τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ζεύγους καὶ ἀνακηρυχθέντος Βοιωτῶν δημοσίου κατὰ τὴν οὐκ ἐξουσίαν τῆς ἀγωνίσεως προελθὼν ἐς τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀνέδησε τὸν ἡνίοχον, βουλόμενος δηλῶσαι ὅτι ἑαυτοῦ ἦν τὸ ἅρμα· ὥστε πολλῷ δὴ μᾶλλον ἐπεφόβηντο πάντες καὶ ἐδόκει τι νέον ἔσεσθαι.
A great fear arose in the assembly lest the Lacedaemonians should come with arms, especially after Lichas, the son of Arcesilaus, a Lacedaemonian, received blows from the rod-bearers in the course of the games. For when his chariot won and was proclaimed as belonging to the Boeotian state, because of the ban on his competing, he came forward into the course and bound a fillet on the charioteer, wishing to show that the chariot was his own; so that everyone was much more afraid and expected some revolution.
οἱ μέντοι Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἡσύχασάν τε καὶ ἡ ἑορτὴ αὐτοῖς οὕτω διῆλθεν.
The Lacedaemonians, however, remained quiet, and the festival passed off for them in this manner.
§5.50.5ἐς δὲ Κόρινθον μετὰ τὰ Ὀλύμπια Ἀργεῖοί τε καὶ οἱ ξύμμαχοι ἀφίκοντο δεησόμενοι αὐτῶν παρὰ σφᾶς ἐλθεῖν.
After the Olympic games, the Argives and their allies went to Corinth to request them to join their alliance.
καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων πρέσβεις ἔτυχον παρόντες, καὶ πολλῶν λόγων γενομένων τέλος οὐδὲν ἐπράχθη, ἀλλὰ σεισμοῦ γενομένου διελύθησαν ἕκαστοι ἐπ’ οἴκου.
It happened that Lacedaemonian envoys were also present, and after many discussions, nothing was achieved in the end, but on the occurrence of an earthquake they dispersed to their several homes.
καὶ τὸ θέρος ἐτελεύτα.
And the summer ended.