§20.1ἐκ τούτου τῶν Ἀθηναίων τὸ ἀριστεῖον οὐ παραδιδόντων τοῖς Σπαρτιάταις οὐδὲ τρόπαιον ἱστάναι συγχωρούντων ἐκείνοις, παρʼ οὐδὲν ἂν ἦλθεν εὐθὺς ἀπολέσθαι τὰ πράγματα τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις διαστάντων, εἰ μὴ πολλὰ παρηγορῶν καὶ διδάσκων τοὺς συστρατήγους ὁ Ἀριστείδης, μάλιστα δὲ Λεωκράτη καὶ Μυρωνίδην, ἔσχε καὶ συνέπεισε τὴν κρίσιν ἐφεῖναι τοῖς Ἕλλησιν. §20.2ἐνταῦθα βουλευομένων τῶν Ἑλλήνων Θεογείτων μὲν ὁ Μεγαρεὺς εἶπεν, ὡς ἑτέρᾳ πόλει δοτέον εἴη τὸ ἀριστεῖον, εἰ μὴ βούλονται συνταράξαι πόλεμον ἐμφύλιον·
After this, since the Athenians would not cede the prize of valor to the Spartans, nor permit them to erect a trophy, the affairs of the Greeks, who were divided in arms, came within a hair's breadth of immediate ruin, had not Aristides, by greatly soothing and instructing his fellow-generals, especially Leocrates and Myronides, restrained them and persuaded them to refer the decision to the Greeks. Thereupon, while the Greeks were deliberating, Theogeiton the Megarian said that the prize of valor ought to be given to another city, if they did not wish to stir up a civil war.
ἐπὶ τούτῳ δʼ ἀναστὰς Κλεόκριτος ὁ Κορίνθιος δόξαν μὲν παρέσχεν ὡς Κορινθίοις αἰτήσων τὸ ἀριστεῖον· ἦν γὰρ ἐν ἀξιώματι μεγίστῳ μετὰ τὴν Σπάρτην καὶ τὰς Ἀθήνας ἡ Κόρινθος·
Upon this, Cleocritus the Corinthian rose up, and gave the impression that he was going to ask for the prize for the Corinthians; for Corinth was in the highest estimation next to Sparta and Athens.
εἶπε δὲ πᾶσιν ἀρέσαντα καὶ θαυμαστὸν λόγον ὑπὲρ Πλαταιέων, καὶ συνεβούλευσε τὴν φιλονεικίαν ἀνελεῖν ἐκείνοις τὸ ἀριστεῖον ἀποδόντας, οἷς οὐδετέρους τιμωμένοις ἄχθεσθαι. §20.3ῥηθέντων δὲ τούτων πρῶτος μὲν Ἀριστείδης συνεχώρησεν ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἀθηναίων, ἔπειτα Παυσανίας ὑπὲρ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων.
But he spoke a wonderful words on behalf of the Plataeans, which pleased everyone, and advised them to do away with their rivalry by giving the prize of valor to those at whose being honored neither of the two parties would be displeased. When these words had been spoken, first Aristides agreed on behalf of the Athenians, and then Pausanias on behalf of the Lacedaemonians.
οὕτω δὲ διαλλαγέντες ἐξεῖλον ὀγδοήκοντα τάλαντα τοῖς Πλαταιεῦσιν, ἀφʼ ὧν τὸ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἀνῳκοδόμησαν ἱερὸν καὶ τὸ ἕδος ἔστησαν καὶ γραφαῖς τὸν νεὼν διεκόσμησαν, αἳ μέχρι νῦν ἀκμάζουσαι διαμένουσιν, ἔστησαν δὲ τρόπαιον ἰδίᾳ μὲν Λακεδαιμόνιοι, χωρὶς δʼ Ἀθηναῖοι. §20.4περὶ δὲ θυσίας ἐρομένοις αὐτοῖς ἀνεῖλεν ὁ Πύθιος Διὸς ἐλευθερίου βωμὸν ἱδρύσασθαι, θῦσαι δὲ μὴ πρότερον ἢ τὸ κατὰ τὴν χώραν πῦρ ἀποσβέσαντας ὡς ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων μεμιασμένον ἐναύσασθαι καθαρὸν ἐκ Δελφῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κοινῆς ἑστίας.
Having thus been reconciled, they set apart eighty talents for the Plataeans, with which they rebuilt the temple of Athena, set up her statue, and adorned the temple with paintings, which remain in their full luster even to this day; and the Lacedaemonians erected a trophy by themselves, and the Athenians separately. When they inquired concerning the sacrifice, the Pythian god answered that they should erect an altar of Zeus the Deliverer, but that they should not offer sacrifice until they had extinguished the fire throughout the land, as having been polluted by the barbarians, and had kindled a pure fire from the common hearth at Delphi.
οἱ μὲν οὖν ἄρχοντες τῶν Ἑλλήνων περιιόντες εὐθὺς ἠνάγκαζον ἀποσβεννύναι τὰ πυρὰ πάντα τοὺς χρωμένους, ἐκ δὲ Πλαταιέων Εὐχίδας ὑποσχόμενος ὡς ἐνδέχεται τάχιστα κομιεῖν τὸ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πῦρ ἧκεν εἰς Δελφούς. §20.5ἁγνίσας δὲ τὸ σῶμα καὶ περιρρανάμενος ἐστεφανώσατο δάφνῃ· καὶ λαβὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ βωμοῦ τὸ πῦρ δρόμῳ πάλιν εἰς τὰς Πλαταιὰς ἐχώρει καὶ πρὸ ἡλίου δυσμῶν ἐπανῆλθε, τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμέρας χιλίους σταδίους κατανύσας.
Accordingly, the commanders of the Greeks went about and immediately compelled all those who used fire to extinguish it; while Euchidas of Plataea, having promised to bring the fire from the god as quickly as possible, went to Delphi. Having purified his body and sprinkled himself with water, he crowned himself with laurel; and taking the fire from the altar, he hastened back running to Plataea, and returned before sunset, having traversed a thousand stadia on the same day.
ἀσπασάμενος δὲ τοὺς πολίτας καὶ τὸ πῦρ παραδοὺς εὐθὺς ἔπεσε καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν ἐξέπνευσεν.
Having saluted his fellow-citizens and delivered the fire, he immediately fell down and shortly after expired.
ἀγάμενοι δʼ αὐτὸν οἱ Πλαταιεῖς ἔθαψαν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῆς Εὐκλείας Ἀρτέμιδος, ἐπιγράψαντες τόδε τὸ τετράμετρον· "
Εὐχίδας Πυθῶδε θρέξας ἦλθε τᾷδʼ αὐθημερόν. " §20.6τὴν δʼ Εὔκλειαν οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ καὶ καλοῦσι καὶ νομίζουσιν Ἄρτεμιν, ἔνιοι δέ φασιν Ἡρακλέους μὲν θυγατέρα καὶ Μυρτοῦς γενέσθαι, τῆς Μενοιτίου μὲν θυγατρός, Πατρόκλου δʼ ἀδελφῆς, τελευτήσασαν δὲ παρθένον ἔχειν παρά τε Βοιωτοῖς καὶ Λοκροῖς τιμάς.
The Plataeans, admiring him, buried him in the temple of Artemis Eukleia, and inscribed this tetrameter: "Euchidas, having run to Pytho, returned here on the very same day." Most people indeed call and believe Eukleia to be Artemis, but some say she was the daughter of Heracles and Myrto, the daughter of Menoetius and sister of Patroclus, and that dying a virgin, she is held in honor among the Boeotians and Locrians.
βωμὸς γὰρ αὐτῇ καὶ ἄγαλμα κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀγορὰν ἵδρυται, καὶ προθύουσιν αἵ τε γαμούμεναι καὶ οἱ γαμοῦντες.
For her altar and statue are established in every marketplace, and both brides and bridegrooms offer preliminary sacrifices to her.