§13Ἡρακλῆς τοῦ Ἰόλης γάμου ἀποτυχὼν τὴν Οἰχαλίαν ἐπόρθησεν.
Heracles, having failed to obtain Iole in marriage, sacked Oechalia.
ἡ δʼ Ἰόλη ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους ἔρριψεν ἑαυτήν.
And Iole threw herself from the wall.
συνέβη δέ, κολπωθείσης ὑπὸ ἀνέμου τῆς ἐσθῆτος, μηδὲν παθεῖν· καθάπερ ἱστορεῖ Νικίας Μαλλώτης.
But it happened that, her garment being puffed out by the wind, she suffered no harm; as Nicias of Mallus relates.
Ῥωμαῖοι πολεμοῦντες πρὸς Τούσκους ἐχειροτόνησαν Βασιλέως Τορκουᾶτον.
The Romans, making war against the Tuscans, elected Basileus Torquatus as general.
οὗτος θεασάμενος τοῦ βασιλέως τὴν θυγατέρα τοὔνομα Κλουσίαν ᾐτεῖτο παρὰ τοῦ Τούσκου τὴν θυγατέρα, μὴ τυχὼν δʼ ἐπόρθει τὴν πόλιν.
He, having seen the daughter of the king, Clusia by name, asked the Tuscan for his daughter, and not obtaining her, he proceeded to sack the city.
ἡ δὲ Κλουσία ἀπὸ τῶν πύργων ἔρριψεν ἑαυτήν· προνοίᾳ δʼ Ἀφροδίτης κολπωθείσης τῆς ἐσθῆτος, διεσώθη ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· ἣν ὁ στρατηγὸς διέφθειρε, καὶ τούτων πάντων ἕνεκα ἐξωρίσθη κοινῷ δόγματι ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων εἰς Κόρσικαν νῆσον πρὸ τῆς Ἰταλίας· ὡς Θεόφιλος ἐν τρίτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
And Clusia threw herself from the towers; but by the providence of Aphrodite, her garment being puffed out, she was saved on the ground; whom the general defiled, and on account of all these things, he was banished by a common decree of the Romans to the island of Corsica off Italy; as Theophilus relates in the third book of the Italian History.
; §14Ποινῶν καὶ Σικελιωτῶν τὴν κατὰ Ῥωμαίων συμμαχίαν ἑτοιμαζόντων, Μέτελλος στρατηγὸς μόνῃ τῇ Ἑστίᾳ οὐκ ἔθυσεν· ἡ δὲ πνεῦμα ἀντέπνευσε ταῖς ναυσί.
When the Carthaginians and the Sicilians were preparing their alliance against the Romans, Metellus the general sacrificed to all but Hestia alone; and she sent a contrary wind against his ships.
Γάιος δὲ Ἰούλιος μάντις εἶπε λωφῆσαι, ἐὰν προθύσῃ τὴν θυγατέρα.
And Gaius Julius the seer said that the storm would cease if he should sacrifice his daughter first.
ὁ δʼ ἀναγκασθεὶς Μετέλλαν τὴν θυγατέρα προσῆγεν ἡ δὲ Ἑστία ἐλεήσασα δάμαλιν ὑπέβαλε καὶ αὐτὴν ἐκόμισεν εἰς Λανούιον, καὶ ἱέρειαν τοῦ σεβομένου παρʼ αὐτοῖς δράκοντος ἀπέδειξεν ὡς Πυθοκλῆς ἐν τρίτῃ Ἰταλικῶν.
And he, being compelled, brought forward his daughter Metella; but Hestia, taking pity, substituted a heifer and conveyed her to Lanuvium, and appointed her priestess of the serpent worshipped among them; as Pythocles relates in the third book of the Italian History.
ἐν Αὐλίδι τῆς Βοιωτίας τὰ περὶ Ἰφιγένειαν ὁμοίως ἱστορεῖ Μένυλλος ἐν πρώτῳ Βοιωτιακῶν.
Menyllus relates similar things concerning Iphigenia in Aulis of Boeotia in the first book of the Boeotian History.
§15Βρέννος Γαλατῶν βασιλεὺς λεηλατῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐπὶ Ἔφεσον ἦλθε, καὶ ἠράσθη παρθένου Δημονίκης· ἡ δὲ συνελθεῖν ὑπέσχετο, ἐὰν τὰ ψέλλια καὶ τὸν κόσμον τῶν γυναικῶν δῷ αὐτῇ, καὶ τὴν Ἔφεσον προδοῦναι· ὁ δʼ ἠξίωσε τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς τὸν κόλπον ὃν εἶχον χρυσὸν τῆς φιλαργύρου.
Brennus, the king of the Gauls, plundering Asia, came to Ephesus, and fell in love with a maiden, Demonice; and she promised to consort with him and betray Ephesus, if he would give her the bracelets and the ornaments of the women; but he commanded his soldiers to cast into the lap of the avaricious woman the gold that they had.
ποιησάντων δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς δαψιλείας τοῦ χρυσοῦ ζῶσα κατεχώσθη· καθάπερ ἱστορεῖ Κλειτοφῶν ἐν πρώτῳ Γαλατικῶν.
And when they did so, she was buried alive under the abundance of the gold; as Clitophon relates in the first book of the Galatian History.
Ταρπηΐα τῶν εὐσχημόνων παρθένων τοῦ Καπιτωλίου φύλαξ, Ῥωμαίων πρὸς Σαβίνους πολεμούντων, ὑπέσχετο τῷ Τατίῳ δώσειν εἴσοδον εἰς τὸ Ταρπήιον ὄρος, ἐὰν μισθὸν λάβῃ τοὺς ὅρμους, οὓς ἐφόρουν κόσμου χάριν.
Tarpeia, one of the noble maidens and guardian of the Capitol, when the Romans were making war against the Sabines, promised to give Tatius entrance into the Tarpeian hill, if she should receive as reward the collars which they wore for ornament.
Σαβῖνοι δὲ νοήσαντες ζῶσαν κατέχωσαν ὡς Ἀριστείδης Μιλήσιος ἐν Ἰταλικοῖς.
But the Sabines, understanding her meaning, buried her alive; as Aristides the Milesian relates in the Italian History.
§16Τεγεάταις καὶ Φενεάταις χρονίου πολέμου γενομένου, ἔδοξε τριδύμους ἀδελφοὺς πέμψαι τοὺς μαχησομένους περὶ τῆς νίκης.
When a long war arose between the Tegeans and the Pheneans, it was resolved to send triplet brothers to fight for the victory.
καὶ Τεγεᾶται μὲν οὖν τοὺς Ῥηξιμάχου παῖδας, Φενεᾶται δὲ τοὺς Δημοστράτου προεβάλλοντο.
And so the Tegeans put forward the sons of Rheximachus, and the Pheneans those of Demostratus.
συμβληθείσης δὲ τῆς μάχης, ἐφονεύθησαν τῶν Ῥηξιμάχου δύο· ὁ δὲ τρίτος τοὔνομα α Κριτόλαος στρατηγήματι περιεγένετο τῶν δύο· προσποιητὴν γὰρ φυγὴν σκηψάμενος καθʼ ἕνα τῶν διωκόντων ἀνεῖλε.
And when the battle was joined, two of the sons of Rheximachus were slain; but the third, named Critolaus, overcame the two remaining enemies by a stratagem; for having feigned a flight, he slew his pursuers one by one.
καὶ ἐλθόντος οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι συνεχάρησαν, μόνη δʼ οὐκ ἐχάρη ἡ ἀδελφὴ ʼ Δημοδίκη· πεφονεύκει γὰρ αὐτῆς τὸν κατηγγυημένον ἄνδρα Δημόδικον.
And when he returned, the others rejoiced with him, but his sister Demodice alone did not rejoice; for he had slain her betrothed husband Demodicus.
ἀναξιοπαθήσας δὲ ὁ Κριτόλαος ἀνεῖλεν αὐτήν.
Critolaus, taking this ill, slew her.
φόνου δʼ ἀγόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς ἀπελύθη τοῦ ἐγκλήματος· ὡς Δημάρατος ἐν δευτέρῳ Ἀρκαδικῶν.
And being prosecuted for murder, he was acquitted of the charge by his mother; as Demaratus relates in the second book of the Arcadian History.
Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ Ἀλβανοὶ πολεμοῦντες τριδύμους προμάχους εἵλοντο, καὶ Ἀλβανοὶ μὲν Κουριατίους, Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ Ὡρατίους.
The Romans and the Albans, making war, chose triplet champions, and the Albans chose the Curiatii, and the Romans the Horatii.
συμβληθείσης δὲ τῆς μάχης, οἱ Κουριάτιοι δύο τῶν ἐναντίων ἀνεῖλον ὁ δὲ περίλοιπος φυγῇ προσποιητῇ συμμάχῳ χρώμενος ἐφόνευσε καθʼ ἕνα τῶν ἐπιδιωκόντων.
And when the battle was joined, the Curiatii slew two of their opponents; but the survivor, using a feigned flight as an ally, slew the pursuers one by one.
χαρέντων δὲ πάντων, μόνη ἡ ἀδελφὴ οὐ συνεχάρη Ὡρατία τὸν κατηγγυημένον ἄνδρα Κουριάτιον ἀνῃρηκότι· ὁ δὲ ἐφόνευσε τὴν ἀδελφήν· ὥς φησιν Ἀριστείδης ὁ Μιλήσιος ἐν Ἰταλικοῖς.
And while all rejoiced, his sister Horatia alone did not congratulate him, because he had slain her betrothed husband Curiatius; and he slew his sister; as Aristides the Milesian says in the Italian History.
§17ἐν ιλιι τοῦ ναοῦ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἐμπρησθέντος, προσδραμὼν Ἶλος τὸ. διοπετὲς ἥρπασε παλλάδιον καὶ ἐτυφλώθη· οὐ γάρ ἐξῆν ὑπʼ ἀνδρὸς βλέπεσθαι· ὕστερον δʼ ἐξιλασάμενος ἀνέβλεψεν ὡς Δέρκυλλος ἐν πρώτῳ Κτίσεων.
In Ilium, when the temple of Athena was burned, Ilus, running to it, snatched up the Palladium which had fallen from heaven, and was blinded; for it was not lawful for it to be seen by a man; but later, having propitiated the goddess, he recovered his sight; as Dercyllus relates in the first book of the Foundations.
Ἀντύλος ἀνὴρ τῶν ἐπισήμων πορευόμενος εἰς τὸ προάστειον ὑπὸ κοράκων ἐπεσχέθη παιόντων ταῖς πτέρυξι.
Antylus, a man of distinction, as he was going into the suburb, was hindered by crows striking him with their wings.
φοβηθεὶς δὲ τὸν οἰωνὸν εἰς Ῥώμην ὑπέστρεψεν.
And being afraid of the omen, he returned to Rome.
ἰδὼν δὲ τὸ τέμενος τῆς Ἑστίας καιόμενον καὶ τὸ παλλάδιον ἁρπάσας ἐτυφλώθη ὕστερον δʼ ἀνέβλεψεν ἐξιλασάμενος· ὡς Ἀριστείδης Μιλήσιος Ἰταλικοῖς.
And having seen the precinct of Hestia burning, and having snatched up the Palladium, he was blinded; but later, having propitiated the goddess, he recovered his sight; as Aristides the Milesian relates in the Italian History.
§18Θρᾶικες Ἀθηναίοις πολεμοῦντες χρησμὸν ἔλαβον, ὠς, ἐὰν Κόδρου φείσωνται, νικῆσαι·
The Thracians, making war against the Athenians, received an oracle that they would conquer if they spared Codrus.
ὁ δὲ δρέπανον λαβὼν ἧκεν εἰς τοὺς ἐναντίους ἐν εὐτελοῦς σχήματι, καὶ ἕνα φονεύσας ὑπὸ θατέρου ἀνῃρέθη· οὕτω τ’ ἐνίκησαν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι· ὡς Σωκράτης ἐν δευτέρῳ Θρᾳκικῶν.
But he, having taken a sickle, went into the midst of the enemies in a humble attire, and having slain one, was killed by another; and thus the Athenians conquered; as Socrates relates in the second book of the Thracian History.
Πόπλιος Δέκιος Ῥωμαῖος πρὸς Ἀλβανοὺς πολεμῶν ὄναρ εἶδεν, ἐὰν ἀποθάνῃ, ῥώμην προσποιήσειν Ῥωμαίοις.
Publius Decius, a Roman making war against the Albans, saw a dream that if he died, he would bring strength to the Romans.
ἐλθὼν εἰς μέσους καὶ πολλοὺς φονεύσας ἀνῃρέθη.
Having gone into the midst of them and having slain many, he was killed.
ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Δέκιος ἐν τῷ πρὸς Γάλλους πολέμῳ τοὺς Ῥωμαίους διέσῳσεν· ὡς Ἀριστείδης Μιλήσιος
And likewise his son Decius also saved the Romans in the war against the Gauls; as Aristides the Milesian relates.