§19Κυάνιππος γένει Συρακούσιος μόνῳ Διονύσῳ οὐκ ἔθυεν·
Cyanippus, a Syracusan by birth, sacrificed to all but Dionysus alone.
ὁ δὲ θεὸς ὀργισθεὶς μέθην ἐνέσκηψε, καὶ ἐν τόπῳ σκοτεινῷ τὴν θυγατέρα ἐβιάσατο Κυάνην·
The god, being angry, inflicted drunkenness upon him, and in a dark place he violated his daughter Cyane.
ἡ δὲ τὸν δακτύλιον περιελομένη ἔδωκε τῇ τροφῷ ἐσόμενον ἀναγνώρισμα.
She, taking off his ring, gave it to her nurse to be a token of recognition hereafter.
λοιμωξάντων δὲ καὶ τοῦ Πυθίου εἰπόντος μὲν δεῖν τὸν ἀσεβῆ τροπαίοις θεοῖς σφαγιάσαι, τῶν δʼ ἄλλων ἀγνοούντων τὸν χρησμόν, γνοῦσα ἡ Κυάνη καὶ ἐπιλαβομένη τῶν τριχῶν εἷλκε, καὶ αὐτὴ κατασφάξασα τὸν πατέρα ἑαυτὴν ἐπέσφαξε· καθάπερ Δοσίθεος ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ Σικελικῶν.
When a plague broke out and the Pythian oracle said that they must sacrifice the impious one to the gods who avert evil, and while the others did not know the oracle, Cyane, understanding it, grabbed her father by the hair and dragged him, and having slaughtered him, she killed herself upon him; as Dositheus relates in the third book of the Sicilian History.
τῶν Διονυσίων ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ἀγομένων Ἀρούντιος ἐκ γενετῆς ὑδροπότης ἐξουδένιζε τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ δύναμιν ὁ δὲ μέθην ἐνέβαλε, καὶ ἐβιάσατο τὴν θυγατέρα Μεδουλλίναν.
When the Dionysia was being celebrated in Rome, Aruntius, a water-drinker from birth, despised the power of the god. The god inflicted drunkenness upon him, and he violated his daughter Medullina.
ἡ δὲ ἐκ δακτυλίου γνοῦσα τὸ γένος καὶ πρεσβύτερα τῆς ἡλικίας φρονήσασα, μεθύσασα τὸν πατέρα καὶ στεφανώσασα ἤγαγεν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν τῆς Ἀστραπῆς καὶ δακρύσασα ἀνεῖλε τὸν ἐπίβουλον τῆς παρθενίας· ὡς Ἀριστείδης ἐν τρίτῃ Ἰταλικῶν.
She, knowing the perpetrator from the ring and having conceived a resolution beyond her years, made her father drunk, crowned him, led him to the altar of Thunder, and weeping, slew the plotter against her virginity; as Aristides relates in the third book of the Italian History.
§20Ἐρεχθεὺς πρὸς Εὔμολπον πολεμῶν ἔμαθε νικῆσαι, ἐὰν τὴν θυγατέρα προθύσῃ, καὶ συγκοινωνήσας τῇ γυναικὶ Πραξιθέᾳ προέθυσε τὴν παῖδα.
Erechtheus, making war against Eumolpus, learned that he would conquer if he should sacrifice his daughter first, and having agreed with his wife Praxithea, he sacrificed the child.
μέμνηται Εὐριπίδης ἐν Ἐρεχθεῖ.
Euripides mentions this in the Erechtheus.
Μάριος πρὸς Κίμβρους πόλεμον ἔχων καὶ ἡττώμενος ὄναρ εἶδεν ὅτι νικήσει, ἐὰν τὴν θυγατέρα προθύσῃ·
Marius, having war against the Cimbri and being defeated, saw a dream that he would conquer if he should sacrifice his daughter first.
ἦν δʼ αὐτῷ Καλπουρνία· προκρίνας δὲ τῆς φύσεως τοὺς πολίτας ἔδρασε καὶ ἐνίκησε.
He had a daughter Calpurnia; and preferring the citizens to natural affection, he did so and conquered.
καὶ ἔτι καὶ νῦν βωμοὶ εἰσὶ δύο ἐν Γερμανίᾳ, οἳ κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν ἦχον σαλπίγγων ἀποπέμπουσιν ὡς Δωρόθεος ἐν τετάρτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
And even now there are two altars in Germany which at that time send forth the sound of trumpets; as Dorotheus relates in the fourth book of the Italian History.
§21Κυάνιππος τῷ γένει Θετταλὸς ἐπὶ θήραν συνεχῶς ἐξῄει·
Cyanippus, a Thessalian by birth, went out continually for hunting.
ἡ δὲ νεόνυμφος αὐτοῦ ὑπολαβοῦσα διὰ τὸ πολλάκις ἐν ὕλαις μένειν συνήθειαν ἔχειν μεθʼ ἑτέρας, κατʼ ἴχνος ἠκολούθησε τῷ Κυανίππῳ· καὶ ἔν τινι κατακρυβεῖσα συνδένδρῳ, τὸ μέλλον ἀπεκαραδόκει.
His newly-wedded wife, suspecting that because of his frequent staying in the woods he had intimacy with another woman, followed on Cyanippus's track; and having hidden herself in a certain dense thicket, she watched for what would happen.
τῶν δὲ κλάδων σεισθέντων οἱ κύνες θηρίον εἶναι δόξαντες ὥρμησαν καὶ τὴν φίλανδρον ἀλόγου δίκην ζῴου διεσπάραξαν.
When the branches were shaken, the dogs, thinking it was a wild beast, rushed and tore the husband-loving wife to pieces like a rational-less animal.
ὁ δὲ Κυάνιππος τῆς ἀνελπίστου πράξεως αὐτόπτης γενόμενος ἑαυτὸν ἀπέσφαξεν· ὡς Παρθένιος ὁ ποιητής.
Cyanippus, becoming an eyewitness of the unexpected deed, slew himself; as Parthenius the poet relates.
ἐν Συβάρει πόλει τῆς Ἰταλίας νέος περίβλεπτος τὸ κάλλος Αἰμίλιος φιλοκύνηγος ἦν ἡ δὲ νεόνυμφος δόξασα ἑτέρᾳ συνεῖναι εἰσῄει εἰς τὴν νάπην.
In the city of Sybaris in Italy, Aemilius, a youth of conspicuous beauty, was fond of hunting. His newly-wedded wife, thinking he was with another, went into the glen.
τῶν δὲ δένδρων σεισθέντων, οἱ κύνες ἐπιδραμόντες διέσπασαν· ὁ δὲ ἐπέσφαξεν ἑαυτόν· ὡς Κλειτώνυμος ἐν δευτέρῳ Συβαριτικῶν.
When the trees were shaken, the dogs rushed and tore her to pieces; and he slew himself; as Cleitonymus relates in the second book of the Sybaritica.
§22σμύρνα Κινύρου θυγάτηρ διὰ μῆνιν Ἀφροδίτης ἠράσθη τοῦ γεννήσαντος, καὶ τῇ τροφῷ τὴν ἀνάγκην τοῦ ἔρωτος ἐδήλωσεν·
Smyrna, the daughter of Cinyras, because of the wrath of Aphrodite, fell in love with her parent, and declared to her nurse the necessity of her love.
ἡ δὲ δόλῳ ὑπῆγε τὸν δεσπότην ἔφη γὰρ γείτονα παρθένον ἐρᾶν αὐτοῦ καὶ αἰσχύνεσθαι ἐν φανερῷ προσιέναι.
She by deceit brought the master; for she said that a neighboring maiden loved him and was ashamed to approach him openly.
ὁ δὲ συνῄει.
He went with her.
ποτὲ δὲ θελήσας τὴν ἐρῶσαν μαθεῖν φῶς ᾔτησεν, ἰδὼν δὲ ξιφήρης τὴν ἀσελγεστάτην ἐδίωκεν.
But once, wishing to learn who loved him, he asked for a light, and seeing her, pursued the most impious girl with a sword.
ἡ δὲ κατὰ πρόνοιαν Ἀφροδίτης εἰς ὁμώνυμον δένδρον μετεμορφώθη· καθὰ Θεόδωρος ἐν ταῖς Μεταμορφώσεσιν.
She, by the providence of Aphrodite, was transformed into the tree of the same name; as Theodorus relates in the Metamorphoses.
Οὐαλερία Τουσκλαναρία κατὰ μῆνιν Ἀφροδίτης ἐρασθεῖσα Οὐαλερίου τοῦ πατρὸς τῇ τροφῷ ἀνειοίνωσεν·
Valeria Tusclanaria, because of the wrath of Aphrodite, falling in love with her father Valerius, made it known to her nurse.
ἡ δὲ τὸν δεσπότην δόλῳ ὑπῆλθεν, εἰποῦσα ὡς αἰδεῖται κατʼ ὅφιν μίσγεσθαι, τῶν τε γειτόνων εἶναι τινα παρθένον.
She by deceit approached the master, saying that she was ashamed to mingle face to face, and that she was a certain maiden of the neighbors.
καὶ οἰνωθεὶς ὁ πατὴρ ᾔτει φῶς, ἡ δὲ τροφὸς φθάσασα διήγειρεν, ἥτις ἐπὶ τὰς ἀγροικίας ᾔει ἐγκύμων τυγχάνουσα·
And the father, being drunk, asked for a light, but the nurse, anticipating him, raised her, who went to the countryside being pregnant.
ποτὲ δὲ κατὰ κρημνῶν ἐνεχθείσης, τὸ βρέφος ἔζη·
And once, when she was carried down the cliffs, the infant lived.
κατιοῦσα δʼ ἐγκύμων κατέστη καὶ εἰς τὸν ὡρισμένον χρόνον ἐγέννησεν Αἰγίπανα, κατὰ τὴν Ῥω - μαίων φωνὴν Σιλουᾶνον.
She came down pregnant and safe, and at the appointed time gave birth to Aegipan, in the Roman tongue Silvanus.
ὁ δὲ Οὐαλέριος ἀθυμήσας κατὰ τῶν αὐτῶν ἔρριψε κρημνῶν ὡς Ἀριστείδης Μιλήσιος ἐν τρίτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
And Valerius, being despondent, threw himself down the same cliffs; as Aristides the Milesian relates in the third book of the Italian History.
§23μετὰ τὴν Ἰλίου πόρθησιν ἐξεβράσθη Διομήδης εἰς Λιβύην, ἔνθα Λύκος ἦν βασιλεὺς ἔθος ἔχων τοὺς ξένους Ἄρει τῷ πατρὶ θύειν.
After the sacking of Ilium, Diomedes was cast out to Libya, where Lycus was king, who had the custom of sacrificing strangers to his father Ares.
Καλλιρρόη δὲ ἡ θυγάτηρ ἐρασθεῖσα Διομήδους τὸν πατέρα προέδωκε, καὶ τὸν Διομήδην ἔσῳσε λύσασα τῶν δεσμῶν ὁ δὲ ἀμελήσας τῆς εὐεργέτιδος ἀπέπλευσεν ἡ δὲ βρόχῳ ἐτελεύτησεν ὡς Ἰόβας ἐν τρίτῃ Λιβυκῶν.
And Callirhoe, his daughter, falling in love with Diomedes, betrayed her father and saved Diomedes by releasing him from his bonds. But he, neglecting his benefactress, sailed away; and she ended her life by a noose; as Juba relates in the third book of the Libyan History.
Καλπούρνιος Κράσσος ἀνὴρ τῶν ἐπισήμων, Ῥηγούλῳ συστρατευόμενος, ἐπέμφθη εἰς Μασσύλους πορθήσων φρούριόν τι δυσάλωτον τοὔνομα Γαραίτιον.
Calpurnius Crassus, a man of distinction, serving with Regulus, was sent to the Massyli to sack a certain fortress difficult to capture, Garaetium by name.
αἰχμάλωτος δὲ ληφθεὶς ἔμελλε θύεσθαι τῷ Κρόνῳ.
Being taken prisoner, he was about to be sacrificed to Cronus.
Βισαλτία δέ, τοῦ βασιλέως θυγάτηρ, ἐρασθεῖσα προέδωκε τὸν πατέρα καὶ νικηφόρον ἐκεῖνον ἐποίησεν.
And Bisaltia, the daughter of the king, falling in love, betrayed her father and made him victorious.
ἀναστρέψαντος δʼ αὐτοῦ, ἡ κόρη κατέσφαξεν ἑαυτὴν ὡς Ἡσιάναξ ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν.
When he returned, the girl slaughtered herself; as Hesianax relates in the third book of the Libyan History.