§34Θησεὺς ταῖς ἀληθείαις παῖς Ποσειδῶνος, ἔχων δὲ ἐξ Ἱππολύτης Ἀμαζόνος Ἱππόλυτον, ἐπέγημε μητρυιὰν Φαίδραν τὴν Μίνωος, ἥτις τοῦ προγόνου εἰς ἐπιθυμίαν ἐμπεσοῦσα τὴν τροφὸν ἔπεμψεν·
Theseus, who was in truth the son of Poseidon, having Hippolytus from Hippolyta the Amazon, married as stepmother Phaedra, the daughter of Minos. She, having fallen into desire for her stepson, sent her nurse.
ὁ δὲ καταλείψας Ἀθήνας καὶ εἰς Τροιζῆνα παραγενόμενος κυνηγεσίαις προσανέκειτο.
But he, having left Athens and arrived in Troezen, devoted himself to hunting.
τῆς δὲ προαιρέσεως ἡ ἀσελγὴς ἀποτυχοῦσα ψευδεῖς κατὰ τοῦ σώφρονος ἐπιστολὰς ἐχάραξε καὶ βρόχῳ τὸ ζῆν ἀνήρτησε.
Having failed in her purpose, the wanton woman wrote a false letter against the chaste youth and ended her life by a noose.
Θησεὺς δὲ πιστεύσας ᾐτήσατο παρὰ Ποσειδῶνος ἀπολέσθαι τὸν Ἱππόλυτον, ἐκ τῶν τριῶν εὐχῶν ἃς εἶχε παρʼ αὐτοῦ.
Theseus, believing it, asked Poseidon for the destruction of Hippolytus, as one of the three wishes he had from him.
ὁ δὲ παρʼ αἰγιαλὸν ἐπὶ ἅρματος τυχόντι ταῦρον ἔπεμψε καὶ ἐπτόησε τοὺς ἵππους, οἳ συνέτριψαν τὸν Ἱππόλυτον.
And Poseidon sent a bull to him as he happened to be on his chariot by the shore, and terrified the horses, which crushed Hippolytus.
Κομμίνιος Σοῦπερ Λαυρεντῖνος ἔχων υἱὸν ἐξ Ἐγερίας νύμφης Κομμίνιον ἐπήγαγε μητρυιὰν Γινδίκαν·
Comminius Super, a Laurentine, having a son Comminius from Egeria the nymph, brought in Gindica as stepmother.
ἥτις ἐρασθεῖσα τοῦ προγόνου καὶ ἀποτυχοῦσα βρόχῳ κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον, ἐπιστολὰς καταλείψασα ψευδεῖς·
She, having fallen in love with her stepson and having failed, ended her life by a noose, leaving a false letter.
. ὁ δὲ Κομμίνιος ἀναγνοὺς τὰ ἐκγλήματα καὶ τῷ ζήλῳ πιστεύσας ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν Ποσειδῶνα.
Comminius, having read the accusations and believing because of his jealousy, called upon Poseidon.
ὁ δὲ τῷ παιδὶ ἐπὶ ἅρματος ὀχουμένῳ ταῦρον ἔδειξε, καὶ οἱ ἵπποι τὸν νέον σύραντες ἀπώλεσαν ὡς Δοσίθεος ἐν τρίτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
And he showed a bull to the boy as he was riding on his chariot, and the horses, dragging the youth, destroyed him; as Dositheus relates in the third book of the Italian History.
§35λοιμοῦ κατασχόντος Λακεδαίμονα, ἔχρησεν ὁ θεὸς παύσασθαι, ἐὰν παρθένον εὐγενῆ κατὰ ἔτος θύωσιν Ἑλένης δέ ποτε κληρωθείσης καὶ προαχθείσης κεκοσμημένης, ἀετὸς καταπτὰς ἥρπασε τὸ ξίφος καὶ ἐς τὰ βουκόλια κομίσας ἐπὶ δάμαλιν καθῆκεν· ὅθεν ἀπέσχοντο τῆς παρθενοκτονίας· ὡς Ἀριστόδημος ἐν τρίτῃ μυθικῇ συναγωγῇ.
When a plague seized Lacedaemon, the god gave an oracle that it would cease if they sacrificed a noble maiden every year. Once, when Helen had been chosen by lot and brought forward adorned, an eagle flew down, snatched the sword, and carrying it to the herds of cattle, let it fall upon a heifer; whence they abstained from maiden-sacrifice; as Aristodemus relates in the third book of the Mythological Collection.
λοιμοῦ κατασχόντος Φαλερίους καὶ φθορᾶς γενομένης, χρησμὸς ἐδόθη λωφῆσαι τὸ δεινόν, ἐὰν παρθένον τῇ Ἥρᾳ θύωσιν κατʼ ἐνιαυτόν.
When a plague seized Falerii and destruction occurred, an oracle was given that the dread event would abate if they sacrificed a maiden to Juno every year.
ἀεὶ δὲ τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας μενούσης κατὰ κλῆρον λαχομένη Οὐαλερία Λουπέρκα σπασαμένη τὸ ξίφος, ἀετὸς καταπτὰς ἥρπασε καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐμπύρων ἔθηκε ῥάβδον μικρὰν ἔχουσαν σφῦραν, τὸ δὲ ξίφος ἐπέβαλε δαμάλει τινὶ παρὰ τὸν ναὸν βοσκομένῃ.
While the superstition always remained, Valeria Luperca, who had been chosen by lot, drew the sword, when an eagle flew down, snatched it, and placed upon the burning altar a small rod having a hammer, while it dropped the sword upon a heifer grazing near the temple.
νοήσασα δὲ ἡ παρθένος καὶ τὴν βοῦν θύσασα καὶ τὴν σφῦραν ἄρασα, κατʼ οἰκίαν περιῆλθε, καὶ τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας ἠρέμα πλήττουσα διήγειρεν, ἐρρῶσθαι ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ λέγουσα.
The maiden, understanding, and having sacrificed the cow and taken up the hammer, went around from house to house, and gently striking the sick, raised them, telling each one to be of good health.
ὅθεν καὶ νῦν τὸ μυστήριον τελεῖται· ὡς Ἀριστείδης ἐν ἐννεακαιδεκάτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
Whence even now the mystery is performed; as Aristides relates in the nineteenth book of the Italian History.
§36Φυλονόμη Νυκτίμου καὶ Ἀρκαδίας θυγάτηρ ἐκυνήγει σὺν τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι· Ἄρης δʼ ἐν σχήματι ποιμένος ἔγκυον ἐποίησεν.
Phylonome, daughter of Nyctimus and Arcadia, used to hunt with Artemis; but Ares, in the guise of a shepherd, made her pregnant.
ἡ δὲ τεκοῦσα διδύμους παῖδας καὶ φοβουμένη τὸν πατέρα ἔρριψεν εἰς τὸν Ἐρύμανθον.
Having given birth to twin boys and fearing her father, she threw them into the Erymanthus.
οἱ δὲ κατὰ πρόνοιαν ἀκινδύνως περιφερόμενοι προσηνέχθησαν ἐν κοίλῃ δρυΐ·
But they, being carried along without danger through divine providence, were brought to a hollow oak tree.
λύκαινα δʼ ἐμφωλεύουσα τοὺς μὲν ἰδίους σκύμνους εἰς τὸν ῥοῦν ἔρριψε, τοῖς δὲ βρέφεσι θηλὴν παρέσχε, Γύλιφος δὲ ποιμὴν αὐτόπτης γενόμενος καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τοὺς παῖδας ὡς ἰδίους ἔθρεψε, τὸν μὲν καλέσας Λύκαστον τὸν δὲ Παρράσιον, τοὺς διαδεξαμένους τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν Ἀρκάδων ὡς Ζώπυρος Βυζάντιος ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ Ἱστορικῶν.
A she-wolf nesting there threw her own cubs into the stream, and offered her teat to the infants. Gyliphus, a shepherd, having become an eyewitness, took up the children and raised them as his own, calling one Lycastus and the other Parrhasius, who succeeded to the kingship of the Arcadians; as Zopyrus of Byzantium relates in the third book of the History.
Ἀμούλιος πρὸς Νομίτορα τὸν ἀδελφὸν τυραννικῶς διακείμενος, τὸν μὲν υἱὸν Αἴνιτον ἐπὶ κυνηγίᾳ ἀνεῖλε, τὴν δὲ θυγατέρα Σιλουίαν ἢ Ἰλίαν τῆς Ἥρας ἱέρειαν ἐποιήσατο.
Amulius, being tyrannically disposed towards his brother Numitor, killed his son Aenitus on a hunt, and made his daughter Silvia or Ilia a priestess of Hera.
ταύτην Ἄρης ἐγκύμονα ποιεῖ· ἡ δʼ ἔτεκε διδύμους, ὡμολόγησέ τε τῷ τυράννῳ τὴν ἀλήθειαν.
Ares made her pregnant; she gave birth to twins, and confessed the truth to the tyrant.
ὁ δὲ φοβηθεὶς ἀμφοτέρους κατεπόντισε, βαλὼν παρὰ τὰς ὄχθας τοῦ Θύμβρεως.
He, being afraid, drowned them both, throwing them near the banks of the Thymbris.
οἱ δὲ προσηνέχθησαν ἐν τόπῳ, ἔνθα λύκαινα ἦν φωλεύουσα νεοτόκος· καὶ τοὺς μὲν σκύμνους ἔρριψε, τὰ δὲ βρέφη ἔτρεφε.
They were brought to a place where a she-wolf, having recently given birth, had her lair; and she threw away her own cubs, and nourished the infants.
Φαῦστος δὲ ποιμὴν αὐτόπτης γενόμενος τοὺς παῖδας ἀνέθρεψε, καὶ τὸν μὲν Ῥῶμον τὸν δὲ Ῥωμύλον προσηγόρευσε, τοὺς κτίστας Ῥώμης ὡς Ἀριστείδης Μιλήσιος ἐν τοῖς Ἰταλικοῖς.
Faustus, a shepherd, having become an eyewitness, raised the children and called one Remus and the other Romulus, the founders of Rome; as Aristides of Miletus relates in the Italian History.