§37μετὰ τὴν Ἰλίου ἅλωσιν Ἀγαμέμνων μετὰ Κασάνδρας ἀνῃρέθη.
After the capture of Ilium, Agamemnon was slain along with Cassandra.
Ὀρέστης δὲ παρὰ Στροφίῳ ἀνατραφεὶς τοὺς φονεῖς τοῦ πατρὸς ἐτιμωρήσατο· ὡς Πύρανδρος ἐν τετάρτῳ Πελοποννησιακῶν.
Orestes, having been brought up at the house of Strophius, punished the murderers of his father; as Pyrandrus relates in the fourth book of the Peloponnesian History.
Φάβιος Φαβρικιανὸς τοῦ μεγάλου συγγενὴς Φαβίου, πορθήσας Τούξιον μητρόπολιν Σαυνιτῶν, τὴν παρʼ αὐτοῖς τιμωμένην νικηφόρον Ἀφροδίτην ἔπεμψεν εἰς Ῥώμην.
Fabius Fabricianus, a relative of the great Fabius, having sacked Tuxium, the metropolis of the Samnites, sent to Rome the Victorious Aphrodite who was honored among them.
τούτου γυνὴ Φαβία μοιχευθεῖσα ὑπό τινος εὐπρεποῦς νεανίου τοὔνομα Πετρωνίου Οὐαλεντίνου, τὸν ἄνδρα ἐδολοφόνησε.
His wife Fabia, having committed adultery with a comely youth, Petronius Valentinus by name, murdered her husband.
Φαβία δὲ θυγάτηρ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἔτι νήπιον Φαβρικιανὸν τῶν κινδύνων ἐρρύσατο καὶ ἔπεμψε κρύφα τραφησόμενον.
But his daughter Fabia rescued her brother Fabricianus, who was still an infant, from the dangers, and sent him away secretly to be brought up.
ἀκμάσας δὲ ὁ νεανίας τήν τε μητέρα καὶ τὸν μοιχὸν ἀπέκτεινε, καὶ ἀπελύθη ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου ὡς ἱστορεῖ Δοσίθεος ἐν τρίτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
When the youth reached manhood, he killed both his mother and her lover, and was acquitted by the senate; as Dositheus relates in the third book of the Italian History.
§38Βούσιρις, παῖς Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Ἀνίππης τῆς Νείλου, τοὺς παριόντας ὑπούλῳ φιλοξενίᾳ κατέθυε.
Busiris, son of Poseidon and Anippe the daughter of Nile, used to sacrifice those who passed by with a treacherous hospitality.
μετῆλθε δʼ αὐτὸν ἡ τῶν τετελευτηκότων νέμεσις· Ἡρακλῆς γὰρ ἐπιτεθεὶς τῷ ῥοπάλῳ διεχρήσατο· ὡς Ἀγάθων Σάμιος.
But the retribution of the deceased overtook him; for Heracles, having attacked him, dispatched him with his club; as Agathon of Samos relates.
Ἡρακλῆς τὰς Γηρυόνου βοῦς ἐλαύνων διʼ Ἰταλίας ἐπεξενώθη Φαύνῳ βασιλεῖ, ὃς ἦν Ἑρμοῦ παῖς καὶ τοὺς ξένους τῷ γεννήσαντι ἔθυεν· ἐπιχειρήσας δὲ τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ ἀνῃρέθη· ὡς Δέρκυλλος ἐν τρίτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
Heracles, driving Geryon's cattle through Italy, was hosted by King Faunus, who was the son of Hermes and sacrificed strangers to his progenitor; but having made an attempt on Heracles, he was killed; as Dercyllus relates in the third book of the Italian History.
§39Φάλαρις Ἀκραγαντίνων τύραννος ἀποτόμως τοὺς παριόντας ξένους ἐστρέβλου καὶ ἐκόλαζε.
Phalaris, tyrant of the Agrigentines, harshly tortured and punished the strangers who passed by.
Πέριλλος δὲ τῇ τέχνῃ χαλκουργὸς δάμαλιν κατασκευάσας χαλκῆν ἔδωκε τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὡς ἂν τοὺς ξένους κατακαίῃ ζῶντας ἐν αὐτῇ·
Perillus, a coppersmith by trade, having constructed a bronze heifer, gave it to the king, so that he might burn the strangers alive in it.
ὁ δὲ μόνον τότε γενόμενος δίκαιος αὐτὸν ἐνέβαλεν.
But he, becoming just on that occasion only, threw him in.
ἐδόκει ι δὲ μυκηθμὸν ἀναδιδόναι ἡ δάμαλις· ὡς ἐν δευτέρῳ Αἰτίων.
And the heifer seemed to emit a lowing; as is told in the second book of the Causes.
ἐν Ἀιγέστηι πόλει τῆς Σικελίας ἐγένετό τις ὠμὸς τύραννος Αἰμίλιος Κενσωρῖνος.
In Aegesta, a city of Sicily, there was a certain cruel tyrant, Aemilius Censorinus.
οὗτος τοὺς καινότερα βασανιστήρια κατασκευάσαντας ἐδωροδόκει.
He used to reward those who invented newer instruments of torture.
εἷς δέ τις Ἀρούντιος Πατέρκουλος δημιουρ γήσας ἵππον χαλκοῦν τῷ προειρημένῳ δῶρον ἔδωκεν, ʼἵν’ ἐμβάλλῃ ἀστούς.
A certain Aruntius Paterculus, having crafted a bronze horse, gave it as a gift to the aforementioned man, so that he might throw citizens into it.
ὁ δὲ τότε πρῶτον νομίμως ἀναστραφεὶς τὸν χαρισάμενον πρότερον ἔβαλεν ὡς ἄν, ἣν ἐπενόησε βάσανον ἄλλοις, αὐτὸς πάθῃ πρῶτος.
But he, then for the first time behaving lawfully, threw in the donor first, so that he himself might be the first to suffer the torture which he had devised for others.
τοῦτον συλλαβὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ταρπηίου ὄρους ἔρριψε.
Having seized him, he threw him from the Tarpeian rock.
καὶ δοκοῦσιν οἱ ἀποτόμως βασιλεύσαντες ἀπʼ ἐκείνου Αἰμίλιοι προσαγορεύεσθαι· ὡς Ἀριστείδης ἐν τετάρτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
And it is thought that those who ruled harshly are called Aemilii after him; as Aristides relates in the fourth book of the Italian History.
§40εὔηνος Ἄρεος καὶ Στερόπης τὴν Οἰνομάου γήμας Ἀλκίππην ἐγέννησε θυγατέρα Μάρπησσαν, ἣν παρθένον ἐφρούρει.
Evenus, son of Ares and Sterope, having married Alcippe the daughter of Oenomaus, begot a daughter Marpessa, whom he guarded as a virgin.
καὶ Ἴδας ὁ Ἀφαρέως ἀρπάσας ἐκ χοροῦ ἔφυγεν.
And Idas, the son of Aphareus, having snatched her from a dance, fled.
ὁ δὲ πατὴρ διώξας καὶ μὴ συλλαβὼν εἰς τὸν Λυκόρμαν ἔρριψεν ἑαυτὸν ποταμὸν καὶ ἀθάνατος ἐγένετο ὡς Δοσίθεος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰτωλικῶν.
But the father, having pursued and not caught them, threw himself into the river Lycormas and became immortal; as Dositheus relates in the first book of the Aetolian History.
Ἄννιος δὲ Τούσκων βασιλεὺς ἔχων θυγατέρα εὔμορφον τοὔνομα Σαλίαν, παρθένον ἐτήρει.
Annius, king of the Tuscans, having a beautiful daughter, Salia by name, kept her as a virgin.
Κάθητος δʼ ἐκ τῶν ἐπισήμων ἰδὼν τὴν παρθένον παίζουσαν ἠράσθη, καὶ μὴ στέγων τὸν ἔρωτα ἥρπασε καὶ ἦγεν εἰς Ῥώμην.
And Cathetus, one of the prominent men, having seen the maiden playing, fell in love, and not restraining his love, snatched her and led her to Rome.
ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ἐπιδιώξας καὶ μὴ συλλαβὼν ἥλατο εἰς τὸν Παρεούσιον ποταμόν, ὃς Ἀνίων μετωνομάσθη·
And the father, having pursued and not caught them, leaped into the river Pareusius, which was renamed Anio.
τῇ δὲ Σαλίᾳ συγγενόμενος Κάθητος ἐποιήσατο Λατῖνον καὶ Σάλιον, ἀφʼ ὧν οἱ εὐγενέστατοι κατῆγον τὸ γένος· ὡς Ἀριστείδης Μιλήσιος καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Πολυΐστωρ ἐν τρίτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
And Cathetus, having united with Salia, begot Latinus and Salius, from whom the most noble families traced their descent; as Aristides of Miletus and Alexander Polyhistor relate in the third book of the Italian History.
§41Ἡγησίστρατος ἀνὴρ Ἐφέσιος ἐμφύλιον φόνον δράσας ἔφυγεν εἰς Δελφοὺς καὶ ἠρώτα τὸν θεὸν ποῦ οἰκήσειεν.
Hegesistratus, an Ephesian man, having committed a murder of a kinsman, fled to Delphi and asked the god where he should dwell.
ὁ δʼ Ἀπόλλων ἀνεῖλεν ἔνθα ἂν ἴδῃ χορεύοντας ἀγροίκους θαλλοῖς ἐλαίας ἐστεφανωμένους.
And Apollo prophesied: wherever he should see rustics dancing, crowned with olive branches.
γενόμενος δὲ κατά τινα τόπον τῆς Ἀσίας καὶ θεασάμενος φύλλοις ἐλαίας ἐστεφανωμένους γεωργοὺς καὶ χορεύοντας, ἔκτισεν αὐτοῦ πόλιν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἐλαιοῦντα· ὡς Πυθοκλῆς ὁ Σάμιος ἐν τρίτῳ Γεωργικῶν.
And having arrived at a certain place in Asia, and having beheld farmers crowned with olive leaves and dancing, he founded a city there and called it Elaeus; as Pythocles of Samos relates in the third book of the Georgics.
Τηλέγονος Ὀδυσσέως καὶ Κίρκης ἐπʼ ἀναζήτησιν τοῦ πατρὸς πεμφθεὶς ἔμαθε πόλιν κτίσαι, ἔνθα ἂν ἴδῃ γεωργοὺς ἐστεφανωμένους καὶ χορεύοντας.
Telegonus, son of Odysseus and Circe, having been sent in search of his father, was told to found a city where he should see farmers crowned and dancing.
γενόμενος δὲ κατά τινα τόπον τῆς Ἰταλίας καὶ θεασάμενος ἀγροίκους πρινίνοις κλάδοις ἐστεφανωμένους καὶ ὀρχήσει προσευκαιροῦντας, ἔκτισε πόλιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ συγκυρήματος Πρίνιστον ὀνομάσας, ἣν Ῥωμαῖοι παραγώγως Πραίνεστον καλοῦσιν· ὡς ἱστορεῖ πελ Ἀριστοκλῆς ἐν τρίτῳ Ἰταλικῶν.
And having arrived at a certain place in Italy, and having beheld rustics crowned with holm-oak branches and devoting their leisure to dancing, he founded a city, naming it Priniston from the coincidence, which the Romans by derivation call Praeneste; as Aristocles relates in the third book of the Italian History.