§3.52.1τέλος δὲ ὁ Περίανδρος κήρυγμα ἐποιήσατο, ὃς ἂν ἢ οἰκίοισι ὑποδέξηταί μιν ἢ προσδιαλεχθῇ, ἱρὴν ζημίην τοῦτον τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ὀφείλειν, ὅσην δὴ εἴπας.
At last Periander made a proclamation, that whoever should either receive him into their houses or speak with him should owe a sacred fine to Apollo, naming the amount.
§3.52.2πρὸς ὦν δὴ τοῦτο τὸ κήρυγμα οὔτε τίς οἱ διαλέγεσθαι οὔτε οἰκίοισι δέκεσθαι ἤθελε· πρὸς δὲ οὐδὲ αὐτὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐδικαίου πειρᾶσθαι ἀπειρημένου, ἀλλὰ διακαρτερέων ἐν τῇσι στοῇσι ἐκαλινδέετο.
In consequence of this proclamation, no one was willing either to speak with him or to receive him into their houses; and furthermore, he himself did not think it right to make the attempt since it had been forbidden, but holding out with endurance he went loitering about in the porticoes.
§3.52.3τετάρτῃ δὲ ἡμέρῃ ἰδών μιν ὁ Περίανδρος ἀλουσίῃσί τε καὶ ἀσιτίῃσι συμπεπτωκότα οἴκτειρε· ὑπεὶς δὲ τῆς ὀργῆς ἤιε ἆσσον καὶ ἔλεγε
ὦ παῖ, κότερα τούτων αἱρετώτερα ἐστί, ταῦτα τὸ νῦν ἔχων πρήσσεις, ἢ τὴν τυραννίδα καὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ τὰ νῦν ἐγὼ ἔχω, ταῦτα ἐόντα τῷ πατρὶ ἐπιτήδεον παραλαμβάνειν,
But on the fourth day, seeing him wasted with washing not and eating not, Periander felt pity for him; and relaxing his anger he went near and said: "My son, which of these is more desirable: that which you are now doing in your present state, or to receive the tyranny and the goods which I now possess, by being dutiful to your father?
§3.52.4ὃς ἐὼν ἐμός τε παῖς καὶ Κορίνθου τῆς εὐδαίμονος βασιλεὺς ἀλήτην βίον εἵλευ, ἀντιστατέων τε καὶ ὀργῇ χρεώμενος ἐς τόν σε ἥκιστα ἐχρῆν.
You, who are my son and the king of prosperous Corinth, have chosen a beggar's life by resisting and showing anger against whom you least ought to.
εἰ γάρ τις συμφορὴ ἐν αὐτοῖσι γέγονε, ἐξ ἧς ὑποψίην ἐς ἐμὲ ἔχεις, ἐμοί τε αὕτη γέγονε καὶ ἐγὼ αὐτῆς τὸ πλεῦν μέτοχος εἰμί, ὅσῳ αὐτός σφεα ἐξεργασάμην.
For if any misfortune has occurred among us, because of which you have suspicion towards me, this has occurred to me as well, and I have the greater share in it, inasmuch as I myself brought it about.
§3.52.5σὺ δὲ μαθὼν ὅσῳ φθονέεσθαι κρέσσον ἐστὶ ἢ οἰκτείρεσθαι, ἅμα τε ὁκοῖόν τι ἐς τοὺς τοκέας καὶ ἐς τοὺς κρέσσονας τεθυμῶσθαι, ἄπιθι ἐς τὰ οἰκία. §3.52.6Περίανδρος μὲν τούτοισι αὐτὸν κατελάμβανε· ὁ δὲ ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν ἀμείβεται τὸν πατέρα, ἔφη δέ μιν ἱρὴν ζημίην ὀφείλειν τῷ θεῷ ἑωυτῷ ἐς λόγους ἀπικόμενον.
Do you then, having learned how much better it is to be envied than to be pitied, and at the same time what it is to be angry with parents and with those who are stronger than you, go back to your home." With these words Periander tried to constrain him; but the lad made no other answer to his father, but said that he owed a sacred fine to the god for having enter into conversation with him.
μαθὼν δὲ ὁ Περίανδρος ὡς ἄπορόν τι τὸ κακὸν εἴη τοῦ παιδὸς καὶ ἀνίκητον, ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν μιν ἀποπέμπεται στείλας πλοῖον ἐς Κέρκυραν· ἐπεκράτεε γὰρ καὶ ταύτης·
Then Periander, perceiving that the malady of his son was hopeless and incurable, sent him out of his sight, dispatching a ship to Corcyra; for he was ruler of that island too.
§3.52.7ἀποστείλας δὲ τοῦτον ὁ Περίανδρος ἐστρατεύετο ἐπὶ τὸν πενθερὸν Προκλέα ὡς τῶν παρεόντων οἱ πρηγμάτων ἐόντα αἰτιώτατον, καὶ εἷλε μὲν τὴν Ἐπίδαυρον, εἷλε δὲ αὐτὸν Προκλέα καὶ ἐζώγρησε.
And having sent him away, Periander made war upon his father-in-law Procles, as being the chief cause of his present troubles; and he took Epidaurus, and he took Procles himself and made him prisoner.