§4.150.1μέχρι μέν νυν τούτου τοῦ λόγου Λακεδαιμόνιοι Θηραίοισι κατὰ ταὐτὰ λέγουσι, τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου μοῦνοι Θηραῖοι ὧδε γενέσθαι λέγουσι.
Now, up to this point in the story, the Lacedaemonians agree in their account with the Theraeans, but from this point on, the Theraeans alone relate that things happened as follows.
§4.150.2Γρῖννος ὁ Αἰσανίου ἐὼν Θήρα τούτου ἀπόγονος καὶ βασιλεύων Θήρης τῆς νήσου ἀπίκετο ἐς Δελφούς, ἄγων ἀπὸ τῆς πόλιος ἑκατόμβην· εἵποντο δέ οἱ καὶ ἄλλοι τῶν πολιητέων καὶ δὴ καὶ Βάττος ὁ Πολυμνήστου, ἐὼν γένος Εὐφημίδης τῶν Μινυέων.
Grinnus the son of Aesanius, being a descendant of this Theras and king of the island of Thera, came to Delphi bringing a hecatomb from the city; and there followed him others of the citizens, and in particular Battus the son of Polymnestus, who was by descent a descendant of Euphemus of the Minyae.
§4.150.3χρεωμένῳ δὲ τῷ Γρίννῳ τῷ βασιλέι τῶν Θηραίων περὶ ἄλλων χρᾷ ἡ Πυθίη κτίζειν ἐν Λιβύη πόλιν.
When Grinnus, the king of the Theraeans, was consulting the oracle about other matters, the Pythia gave him an oracle to found a city in Libya.
ὁ δὲ ἀμείβετο λέγων
ἐγὼ μὲν ὦναξ πρεσβύτερός τε ἤδη εἰμὶ καὶ βαρὺς ἀείρεσθαι· σὺ δὲ τινὰ τῶνδε τῶν νεωτέρων κέλευε ταῦτα ποιέειν. ἅμα τε ἔλεγε ταῦτα καὶ ἐδείκνυε ἐς τὸν Βάττον.
And he answered, saying: "O king, I am already somewhat old and heavy to raise myself; do you command one of these younger men here to do this." As he said this, he pointed at Battus.
§4.150.4τότε μὲν τοσαῦτα.
At that time, so much was done.
μετὰ δὲ ἀπελθόντες ἀλογίην εἶχον τοῦ χρηστηρίου, οὔτε Λιβύην εἰδότες ὅκου γῆς εἴη οὔτε τολμῶντες ἐς ἀφανὲς χρῆμα ἀποστέλλειν ἀποικίην.
But afterwards, having departed, they paid no attention to the oracle, since they neither knew where in the world Libya was, nor did they dare to send out a colony into an uncertain venture.