§9.65Ἀγρέα καὶ Νόμιον, τοῖς δʼ Ἀρισταῖον καλεῖν.
to be called Agreus and Nomios by some, and Aristaeus by others.
§9.66ὣς ἄρʼ εἰπὼν ἔντυεν τερπνὰν γάμου κραίνειν τελευτάν.
Thus having spoken, he urged him to bring to pass the sweet end of the marriage.
And swift, when gods are already eager, is the deed, and the paths are short.
κεῖνο κεῖνʼ ἆμαρ διαίτασεν· θαλάμῳ δὲ μίγεν §9.69ἐν πολυχρύσῳ Λιβύας· ἵνα καλλίσταν πόλιν §9.70ἀμφέπει κλεινάν τʼ ἀέθλοις.
That very day decided it; and they lay together in the gold-filled chamber of Libya, where she guards a most beautiful city, famous in athletic contests.
§9.71καί νυν ἐν Πυθῶνί νιν ἀγαθέᾳ Καρνειάδα §9.72υἱὸς εὐθαλεῖ συνέμιξε τύχᾳ· §9.73ἔνθα νικάσαις ἀνέφανε Κυράναν, ἅ νιν εὔφρων δέξεται, §9.74καλλιγύναικι πάτρᾳ §9.75δόξαν ἱμερτὰν ἀγαγόντʼ ἀπὸ Δελφῶν.
And now, in sacred Pytho, the son of Carneades has joined her with blooming fortune, where by winning he brought Cyrene to light, she who will receive him with a kindly mind, as he brings to his fatherland of beautiful women desirable glory from Delphi.
Great achievements are always accompanied by many words; but to adorn a few things among many is a thing for the wise to hear.
ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὁμοίως §9.79παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν.
But opportunity, in like manner, holds the crown of everything.
ἔγνον ποτὲ καὶ Ἰόλαον §9.80οὐκ ἀτιμάσαντά νιν ἑπτάπυλοι Θῆβαι· τόν, Εὐρυσθῆος ἐπεὶ κεφαλὰν §9.81ἔπραθε φασγάνου ἀκμᾷ, κρύψαν ἔνερθʼ ὑπὸ γᾶν διφρηλάτα Ἀμφιτρύωνος §9.82σάματι, πατροπάτωρ ἔνθα οἱ Σπαρτῶν ξένος §9.83κεῖτο, λευκίπποισι Καδμείων μετοικήσαις ἀγυιαῖς.
Seven-gated Thebes once knew that Iolaus did not dishonor it, whom, after he had severed the head of Eurystheus with the edge of his sword, they buried deep under the earth in the tomb of the charioteer Amphitryon, where his grandfather, the guest of the Spartoi, lay, having moved to the streets of the Cadmeans of white horses.
§9.84τέκε οἷ καὶ Ζηνὶ μιγεῖσα δαΐφρων §9.85ἐν μόναις ὠδῖσιν Ἀλκμήνα §9.86διδύμων κρατησίμαχον σθένος υἱῶν.
To him and to Zeus did wise Alcmene, having lain with both, bear the double, battle-conquering strength of twin sons.
§9.87κωφὸς ἀνήρ τις, ὃς Ἡρακλεῖ στόμα μὴ παραβάλλει, §9.88μηδὲ Διρκαίων ὑδάτων ἀὲ μέμναται, τά νιν θρέψαντο καὶ Ἰφικλέα· §9.89τοῖσι τέλειον ἐπʼ εὐχᾷ κωμάσομαί τι παθὼν ἐσλόν· Χαρίτων κελαδεννᾶν §9.90μή με λίποι καθαρὸν φέγγος.
A dull man indeed is he who does not direct his speech to Heracles, nor always remembers the waters of Dirce, which nurtured him and Iphicles; for them, after receiving some good thing in answer to my prayer, I will sing a song of victory; and may the pure light of the loud-sounding Graces never leave me.
Αἰγίνᾳ τε γὰρ §9.91φαμὶ Νίσου τʼ ἐν λόφῳ τρὶς δὴ πόλιν τάνδʼ εὐκλεΐξαι, §9.92σιγαλὸν ἀμαχανίαν ἔργῳ φυγών·
For indeed, both in Aegina and on the hill of Nisus, I say that I have already three times glorified this city, having escaped silent helplessness by deed.
§9.93οὕνεκεν, εἰ φίλος ἀστῶν, εἴ τις ἀντάεις, τό γʼ ἐν ξυνῷ πεποναμένον εὖ §9.94μὴ λόγον βλάπτων ἁλίοιο γέροντος κρυπτέτω.
Therefore, whether there is a friend among the citizens, or anyone who opposes, let him not, by harming the word of the old man of the sea, conceal what has been well achieved for the common good.
He told us to praise even an enemy with all our heart when he performs beautiful deeds with justice.
§9.97πλεῖστα νικάσαντά σε καὶ τελεταῖς §9.98ὡρίαις ἐν Παλλάδος εἶδον ἄφωνοί θʼ ὡς ἕκασται φίλτατον §9.99παρθενικαὶ πόσιν ἢ §9.100υἱὸν εὔχοντʼ, ὦ Τελεσίκρατες, ἔμμεν, §9.101ἐν Ὀλυμπίοισί τε καὶ βαθυκόλπου §9.102Γᾶς ἀέθλοις ἔν τε καὶ πᾶσιν §9.103ἐπιχωρίοις.
Many times they saw you winning in the seasonal rites of Pallas, and silently each of the maidens prayed that you might be her dearest husband or son, O Telesicrates, both in the Olympian games and in those of deep-bosomed Gaia, and in all the local games.
ἐμὲ δʼ ὦν τις ἀοιδᾶν §9.104δίψαν ἀκειόμενον πράσσει χρέος αὖτις ἐγεῖραι §9.105καὶ παλαιὰν δόξαν ἑῶν προγόνων· οἷοι Λιβύσσας ἀμφὶ γυναικὸς ἔβαν §9.106Ἴρασα πρὸς πόλιν, Ἀνταίου μετὰ καλλίκομον μναστῆρες ἀγακλέα κούραν·
But to me, as I quench my thirst for songs, some obligation requires that I once again awaken the ancient glory of your ancestors; how they went to the city of Irasa for the sake of a Libyan woman, as suitors for the beautiful-haired, glorious daughter of Antaeus.
§9.107τὰν μάλα πολλοὶ ἀριστῆες ἀνδρῶν αἴτεον §9.108σύγγονοι, πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ξείνων. ἐπεὶ θαητὸν εἶδος §9.109ἔπλετο· χρυσοστεφάνου δέ οἱ Ἥβας §9.110καρπὸν ἀνθήσαντʼ ἀποδρέψαι §9.111ἔθελον.
Her did very many chieftains of men, both relatives and many strangers, woo; for her beauty was wondrous to behold, and they wished to pluck the blooming fruit of her gold-crowned youth.
πατὴρ δὲ θυγατρὶ φυτεύων §9.112κλεινότερον γάμον, ἄκουσεν Δαναόν ποτʼ ἐν Ἄργει §9.113οἷον εὗρεν τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ὀκτὼ παρθένοισι, πρὶν μέσον ἆμαρ ἑλεῖν, §9.114ὠκύτατον γάμον.
But the father, planning a more glorious marriage for his daughter, had heard how once in Argos Danaus found for his forty-eight maidens, before mid-day took them, a most swift marriage.
ἔστασεν γὰρ ἅπαντα χορὸν ἐν τέρμασιν αὐτίκʼ ἀγῶνος· §9.115σὺν δʼ ἀέθλοις ἐκέλευσεν διακρῖναι ποδῶν, §9.116ἅντινα σχήσοι τις ἡρώων, ὅσοι γαμβροί σφιν ἦλθον.
For he set the whole flock of them straightway at the boundary-line of the race, and ordered them to decide by a foot-race which of the heroes, as many as had come to be his sons-in-law, should have which maiden.
§9.117οὕτω δʼ ἐδίδου Λίβυς ἁρμόζων κόρᾳ §9.118νυμφίον ἄνδρα· ποτὶ γραμμᾷ μὲν αὐτὰν στᾶσε κοσμήσαις τέλος ἔμμεν ἄκρον, §9.119εἶπε δʼ ἐν μέσσοις ἀπάγεσθαι, ὃς ἂν πρῶτος θορὼν §9.120ἀμφί οἱ ψαύσειε πέπλοις.
In this way the Libyan too offered a bridegroom to suit his daughter: he adorned her and placed her at the starting-line, to be the supreme prize, and in the midst of them he declared that he who should first run up and touch her garments should lead her away.