§1.98.1καὶ Λυκοῦργον δὲ καὶ Πλάτωνα καὶ Σόλωνα πολλὰ τῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου νομίμων εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν κατατάξαι νομοθεσίας.
And they say that Lycurgus, Plato, and Solon also incorporated many of the Egyptian institutions into their own legislations.
§1.98.2Πυθαγόραν τε τὰ κατὰ τὸν ἱερὸν λόγον καὶ τὰ κατὰ γεωμετρίαν θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ περὶ τοὺς ἀριθμούς, ἔτι δὲ τὴν εἰς πᾶν ζῷον τῆς ψυχῆς μεταβολὴν μαθεῖν παρʼ Αἰγυπτίων.
And that Pythagoras learned from the Egyptians the teachings concerning the sacred word, the theorems concerning geometry, and the science of numbers, and furthermore, the migration of the soul into every living being.
§1.98.3ὑπολαμβάνουσι δὲ καὶ Δημόκριτον παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἔτη διατρῖψαι πέντε καὶ πολλὰ διδαχθῆναι τῶν κατὰ τὴν ἀστρολογίαν.
And they also suppose that Democritus spent five years among them and was taught many of the matters concerning astronomy.
τόν τε Οἰνοπίδην ὁμοίως συνδιατρίψαντα τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ ἀστρολόγοις μαθεῖν ἄλλα τε καὶ μάλιστα τὸν ἡλιακὸν κύκλον ὡς λοξὴν μὲν ἔχει τὴν πορείαν, ἐναντίαν δὲ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄστροις τὴν φορὰν ποιεῖται.
Likewise, they say that Oenopides, having associated with the priests and astrologers, learned among other things and especially that the solar circle has an oblique path, and makes its course opposite to the other stars.
§1.98.4παραπλησίως δὲ καὶ τὸν Εὔδοξον ἀστρολογήσαντα παρʼ αὐτοῖς καὶ πολλὰ τῶν χρησίμων εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐκδόντα τυχεῖν ἀξιολόγου δόξης.
And in like manner, that Eudoxus also studied astronomy among them, and having published many useful things for the Greeks, obtained remarkable glory.
§1.98.5τῶν τε ἀγαλματοποιῶν τῶν παλαιῶν τοὺς μάλιστα διωνομασμένους διατετριφέναι παρʼ αὐτοῖς Τηλεκλέα καὶ Θεόδωρον, τοὺς Ῥοίκου μὲν υἱούς, κατασκευάσαντας δὲ τοῖς Σαμίοις τὸ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ Πυθίου ξόανον.
And that of the ancient sculptors, the most famous, Telecles and Theodorus, the sons of Rhoecus, spent time among them, who crafted for the Samians the wooden statue of Pythian Apollo.
§1.98.6τοῦ γὰρ ἀγάλματος ἐν Σάμῳ μὲν ὑπὸ Τηλεκλέους ἱστορεῖται τὸ ἥμισυ δημιουργηθῆναι, κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἔφεσον ὑπὸ τἀδελφοῦ Θεοδώρου τὸ ἕτερον μέρος συντελεσθῆναι· συντεθέντα δὲ πρὸς ἄλληλα τὰ μέρη συμφωνεῖν οὕτως ὥστε δοκεῖν ὑφʼ ἑνὸς τὸ πᾶν ἔργον συντετελέσθαι.
For it is recorded that half of the statue was crafted in Samos by Telecles, and the other part was completed in Ephesus by his brother Theodorus; and when the parts were put together with one another, they agreed so well that the whole work seemed to have been completed by one man.
τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος τῆς ἐργασίας παρὰ μὲν τοῖς Ἕλλησι μηδαμῶς ἐπιτηδεύεσθαι, παρὰ δὲ τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις μάλιστα συντελεῖσθαι.
And this kind of workmanship is by no means practiced among the Greeks, but is most especially carried out among the Egyptians.
§1.98.7παρʼ ἐκείνοις γὰρ οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆς κατὰ τὴν ὅρασιν φαντασίας τὴν συμμετρίαν τῶν ἀγαλμάτων κρίνεσθαι, καθάπερ παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν, ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὰν τοὺς λίθους κατακλίνωσι καὶ μερίσαντες κατεργάσωνται, τὸ τηνικαῦτα τὸ ἀνάλογον ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλαχίστων ἐπὶ τὰ μέγιστα λαμβάνεσθαι· §1.98.8τοῦ γὰρ παντὸς σώματος τὴν κατασκυὴν εἰς ἓν καὶ εἴκοσι μέρη καὶ προσέτι τέταρτον διαιρουμένους τὴν ὅλην ἀποδιδόναι συμμετρίαν τοῦ ζῴου.
For among them the symmetry of the statues is not judged by the appearance to the sight, as it is among the Greeks, but when they lay down the stones and, having divided them, work them, at that time the proportion is taken from the smallest parts to the largest; for dividing the structure of the entire body into twenty-one parts and moreover a quarter, they render the whole symmetry of the figure.
διόπερ ὅταν περὶ τοῦ μεγέθους οἱ τεχνῖται πρὸς ἀλλήλους σύνθωνται, χωρισθέντες ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων σύμφωνα κατασκευάζουσι τὰ μεγέθη τῶν ἔργων οὕτως ἀκριβῶς ὥστε ἔκπληξιν παρέχειν τὴν ἰδιότητα τῆς πραγματείας αὐτῶν.
Therefore, whenever the craftsmen agree with one another about the size, having parted from one another, they construct the sizes of their works in agreement so accurately that the peculiarity of their method causes astonishment.
§1.98.9τὸ δʼ ἐν τῇ Σάμῳ ξόανον συμφώνως τῇ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων φιλοτεχνίᾳ κατὰ τὴν κορυφὴν διχοτομούμενον διορίζειν τοῦ ζῴου τὸ μέσον μέχρι τῶν αἰδοίων, ἰσάζον ὁμοίως ἑαυτῷ πάντοθεν· εἶναι δʼ αὐτὸ λέγουσι κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον παρεμφερὲς τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, ὡς ἂν τὰς μὲν χεῖρας ἔχον παρατεταμένας, τὰ δὲ σκέλη διαβεβηκότα.
And the wooden statue in Samos, in agreement with the skill of the Egyptians, being bisected from the crown of the head, divides the middle of the figure down to the private parts, equaling itself similarly from every side; and they say that it is for the most part very similar to those of the Egyptians, as having its hands extended and its legs parted.
§1.98.10περὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν κατʼ Αἴγυπτον ἱστορουμένων καὶ μνήμης ἀξίων ἀρκεῖ τὰ ῤηθέντα· ἡμεῖς δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς βίβλου πρόθεσιν τὰς ἑξῆς πράξεις καὶ μυθολογίας ἐν τῇ μετὰ ταύτην διέξιμεν, ἀρχὴν ποιησάμενοι τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν τοῖς Ἀσσυρίοις πραχθέντα.
Now concerning the things recorded and worthy of memory about Egypt, what has been said is sufficient; and we, according to the plan at the beginning of the book, will go through the subsequent deeds and myths in the next book, making a beginning with the deeds done in Asia by the Assyrians.