§2.22.1τὰ δʼ ὀνόματα πάντα τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐτῶν ὧν ἕκαστος ἐβασίλευσεν οὐ κατεπείγει γράφειν διὰ τὸ μηδὲν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν πεπρᾶχθαι μνήμης ἄξιον.
It is not urgent to write down all the names of the kings and the number of years that each reigned, because nothing worthy of memory was performed by them.
μόνη γὰρ τέτευχεν ἀναγραφῆς ἡ πεμφθεῖσα συμμαχία τοῖς Τρωσὶν ὑπʼ Ἀσσυρίων, §2.22.2ἧς ἐστρατήγει Μέμνων ὁ Τιθωνοῦ.
For only the alliance sent to the Trojans by the Assyrians has obtained historical record, which Memnon, the son of Tithonus, commanded.
Τευτάμου γὰρ βασιλεύοντος τῆς Ἀσίας, ὃς ἦν εἰκοστὸς ἀπὸ Νινύου τοῦ Σεμιράμιδος, φασὶ τοὺς μετʼ Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἕλληνας ἐπὶ Τροίαν στρατεῦσαι, τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἐχόντων τῆς Ἀσίας τῶν Ἀσσυρίων ἔτη πλείω τῶν χιλίων.
For when Teutamus was ruling over Asia, who was the twentieth from Ninyas, the son of Semiramis, they say that the Greeks with Agamemnon campaigned against Troy, at a time when the Assyrians had held the hegemony of Asia for more than a thousand years.
καὶ τὸν μὲν Πρίαμον βαρυνόμενον τῷ πολέμῳ καὶ βασιλεύοντα τῆς Τρῳάδος, ὑπήκοον δʼ ὄντα τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων, πέμψαι πρὸς αὐτὸν πρεσβευτὰς περὶ βοηθείας· τὸν δὲ Τεύταμον μυρίους μὲν Αἰθίοπας, ἄλλους δὲ τοσούτους Σουσιανοὺς σὺν ἅρμασι διακοσίοις ἐξαποστεῖλαι, στρατηγὸν ἐπικαταστήσαντα Μέμνονα τὸν Τιθωνοῦ.
And Priam, who was hard pressed by the war and ruled over the Troad, being a subject of the king of the Assyrians, sent ambassadors to him for assistance; and Teutamus dispatched ten thousand Ethiopians, and as many Susians along with two hundred chariots, having appointed Memnon, the son of Tithonus, as general over them.
§2.22.3καὶ τὸν μὲν Τιθωνόν, κατʼ ἐκείνους τοὺς χρόνους τῆς Περσίδος ὄντα στρατηγόν, εὐδοκιμεῖν παρὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ μάλιστα τῶν καθεσταμένων ἐπάρχων, τὸν δὲ Μέμνονα τὴν ἡλικίαν ἀκμάζοντα διαφέρειν ἀνδρείᾳ τε καὶ ψυχῆς λαμπρότητι.
And Tithonus, who at that time was general of Persis, was held in the highest esteem by the king among the appointed governors, while Memnon, being in the flower of his age, excelled in both courage and nobility of spirit.
οἰκοδομῆσαι δʼ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς ἄκρας τὰ ἐν Σούσοις βασίλεια τὰ διαμείναντα μέχρι τῆς Περσῶν ἡγεμονίας, κληθέντα δʼ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου Μεμνόνεια· κατασκευάσαι δὲ καὶ διὰ τῆς χώρας λεωφόρον ὁδὸν τὴν μέχρι τῶν νῦν χρόνων ὀνομαζομένην Μεμνόνειαν.
He built on the citadel the palace in Susa which lasted until the hegemony of the Persians, and was called after him "Memnoneia"; and he also constructed through the countryside a highway which down to the present times is called the "Memnonian" road.
§2.22.4ἀμφισβητοῦσι δὲ καὶ οἱ περὶ τὴν Αἴγυπτον Αἰθίοπες, λέγοντες ἐν ἐκείνοις τοῖς τόποις γεγονέναι τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον, καὶ βασίλεια παλαιὰ δεικνύουσιν, ἃ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν ὀνομάζεσθαί §2.22.5φασι Μεμνόνεια.
But the Ethiopians who dwell near Egypt also dispute this, saying that this man was born in those regions of theirs, and they point to ancient palaces which down to the present day they say are named the "Memnoneia".
οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τοῖς Τρωσὶ λέγεται βοηθῆσαι τὸν Μέμνονα μετὰ δισμυρίων μὲν πεζῶν, ἁρμάτων δὲ διακοσίων· ὃν θαυμασθῆναί τε διʼ ἀνδρείαν καὶ πολλοὺς ἀνελεῖν ἐν ταῖς μάχαις τῶν Ἑλλήνων, τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον ὑπὸ Θετταλῶν ἐνεδρευθέντα κατασφαγῆναι· τοῦ δὲ σώματος τοὺς Αἰθίοπας ἐγκρατεῖς γενομένους κατακαῦσαί τε τὸν νεκρὸν καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ πρὸς Τιθωνὸν ἀποκομίσαι.
Be that as it may, it is said that Memnon came to the aid of the Trojans with twenty thousand infantry and two hundred chariots; and that he was admired for his courage and slew many of the Greeks in the battles, but was finally ambushed and slain by the Thessalians; and that the Ethiopians, having secured his body, burned the corpse and carried the bones back to Tithonus.
περὶ μὲν οὖν Μέμνονος τοιαῦτʼ ἐν ταῖς βασιλικαῖς ἀναγραφαῖς ἱστορεῖσθαί φασιν οἱ βάρβαροι.
Now concerning Memnon, the barbarians say that such accounts are recorded in the royal archives.