§3.57.1οὐρανοῦ δὲ μυθολογοῦσι γενέσθαι παῖδας ἐκ πλειόνων γυναικῶν πέντε πρὸς τοῖς τετταράκοντα, καὶ τούτων ὀκτωκαίδεκα λέγουσιν ὑπάρχειν ἐκ Τιταίας ὄνομα μὲν ἴδιον ἔχοντας ἑκάστους, κοινῇ δὲ πάντας ἀπὸ τῆς μητρὸς ὀνομαζομένους Τιτᾶνας.
And they mythologize that Uranus had forty-five children by several wives, and of these they say eighteen were by Titaia, each having an individual name, but all of them being called collectively Titans after their mother.
§3.57.2τὴν δὲ Τιταίαν, σώφρονα οὖσαν καὶ πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν αἰτίαν γενομένην τοῖς λαοῖς, ἀποθεωθῆναι μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν ὑπὸ τῶν εὖ παθόντων Γῆν μετονομασθεῖσαν.
And they say that Titaia, being prudent and having been the cause of many blessings to the peoples, was deified after her death by those who had received her benefits, and was renamed Ge.
γενέσθαι δʼ αὐτῷ καὶ θυγατέρας, ὧν εἶναι δύο τὰς πρεσβυτάτας πολὺ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιφανεστάτας, τήν τε καλουμένην Βασίλειαν καὶ Ῥέαν τὴν ὑπʼ ἐνίων Πανδώραν ὀνομασθεῖσαν.
And they say that daughters were also born to him, of whom the two eldest were far more illustrious than the others: she who was called Basileia, and Rhea, who was named Pandora by some.
§3.57.3τούτων δὲ τὴν μὲν Βασίλειαν, πρεσβυτάτην οὖσαν καὶ σωφροσύνῃ τε καὶ συνέσει πολὺ τῶν ἄλλων διαφέρουσαν, ἐκθρέψαι πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς κοινῇ μητρὸς εὔνοιαν παρεχομένην· διὸ καὶ μεγάλην μητέρα προσαγορευθῆναι·
Of these, Basileia, being the eldest and far excelling the others in both prudence and understanding, brought up all her brothers, showing them a mother's goodwill in common; for which reason she was also addressed as the Great Mother.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων εἰς θεοὺς μετάστασιν, συγχωρούντων τῶν ὄχλων καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν, διαδέξασθαι τὴν βασιλείαν παρθένον οὖσαν ἔτι καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς σωφροσύνης οὐδενὶ συνοικῆσαι βουληθεῖσαν.
And after her father's departure from among men to the gods, with the consent of the multitudes and her brothers, she succeeded to the kingdom, being still a virgin and, because of her exceeding prudence, having been unwilling to marry anyone.
ὕστερον δὲ βουλομένην διαδόχους τῆς βασιλείας ἀπολιπεῖν υἱούς, Ὑπερίονι συνοικῆσαι τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἑνί, πρὸς ὃν οἰκειότατα διέκειτο.
But later, wishing to leave sons as successors to the kingdom, she married Hyperion, one of her brothers, toward whom she was most intimately disposed.
§3.57.4γενομένων δʼ αὐτῇ δύο τέκνων, Ἡλίου καὶ Σελήνης, καὶ θαυμαζομένων ἐπί τε τῷ κάλλει καὶ τῇ σωφροσύνῃ, φασὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ταύτῃ μὲν ἐπʼ εὐτεκνίᾳ φθονοῦντας, τὸν δʼ Ὑπερίονα φοβηθέντας μήποτε τὴν βασιλείαν εἰς αὑτὸν περισπάσῃ, πρᾶξιν ἐπιτελέσασθαι παντελῶς ἀνόσιον·
And when two children, Helios and Selene, were born to her and admired for both their beauty and prudence, they say that her brothers, envying her for her fine children and fearing lest Hyperion should some day draw the kingdom to himself, perpetrated an utterly impious deed.
§3.57.5συνωμοσίαν γὰρ ποιησαμένους τὸν μὲν Ὑπερίονα κατασφάξαι, τὸν δʼ Ἥλιον ὄντα παῖδα τὴν ἡλικίαν ἐμβαλόντας εἰς τὸν Ἠριδανὸν ποταμὸν ἀποπνῖξαι·
For having formed a conspiracy, they slaughtered Hyperion, and throwing Helios, who was still a child in age, into the river Eridanus, they drowned him.
καταφανοῦς δὲ γενομένης τῆς ἀτυχίας, τὴν μὲν Σελήνην φιλάδελφον οὖσαν καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ τέγους ἑαυτὴν ῥῖψαι, τὴν δὲ μητέρα ζητοῦσαν τὸ σῶμα παρὰ τὸν ποταμὸν σύγκοπον γενέσθαι, καὶ κατενεχθεῖσαν εἰς ὕπνον ἰδεῖν ὄψιν, καθʼ ἣν ἔδοξεν ἐπιστάντα τὸν Ἥλιον παρακαλεῖν αὐτὴν μὴ θρηνεῖν τὸν τῶν τέκνων θάνατον· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ Τιτᾶνας τεύξεσθαι τῆς προσηκούσης τιμωρίας, ἑαυτὸν δὲ καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν εἰς ἀθανάτους φύσεις μετασχηματισθήσεσθαι θείᾳ τινὶ προνοίᾳ· ὀνομασθήσεσθαι γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἥλιον μὲν τὸ πρότερον ἐν οὐρανῷ πῦρ ἱερὸν καλούμενον, σελήνην δὲ τὴν μήνην προσαγορευομένην.
When this misfortune became known, Selene, who loved her brother to excess, threw herself from the roof; and the mother, seeking the body along the river, became exhausted and, falling into a sleep, saw a vision in which Helios seemed to stand over her and urge her not to lament the death of her children; for the Titans would meet with the fitting punishment, and he and his sister would be transformed into immortal natures by a certain divine providence; for that which was previously called the sacred fire in heaven would be named Helios by men, and the moon, which was called mene, would be named Selene.
§3.57.6διεγερθεῖσαν δὲ καὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις τόν τε ὄνειρον καὶ τὰ περὶ αὑτὴν ἀτυχήματα διελθοῦσαν ἀξιῶσαι τοῖς μὲν τετελευτηκόσιν ἀπονεῖμαι τιμὰς ἰσοθέους, τοῦ δʼ αὐτῆς σώματος μηκέτι μηδένα θιγεῖν.
And when she awoke, she related to the multitudes both the dream and the misfortunes that had run their course around her, and asked them to pay godlike honors to those who had died, and that no one should ever touch her body again.
§3.57.7μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐμμανῆ γενομένην καὶ τῶν τῆς θυγατρὸς παιγνίων τὰ δυνάμενα ψόφον ἐπιτελεῖν ἁρπάσασαν πλανᾶσθαι κατὰ τὴν χώραν, λελυμένην μὲν τὰς τρίχας, τῷ δὲ διὰ τῶν τυμπάνων καὶ κυμβάλων ψόφῳ ἐνθεάζουσαν, ὥστε καταπλήττεσθαι πλήττεσθαι τοὺς ὁρῶντας.
And after this, having become mad and snatching up those of her daughter’s playthings which were able to make a noise, she wandered over the land, with her hair undone, raving under the influence of the noise of the drums and cymbals, so that those who saw her were struck with terror.
§3.57.8πάντων δὲ τὸ περὶ αὐτὴν πάθος ἐλεούντων, καί τινων ἀντεχομένων τοῦ σώματος, ἐπιγενέσθαι πλῆθος ὄμβρου καὶ συνεχεῖς κεραυνῶν πτώσεις· ἐνταῦθα δὲ τὴν μὲν Βασίλειαν ἀφανῆ γενέσθαι, τοὺς δʼ ὄχλους θαυμάσαντας τὴν περιπέτειαν τὸν μὲν Ἥλιον καὶ τὴν Σελήνην τῇ προσηγορίᾳ καὶ ταῖς τιμαῖς μεταγαγεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ κατʼ οὐρανὸν ἄστρα, τὴν δὲ μητέρα τούτων θεόν τε νομίσαι καὶ βωμοὺς ἱδρύσασθαι, καὶ ταῖς διὰ τῶν τυμπάνων καὶ κυμβάλων ἐνεργείαις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν ἀπομιμουμένους τὰ περὶ αὐτὴν συμβάντα θυσίας καὶ τὰς ἄλλας τιμὰς ἀπονεῖμαι.
And while all were pitying her suffering, and some were holding on to her body, there came on a great downpour of rain and continuous falls of thunderbolts; and thereupon Basileia disappeared, and the multitudes, marveling at the sudden turn of events, transferred Helios and Selene by their names and honors to the stars in heaven, and deemed their mother to be a goddess and established altars, and paid her sacrifices and other honors, mimicking what had happened to her by the performances with drums and cymbals and in all other ways.