§4.15.1μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τῶν περὶ τὴν Παλλήνην γιγάντων ἑλομένων τὸν πρὸς τοὺς ἀθανάτους πόλεμον, Ἡρακλῆς τοῖς θεοῖς συναγωνισάμενος καὶ πολλοὺς ἀνελὼν τῶν γηγενῶν ἀποδοχῆς ἔτυχε τῆς μεγίστης.
After this, when the giants around Pallene chose war against the immortals, Heracles fought alongside the gods and, having slain many of the earth-born, met with the greatest acceptance.
Ζεὺς γὰρ τοὺς μὲν συναγωνισαμένους τῶν θεῶν μόνους ὠνόμασεν Ὀλυμπίους, ἵνα τῇ ταύτης τιμῇ ὁ ἀγαθὸς κοσμηθεὶς ἐπωνυμίᾳ διαφέρῃ τοῦ χείρονος·
For Zeus named only those of the gods who fought with him "Olympians," so that the good man, adorned with the honor of this appellation, might differ from the worse.
ἠξίωσε δὲ ταύτης τῆς προσηγορίας τῶν ἐκ θνητῶν γυναικῶν γενομένων Διόνυσον καὶ Ἡρακλέα, οὐ μόνον ὅτι πατρὸς ἦσαν Διός, ἀλλὰ διότι καὶ τὴν προαίρεσιν ὁμοίαν ἔσχον, εὐεργετήσαντες μεγάλα τὸν βίον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
And he deemed Dionysus and Heracles, of those born from mortal women, worthy of this title, not only because they were of Zeus as father, but because they also held a similar purpose, having greatly benefited the life of men.
§4.15.2Ζεὺς δέ, Προμηθέως παραδόντος τὸ πῦρ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, δεσμοῖς κατελάβετο καὶ παρέστησεν ἀετὸν τὸν ἐσθίοντα τὸ ἧπαρ αὐτοῦ.
And Zeus, when Prometheus handed over fire to men, bound him with fetters and set beside him an eagle that ate his liver.
Ἡρακλῆς δʼ ὁρῶν τῆς τιμωρίας αὐτὸν τυγχάνοντα διὰ τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων εὐεργεσίαν, τὸν μὲν ἀετὸν κατετόξευσε, τὸν δὲ Δία πείσας λῆξαι τῆς ὀργῆς ἔσωσε τὸν κοινὸν εὐεργέτην.
But Heracles, seeing him suffering punishment because of his beneficence to men, shot the eagle down, and having persuaded Zeus to cease from his anger, saved the common benefactor.
§4.15.3μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἔλαβεν ἆθλον ἀγαγεῖν τὰς Διομήδους τοῦ Θρᾳκὸς ἵππους.
After this, he received as a labor to bring the horses of Diomedes the Thracian.
αὗται δὲ χαλκᾶς μὲν φάτνας εἶχον διὰ τὴν ἀγριότητα, ἁλύσεσι δὲ σιδηραῖς διὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν ἐδεσμεύοντο, τροφὴν δʼ ἐλάμβανον οὐ τὴν ἐκ γῆς φυομένην, ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ξένων μέλη διαιρούμεναι τροφὴν εἶχον τὴν συμφορὰν τῶν ἀκληρούντων.
These had bronze mangers because of their wildness, and were bound with iron chains because of their strength, and they received as food not that which grows from the earth, but tearing apart the limbs of strangers, they had the misfortune of the ill-fated as their food.
ταύτας ὁ Ἡρακλῆς βουλόμενος χειρώσασθαι τὸν κύριον Διομήδην παρέβαλε, καὶ ταῖς τοῦ παρανομεῖν διδάξαντος σαρξὶν ἐκπληρώσας τὴν ἔνδειαν τῶν ζῴων εὐπειθεῖς ἔσχεν.
Heracles, wishing to subdue them, threw to them their master Diomedes, and having filled the need of the beasts with the flesh of the one who taught them to act unlawfully, he kept them manageable.
§4.15.4Εὐρυσθεὺς δʼ ἀχθεισῶν πρὸς αὐτὸν τῶν ἵππων ταύτας μὲν ἱερὰς ἐποίησεν Ἥρας, ὧν τὴν ἐπιγονὴν συνέβη διαμεῖναι μέχρι τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος βασιλείας.
And Eurystheus, when the horses were brought to him, made them sacred to Hera, whose offspring happened to survive until the reign of Alexander the king of Macedon.
τοῦτον δὲ τὸν ἆθλον ἐπιτελέσας μετʼ Ἰάσονος συνεξέπλευσε συστρατεύσων ἐπὶ τὸ χρυσόμαλλον δέρος εἰς Κόλχους.
Having accomplished this labor, he sailed out together with Jason to campaign for the Golden Fleece to Colchis.
ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἐν τῇ τῶν Ἀργοναυτῶν στρατείᾳ τὰ κατὰ μέρος διέξιμεν.
But concerning these matters, we shall relate them in detail in the account of the campaign of the Argonauts.