§4.30.1τότε δʼ ὁ Ἰόλαος καταστήσας τὰ περὶ τὴν ἀποικίαν, καὶ τὸν Δαίδαλον ἐκ τῆς Σικελίας μεταπεμψάμενος, κατεσκεύασεν ἔργα πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα μέχρι τῶν νῦν καιρῶν διαμένοντα καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κατασκευάσαντος Δαιδάλεια καλούμενα.
At that time, Iolaus, having established the affairs of the colony and having summoned Daedalus from Sicily, constructed many great works which remain down to the present times and are called Daidaleia after their builder.
ᾠκοδόμησε δὲ καὶ γυμνάσια μεγάλα τε καὶ πολυτελῆ, καὶ δικαστήρια κατέστησε καὶ τἄλλα τὰ πρὸς τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν συντείνοντα.
He also built large and sumptuously constructed gymnasia, established law courts, and arranged everything else that contributes to prosperity.
§4.30.2ὠνόμασε δὲ καὶ τοὺς λαοὺς Ἰολαείους, ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ θέμενος τὴν προσηγορίαν, συγχωρησάντων τῶν Θεσπιαδῶν, καὶ δόντων αὐτῷ τοῦτο τὸ γέρας καθαπερεί τινι πατρί.
He also named the people Iolaeis, taking the appellation from himself, since the Thespiadae agreed and gave him this privilege as if to a father.
διὰ γὰρ τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς σπουδὴν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτʼ εὐνοίας προήχθησαν ὥστʼ ἐπώνυμον αὐτῷ περιθεῖναι τὴν τοῦ γονέως προσηγορίαν· διόπερ ἐν τοῖς ὕστερον χρόνοις οἱ τὰς θυσίας τελοῦντες τούτῳ τῷ θεῷ προσαγορεύουσιν αὐτὸν Ἰόλαον πατέρα, καθάπερ οἱ Πέρσαι τὸν Κῦρον.
For because of his zeal for them, they were led to such a degree of goodwill that they bestowed upon him the surname of parent; wherefore in later times those who perform sacrifices to this god address him as Father Iolaus, just as the Persians do Cyrus.
§4.30.3μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὁ μὲν Ἰόλαος ἐπανιὼν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, καὶ προσπλεύσας τῇ Σικελίᾳ, οὐκ ὀλίγον χρόνον διέτριψεν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ.
After these things, Iolaus, while returning to Greece and having sailed to Sicily, spent no little time on the island.
καθʼ ὃν δὴ χρόνον καί τινες τῶν συναποδημούντων αὐτῷ διὰ τὸ κάλλος τῆς χώρας κατέμειναν ἐν τῇ Σικελίᾳ, καὶ τοῖς Σικανοῖς καταμιγέντες ἐν ταύτῃ κατῴκησαν, τιμώμενοι διαφερόντως ὑπὸ τῶν ἐγχωρίων.
At which very time, some of his fellow travelers, because of the beauty of the country, remained in Sicily, and having mingled with the Sicani, settled there, being extraordinarily honored by the inhabitants.
ὁ δʼ Ἰόλαος μεγάλης ἀποδοχῆς τυγχάνων καὶ πολλοὺς εὐεργετῶν ἐν πολλαῖς τῶν πόλεων ἐτιμήθη τεμένεσι καὶ τιμαῖς ἡρωικαῖς.
And Iolaus, receiving a great reception and doing good to many, was honored in many of the cities with sacred precincts and heroic honors.
§4.30.4ἴδιον δέ τι καὶ παράδοξον συνέβη γενέσθαι κατὰ τὴν ἀποικίαν ταύτην· ὁ μὲν γὰρ θεὸς ἔχρησεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι πάντες οἱ τῆς ἀποικίας ταύτης μετασχόντες καὶ οἱ τούτων ἔκγονοι διατελέσουσιν ἅπαντα τὸν αἰῶνα διαμένοντες ἐλεύθεροι, τὸ δʼ ἀποτέλεσμα τούτων ἀκολούθως τῷ χρησμῷ διέμεινε μέχρι τῶν καθʼ ἡμᾶς καιρῶν.
And a certain peculiar and paradoxical thing happened to take place concerning this colony; for the god prophesied to them that all those who shared in this colony and their descendants would continue remaining free for all time, and the outcome of these matters remained in accordance with the oracle down to our times.
§4.30.5οἱ μὲν γὰρ λαοὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ χρόνου, πλειόνων τῶν βαρβάρων ὄντων τῶν μετεσχηκότων τῆς ἀποικίας, ἐξεβαρβαρώθησαν, καὶ μεταστάντες εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν ἐν ταῖς δυσχωρίαις κατῴκησαν, ἐθίσαντες δʼ ἑαυτοὺς τρέφεσθαι γάλακτι καὶ κρέασι καὶ πολλὰς ἀγέλας κτηνῶν τρέφοντες οὐκ ἐπεδέοντο σίτου· κατασκευάσαντες δʼ οἰκήσεις ἑαυτοῖς καταγείους καὶ τὴν τοῦ βίου διεξαγωγὴν ἐν τοῖς ὀρύγμασι ποιούμενοι τοὺς ἐκ τῶν πολέμων κινδύνους ἐξέφυγον.
For the peoples, due to the length of time, because the barbarians who shared in the colony were more numerous, became barbarized, and having moved to the mountainous country, settled in rugged places; and having accustomed themselves to feed on milk and meat, and rearing many herds of cattle, they did not stand in need of grain; and having constructed underground dwellings for themselves and making their passage of life in caves, they escaped the dangers of wars.
§4.30.6διὸ καὶ πρότερον μὲν Καρχηδόνιοι, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Ῥωμαῖοι πολλάκις πολεμήσαντες τούτοις τῆς προθέσεως διήμαρτον.
Therefore, both the Carthaginians formerly, and after these the Romans, having often made war on them, failed in their purpose.
καὶ περὶ μὲν Ἰολάου καὶ Θεσπιαδῶν, ἔτι δὲ τῆς ἀποικίας τῆς εἰς Σαρδόνα γενομένης ἀρκεσθησόμεθα τοῖς ῥηθεῖσι, περὶ δʼ Ἡρακλέους τὰ συνεχῆ τοῖς προειρημένοις προσθήσομεν.
And concerning Iolaus and the Thespiadae, and further the colony made to Sardo, we shall be satisfied with what has been said, and concerning Heracles we shall add the things subsequent to what was said before.