§4.31.1τελέσας γὰρ τοὺς ἄθλους τὴν μὲν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα Μεγάραν συνῴκισεν Ἰολάῳ, διὰ τὴν περὶ τὰ τέκνα συμφορὰν ὑποπτευσάμενος τὴν ἐξ ἐκείνης παιδοποιίαν, ἑτέραν δʼ ἐζήτει πρὸς τέκνων γένεσιν ἀνύποπτον.
For after he had completed his labours, he gave his own wife Megara in marriage to Iolaus, because he was suspicious of having children by her owing to the calamity that had befallen their children, and he sought another wife who would not be a source of suspicion for the procreation of children.
διόπερ ἐμνήστευσεν Ἰόλην τὴν Εὐρύτου τοῦ δυναστεύσαντος Οἰχαλίας.
Therefore he courted Iole, the daughter of Eurytus who was the ruler of Oechalia.
§4.31.2ὁ δʼ Εὔρυτος διὰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς Μεγάρας γενομένην ἀτυχίαν εὐλαβηθείς, ἀπεκρίθη βουλεύσεσθαι περὶ τοῦ γάμου.
But Eurytus, being cautious because of the misfortune that had occurred with Megara, replied that he would deliberate on the marriage.
ὁ δʼ ἀποτυχὼν τῆς μνηστείας διὰ τὴν ἀτιμίαν ἐξήλασε τὰς ἵππους τοῦ Εὐρύτου.
But Heracles, having failed in his courtship, drove away the horses of Eurytus on account of the insult.
§4.31.3Ἰφίτου δὲ τοῦ Εὐρύτου τὸ γεγονὸς ὑποπτεύσαντος καὶ παραγενομένου κατὰ ζήτησιν τῶν ἵππων εἰς Τίρυνθα, τοῦτον μὲν ἀναβιβάσας ἐπί τινα πύργον ὑψηλὸν ἐκέλευσεν ἀφορᾶν μή που νεμόμεναι τυγχάνουσιν· οὐ δυναμένου δὲ κατανοῆσαι τοῦ Ἰφίτου, φήσας αὐτὸν ψευδῶς κατῃτιᾶσθαι τὴν κλοπὴν κατεκρήμνισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου.
And when Iphitus, the son of Eurytus, suspected what had happened and came to Tiryns in search of the horses, Heracles led him up onto a high tower and bid him look out to see if by chance they were grazing anywhere; and when Iphitus was unable to spot them, Heracles, claiming that Iphitus had falsely accused him of the theft, cast him down from the tower.
§4.31.4διὰ δὲ τὸν τούτου θάνατον Ἡρακλῆς νοσήσας παρῆλθεν εἰς Πύλον πρὸς Νηλέα, καὶ παρεκάλεσεν αὐτὸν καθᾶραι τὸν φόνον.
Because of this man's death Heracles fell ill and went to Pylos to Neleus, and begged him to purify him of the murder.
ὁ μὲν οὖν Νηλεὺς βουλευσάμενος μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν ἔλαβε πάντας πλὴν Νέστορος τοῦ νεωτάτου συγκαταινοῦντας μὴ προσδέξασθαι τὸν καθαρμόν· §4.31.5ὁ δʼ Ἡρακλῆς τότε μὲν παρελθὼν πρὸς Δηίφοβον τὸν Ἱππολύτου καὶ πείσας αὐτὸν ἐκαθάρθη, οὐ δυνάμενος δʼ ἀπολυθῆναι τῆς νόσου ἐπηρώτησε τὸν Ἀπόλλω περὶ τῆς θεραπείας.
Neleus, then, having deliberated with his sons, secured the consent of them all, except Nestor the youngest, that they should not accept the purification; but Heracles at that time went to Deiphobus the son of Hippolytus, and having persuaded him, was purified; yet being unable to be rid of the disease, he questioned Apollo concerning the cure.
τούτου δὲ χρήσαντος ὅτι ῥᾷον οὕτως ἀπολυθήσεται τῆς νόσου, εἰ πραθεὶς δικαίως τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τιμὴν ἀποδοίη τοῖς Ἰφίτου παισίν, ἀναγκαζόμενος πείθεσθαι τῷ χρησμῷ μετά τινων φίλων ἔπλευσεν εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν.
And when Apollo prophesied that he would more easily be rid of the disease in this way, if he were sold and paid a just price for himself to the children of Iphitus, being compelled to obey the oracle, he sailed with some of his friends to Asia.
ἐκεῖ δʼ ὑπομείνας ἑκουσίως ὑπό τινος τῶν φίλων ἐπράθη, καὶ παρθένου δοῦλος ἐγένετο Ὀμφάλης τῆς Ἰαρδάνου, βασιλευούσης τῶν τότε Μαιόνων, νῦν δὲ Λυδῶν ὀνομαζομένων.
There, having voluntarily submitted to it, he was sold by one of his friends, and became the slave of a maiden Omphale, the daughter of Iardanus, who was queen of the people who were then called Maeonians, but are now named Lydians.
§4.31.6καὶ τὴν μὲν τιμὴν ὁ ἀποδόμενος τὸν Ἡρακλέα τοῖς Ἰφίτου παισὶν ἀπέδωκε κατὰ τὸν χρησμόν, ὁ δʼ Ἡρακλῆς ὑγιασθεὶς καὶ δουλεύων τῇ Ὀμφάλῃ τοὺς κατὰ τὴν χώραν λῃστεύοντας ἐκόλασε.
And the one who sold Heracles paid over the price to the children of Iphitus according to the oracle, while Heracles, restored to health and serving Omphale as a slave, punished the robbers who infested the land.
§4.31.7τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ὀνομαζομένους Κέρκωπας, λῃστεύοντας καὶ πολλὰ κακὰ διεργαζομένους, οὓς μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν, οὓς δὲ ζωγρήσας δεδεμένους παρέδωκε τῇ Ὀμφάλῃ· Συλέα δὲ τοὺς παριόντας ξένους συναρπάζοντα καὶ τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας σκάπτειν ἀναγκάζοντα τῷ σκαφείῳ πατάξας ἀπέκτεινεν· Ἰτώνων δὲ λεηλατούντων πολλὴν τῆς ὑπὸ Ὀμφάλῃ χώρας, τήν τε λείαν ἀφείλετο καὶ τὴν πόλιν, ἐξ ἧς ἐποιοῦντο τὴν ὁρμήν, ἐκπορθήσας ἐξηνδραποδίσατο καὶ κατέσκαψεν.
For of those called Cercopes, who were robbing and committing many evils, some he killed, and others he captured alive, bound them, and delivered them to Omphale; and Syleus, who was seizing passing strangers and forcing them to dig his vineyards, he struck and killed with his own spade; and when the Itonians were plundering much of the land under Omphale's rule, he took away their booty and, having sacked the city from which they made their raids, enslaved its inhabitants and razed it to the ground.
§4.31.8ἡ δʼ Ὀμφάλη ἀποδεχομένη τὴν ἀνδρείαν τὴν Ἡρακλέους, καὶ πυθομένη τίς ἐστι καὶ τίνων, ἐθαύμασε τὴν ἀρετήν, ἐλεύθερον δʼ ἀφεῖσα καὶ συνοικήσασα αὐτῷ Λάμον ἐγέννησε.
And Omphale, admiring the courage of Heracles and learning who he was and who were his parents, marvelled at his virtue, and having set him free and cohabited with him, she gave birth to Lamus.
προϋπῆρχε δὲ τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ κατὰ τὸν τῆς δουλείας καιρὸν ἐκ δούλης υἱὸς Κλεόδαιος.
And there had already been born to Heracles during the time of his servitude a son Cleodaeus by a slave woman.