§4.36.1Ἡρακλῆς δὲ τοῖς Καλυδωνίοις συστρατεύσας ἐπὶ Θεσπρωτοὺς πόλιν τε Ἐφύραν κατὰ κράτος εἷλε καὶ Φυλέα τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Θεσπρωτῶν ἀπέκτεινε.
Heracles, having campaigned with the Calydonians against the Thesprotians, took the city of Ephyra by storm and killed Phyleus, the king of the Thesprotians.
λαβὼν δὲ αἰχμάλωτον τὴν θυγατέρα τοῦ Φυλέως ἐπεμίγη ταύτῃ καὶ ἐτέκνωσε Τληπόλεμον.
And taking the daughter of Phyleus captive, he lay with her and begat Tlepolemus.
§4.36.2μετὰ δὲ τὸν Δηιανείρας γάμον τρισὶν ὕστερον ἔτεσι δειπνῶν παρʼ Οἰνεῖ, διακονοῦντος Εὐρυνόμου τοῦ Ἀρχιτέλους υἱοῦ, παιδὸς τὴν ἡλικίαν, ἁμαρτάνοντος δʼ ἐν τῷ διακονεῖν, πατάξας κονδύλῳ, καὶ βαρυτέρας τῆς πληγῆς γενομένης, ἀπέκτεινεν ἀκουσίως τὸν παῖδα.
Three years after his marriage to Deianira, while dining with Oeneus, when Eurynomus the son of Architeles, a boy in age, was serving him and made a mistake in the serving, Heracles struck him with his fist, and the blow being too heavy, he unintentionally killed the boy.
§4.36.3περιαλγὴς δὲ γενόμενος ἐπὶ τῷ πάθει πάλιν ἐκ τῆς Καλυδῶνος ἑκουσίως ἔφυγε μετὰ τῆς γυναικὸς Δηιανείρας καὶ Ὕλλου τοῦ ἐκ ταύτης, παιδὸς ὄντος τὴν ἡλικίαν.
Being deeply grieved by this misfortune, he again voluntarily went into exile from Calydon with his wife Deianira and Hyllus, his son by her, who was a boy in age.
ἐπεὶ δὲ πορευόμενος ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν Εὐηνὸν ποταμὸν, κατέλαβε Νέσσον τὸν Κένταυρον μισθοῦ διαβιβάζοντα τὸν ποταμόν.
And as he proceeded and came to the Evenus River, he found Nessus the Centaur ferrying people across the river for hire.
§4.36.4οὗτος δὲ πρώτην διαβιβάσας τὴν Δηιάνειραν, καὶ διὰ τὸ κάλλος ἐρασθείς, ἐπεχείρησε βιάσασθαι ταύτην.
This Nessus, having ferried Deianira across first, and falling in love with her because of her beauty, attempted to violate her.
ἐπιβοωμένης δʼ αὐτῆς τὸν ἄνδρα, ὁ μὲν Ἡρακλῆς ἐτόξευσε τὸν Κένταυρον, ὁ δὲ Νέσσος μεταξὺ μισγόμενος, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὀξύτητα τῆς πληγῆς εὐθὺς ἀποθνήσκων, ἔφησε τῇ Δηιανείρᾳ δώσειν φίλτρον, ὅπως μηδεμιᾷ τῶν ἄλλων γυναικῶν Ἡρακλῆς θελήσῃ πλησιάσαι.
As she cried out to her husband, Heracles shot the Centaur with an arrow, and Nessus, while in the act of violating her, and dying immediately from the severity of the wound, told Deianira that he would give her a love-charm, so that Heracles would never wish to approach any other woman.
§4.36.5παρεκελεύσατο οὖν λαβοῦσαν τὸν ἐξ αὑτοῦ πεσόντα γόνον, καὶ τούτῳ προσμίξασαν ἔλαιον καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀκίδος ἀποστάζον αἷμα, χρῖσαι τὸν χιτῶνα τοῦ Ἡρακλέους.
He urged her, therefore, to take the discharge that had fallen from him, and having mixed with this olive oil and the blood dripping from the arrow-point, to smear the tunic of Heracles.
οὗτος μὲν οὖν ταύτην τὴν ὑποθήκην δοὺς τῇ Δηιανείρᾳ παραχρῆμα ἐξέπνευσεν.
He, then, having given this advice to Deianira, immediately expired.
ἡ δὲ κατὰ τὴν γενομένην ὑπὸ τοῦ Νέσσου παραγγελίαν εἰς ἄγγος ἀναλαβοῦσα τὸν γόνον, καὶ τὴν ἀκίδα βάψασα, λάθρᾳ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐφύλαττεν.
And she, in accordance with the instruction given by Nessus, gathered the discharge into a vessel, and having dipped the arrow, kept it secret from Heracles.
ὁ δὲ διαβὰς τὸν ποταμὸν κατήντησε πρὸς Κήυκα τὸν τῆς Τραχῖνος βασιλέα, καὶ μετὰ τούτου κατῴκησεν, ἔχων τοὺς ἀεὶ συστρατεύοντας τῶν Ἀρκάδων.
But he, having crossed the river, arrived at the court of Ceyx, the king of Trachis, and settled with him, keeping with him the Arcadians who always campaigned with him.