§4.61.1Μίνως δὲ πυθόμενος τὴν κατὰ τὸν υἱὸν συμφοράν, ἧκεν εἰς τὰς Ἀθήνας δίκας αἰτῶν τοῦ Ἀνδρόγεω φόνου.
Minos, having learned of the disaster that befell his son, came to Athens demanding justice for the murder of Androgeus.
οὐδενὸς δʼ αὐτῷ προσέχοντος, πρὸς μὲν Ἀθηναίους πόλεμον συνεστήσατο, ἀρὰς δὲ ἐποιήσατο τῷ Διὶ γενέσθαι κατὰ τὴν πόλιν τῶν Ἀθηναίων αὐχμὸν καὶ λιμόν.
Since no one paid attention to him, he entered into a war against the Athenians, and offered prayers to Zeus that drought and famine should fall upon the city of the Athenians.
ταχὺ δὲ περὶ τὴν Ἀττικὴν καὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα γενομένων αὐχμῶν καὶ φθαρέντων τῶν καρπῶν, συνελθόντες οἱ τῶν πόλεων ἡγεμόνες ἐπηρώτησαν τὸν θεὸν πῶς ἂν δύναιντο τῶν κακῶν ἀπαλλαγῆναι.
Soon, when droughts occurred around Attica and Greece and the crops were destroyed, the leaders of the cities gathered together and asked the god how they might be delivered from their misfortunes.
ὁ δʼ ἔχρησεν ἐλθεῖν αὐτοὺς πρὸς Αἰακὸν τὸν Διὸς καὶ Αἰγίνης τῆς Ἀσωποῦ θυγατρός, καὶ κελεύειν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν εὐχὰς ποιήσασθαι.
The god gave an oracle that they should go to Aeacus, the son of Zeus and Aegina, the daughter of Asopus, and bid him offer up prayers on their behalf.
§4.61.2ὧν πραξάντων τὸ προσταχθέν, ὁ μὲν Αἰακὸς ἐπετέλεσε τὰς εὐχάς, καὶ ὁ αὐχμὸς παρὰ μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἕλλησιν ἐπαύσατο, παρὰ δὲ τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις μόνοις διέμεινεν· οὗ δὴ χάριν ἠναγκάσθησαν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τὸν θεὸν ἐπερωτῆσαι περὶ τῆς τῶν κακῶν ἀπαλλαγῆς.
When they had done what was commanded, Aeacus performed the prayers, and the drought ceased among the other Greeks, but persisted among the Athenians alone; for which very reason the Athenians were compelled to ask the god about deliverance from their misfortunes.
εἶθʼ ὁ μὲν θεὸς ἔχρησεν, ἐὰν τοῦ Ἀνδρόγεω φόνου τῷ Μίνῳ δίκας δῶσιν ἃς ἂν ἐκεῖνος δικάσῃ·
Then the god gave an oracle that, if they should render to Minos such justice for the murder of Androgeus as he himself might impose, [they would be delivered].
§4.61.3ὑπακουσάντων δὲ τῷ θεῷ τῶν Ἀθηναίων, προσέταξεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Μίνως διδόναι κόρους ἑπτὰ καὶ τὰς ἴσας κόρας διʼ ἐτῶν ἐννέα βορὰν τῷ Μινωταύρῳ ὅσον ἂν χρόνον ζῇ τὸ τέρας.
When the Athenians obeyed the god, Minos commanded them to give seven youths and as many maidens every nine years as food for the Minotaur, for as long a time as the monster should live.
δόντων δʼ αὐτῶν, ἀπηλλάγησαν τῶν κακῶν οἱ κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικήν, καὶ ὁ Μίνως πολεμῶν ἐπαύσατο τὰς Ἀθήνας.
When they gave them, those in Attica were delivered from their misfortunes, and Minos ceased warring against Athens.
διελθόντων δὲ ἐτῶν ἐννέα πάλιν ὁ Μίνως ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν Ἀττικὴν μετὰ μεγάλου στόλου, καὶ τοὺς δὶς ἑπτὰ κόρους ἀπαιτήσας ἔλαβε.
After nine years had passed, Minos came again to Attica with a great fleet, and demanding the twice seven youths, he received them.
§4.61.4μελλόντων δʼ ἐκπλεῖν τῶν περὶ τὸν Θησέα, ὁ Αἰγεὺς συνέθετο πρὸς τὸν κυβερνήτην, ἐὰν μὲν ὁ Θησεὺς νικήσῃ τὸν Μινώταυρον, καταπλεῖν αὐτοὺς λευκοῖς ἱστίοις, ἐὰν δὲ ἀπόληται, μέλασι, καθάπερ καὶ πρότερον ποιεῖν εἰώθεσαν.
When Theseus and his companions were about to sail, Aegeus agreed with the pilot that, if Theseus should conquer the Minotaur, they should sail back with white sails, but if he should perish, with black ones, just as they had been accustomed to do before.
καταπλευσάντων δʼ αὐτῶν εἰς Κρήτην Ἀριάδνη μὲν ἡ θυγάτηρ τοῦ Μίνωος ἠράσθη τοῦ Θησέως εὐπρεπείᾳ διαφέροντος, Θησεὺς δʼ εἰς λόγους ἐλθὼν αὐτῇ καὶ ταύτην συνεργὸν λαβών, τόν τε Μινώταυρον ἀπέκτεινε καὶ τὴν ἔξοδον τὴν τοῦ λαβυρίνθου παρʼ αὐτῆς μαθὼν διεσώθη.
When they had sailed down to Crete, Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, fell in love with Theseus, who was of outstanding beauty; and Theseus, having entered into conversation with her and secured her as a helper, slew the Minotaur, and having learned from her the way out of the labyrinth, saved himself.
§4.61.5ἀνακομιζόμενος δʼ εἰς τὴν πατρίδα καὶ κλέψας τὴν Ἀριάδνην ἔλαθεν ἐκπλεύσας νυκτός, καὶ κατῆρεν εἰς νῆσον τὴν τότε μὲν Δίαν, νῦν δὲ Νάξον προσαγορευομένην.
Sailing back to his homeland and having stolen Ariadne away, he escaped by sailing out at night, and put in at the island which was then called Dia, but is now named Naxos.
καθʼ ὃν δὴ χρόνον μυθολογοῦσι Διόνυσον ἐπιφανέντα, καὶ διὰ τὸ κάλλος τῆς Ἀριάδνης ἀφελόμενον τοῦ Θησέως τὴν παρθένον, ἔχειν αὐτὴν ὡς γυναῖκα γαμετὴν ἀγαπωμένην διαφερόντως.
At this very time, as they mythologize, Dionysus appeared, and because of the beauty of Ariadne, took the maiden away from Theseus, and held her as his wedded wife, loving her exceedingly.
μετὰ γοῦν τὴν τελευτὴν αὐτῆς διὰ τὴν φιλοστοργίαν ἀθανάτων καταξιῶσαι τιμῶν, καταστερίσαντα τὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ στέφανον Ἀριάδνης.
Indeed, after her death, because of his affection, he deemed her worthy of immortal honors, placing her crown among the stars in the heavens as the "Crown of Ariadne".
§4.61.6τοὺς δὲ περὶ τὸν Θησέα φασὶ διὰ τὴν ἁρπαγὴν τῆς κόρης δυσφοροῦντας ἰσχυρῶς, καὶ διὰ τὴν λύπην ἐπιλαθομένους τῆς Αἰγέως παραγγελίας, τοῖς μέλασιν ἱστίοις καταπλεῖν εἰς τὴν Ἀττικήν.
But Theseus and his companions, they say, being exceedingly distressed because of the abduction of the maiden, and on account of their grief forgetting the injunction of Aegeus, sailed into Attica with the black sails.
§4.61.7Αἰγέα δὲ θεασάμενον τὸν κατάπλουν, καὶ δόξαντα τεθνηκέναι τὸν υἱόν, ἡρωικὴν ἅμα πρᾶξιν καὶ συμφορὰν ἐπιτελέσασθαι· ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι.
And Aegeus, having observed the return of the ship and believing his son to be dead, performed an act at once heroic and tragic; for having gone up to the Acropolis, because of the excess of his grief he became weary of life and cast himself down.
§4.61.8μετὰ δὲ τὴν Αἰγέως τελευτὴν Θησεὺς διαδεξάμενος τὴν βασιλείαν ἦρχε τοῦ πλήθους νομίμως καὶ πολλὰ πρὸς αὔξησιν τῆς πατρίδος ἔπραξεν.
After the death of Aegeus, Theseus, having succeeded to the kingship, ruled over the multitude lawfully and did many things for the growth of his fatherland.
ἐπιφανέστατον δὲ συνετελέσθη τὸ τοὺς δήμους, ὄντας μικροὺς μὲν τοῖς μεγέθεσι, πολλοὺς δὲ τὸν ἀριθμόν, μεταγαγεῖν εἰς τὰς Ἀθήνας·
The most illustrious thing accomplished by him was the relocation of the demes, which were small in size but many in number, into Athens.
§4.61.9ἀπὸ γὰρ τούτων τῶν χρόνων Ἀθηναῖοι διὰ τὸ βάρος τῆς πόλεως φρονήματος ἐνεπίμπλαντο καὶ τῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἡγεμονίας ὠρέχθησαν.
For from these times the Athenians, by reason of the weight of their city, were filled with pride and aspired to the hegemony of the Greeks.
ἡμεῖς δὲ περὶ τούτων ἀρκούντως διεληλυθότες τὰ λειπόμενα τῶν περὶ Θησέα γενομένων ἀναγράψομεν.
But since we have discussed these matters sufficiently, we shall record the remaining events concerning Theseus.