§4.66.1οἱ μὲν οὖν ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας τοιοῦτον τὸ πέρας ἔσχον.
Thus the seven against Thebes met with such an end.
οἱ δὲ τούτων παῖδες, ἐπίγονοι δʼ ὀνομασθέντες, τὸν τῶν πατέρων θάνατον ἐπεξιόντες ἔγνωσαν στρατεύειν κοινῇ ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας, λαβόντες χρησμὸν παρʼ Ἀπόλλωνος πολεμεῖν τὴν προειρημένην πόλιν στρατηγὸν ἔχοντας Ἀλκμαίωνα τὸν Ἀμφιαράου.
But their children, who were called Epigoni, wishing to avenge the death of their fathers, decided to make a common campaign against Thebes, having received an oracle from Apollo to wage war against the aforementioned city, having as their general Alcmaeon, the son of Amphiaraus.
§4.66.2ὁ δʼ Ἀλκμαίων αἱρεθεὶς ὑπʼ αὐτῶν στρατηγὸς ἐπηρώτησε τὸν θεὸν περὶ τῆς ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας στρατείας καὶ περὶ τῆς Ἐριφύλης τῆς μητρὸς κολάσεως.
And Alcmaeon, having been chosen by them as general, inquired of the god concerning the campaign against Thebes and concerning the punishment of his mother Eriphyle.
§4.66.3τοῦ δʼ Ἀπόλλωνος χρήσαντος ἀμφότερα τὰ προειρημένα πρᾶξαι διὰ τὸ μὴ μόνον τὸν χρυσοῦν ὅρμον δέξασθαι κατὰ τῆς ἀπωλείας τοῦ πατρός, ἀλλὰ καὶ πέπλον λαβεῖν αὐτὴν κατὰ τῆς τοῦ υἱοῦ τελευτῆς· Ἀφροδίτης γάρ, ὥς φασι, τὸ παλαιὸν δωρησαμένης Ἁρμονίᾳ τῇ Κάδμου τόν τε ὅρμον καὶ πέπλον, ἀμφότερα ταῦτα προσδέξασθαι τὴν Ἐριφύλην, τὸν μὲν ὅρμον παρὰ Πολυνείκους λαβοῦσαν, τὸν δὲ πέπλον παρὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Πολυνείκους Θερσάνδρου, ὅπως πείσῃ τὸν υἱὸν στρατεύειν ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας·
Since Apollo declared in his oracle that he should perform both of the aforementioned actions, because she had not only received the golden necklace to the detriment of his father but had also accepted the robe to the detriment of her son's life; for they say that in ancient times Aphrodite had given both the necklace and the robe to Harmonia the daughter of Cadmus, and that Eriphyle had accepted both of these, taking the necklace from Polynices and the robe from Thersander, the son of Polynices, so that she might persuade her son to go on the campaign against Thebes.
ὁ δʼ οὖν Ἀλκμαίων οὐ μόνον ἀθροίσας ἐξ Ἄργους στρατιώτας, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τῶν πλησίον πόλεων, ἀξιολόγῳ δυνάμει ἐστράτευσεν ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας.
Alcmaeon, then, having gathered soldiers not only from Argos but also from the neighboring cities, marched against Thebes with a noteworthy force.
§4.66.4ἀντιταχθέντων δὲ τῶν Θηβαίων ἐγένετο μάχη καρτερά, καθʼ ἣν ἐνίκησαν οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀλκμαίωνα· οἱ δὲ Θηβαῖοι λειφθέντες τῇ μάχῃ καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν πολιτῶν ἀποβαλόντες συνετρίβησαν ταῖς ἐλπίσιν.
When the Thebans drew up their forces against them, a fierce battle took place, in which those about Alcmaeon were victorious; and the Thebans, having been defeated in the battle and having lost many of their citizens, were shattered in their hopes.
οὐκ ὄντες δʼ ἀξιόμαχοι σύμβουλον ἔλαβον Τειρεσίαν τὸν μάντιν, ὃς ἐκέλευσε φυγεῖν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως· §4.66.5μόνως γὰρ οὕτω σωθήσεσθαι.
Since they were not a match in battle, they took as counselor Tiresias the seer, who ordered them to flee from the city; for only in this way would they be saved.
οἱ μὲν οὖν Καδμεῖοι κατὰ τὴν τοῦ μάντεως ὑποθήκην ἐξέλιπον τὴν πόλιν, καὶ νυκτὸς συνέφυγον εἴς τι χωρίον τῆς Βοιωτίας ὀνομαζόμενον Τιλφωσσαῖον.
The Cadmeans, therefore, in accordance with the advice of the seer, abandoned the city and fled together by night to a place in Boeotia called Tilphossaeum.
ἔπειθʼ οἱ μὲν ἐπίγονοι τὴν πόλιν ἑλόντες διήρπασαν, καὶ τῆς Τειρεσίου θυγατρὸς Δάφνης ἐγκρατεῖς γενόμενοι ταύτην ἀνέθεσαν εἰς Δελφοὺς κατά τινα εὐχὴν ἀκροθίνιον τῷ θεῷ.
Thereupon the Epigoni, having taken the city, plundered it, and having captured Daphne, the daughter of Tiresias, they dedicated her to Delphi as a first-fruits to the god, in accordance with a certain vow.
§4.66.6αὕτη δὲ τὴν μαντικὴν οὐχ ἧττον τοῦ πατρὸς εἰδυῖα, πολὺ μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς Δελφοῖς διατρίψασα τὴν τέχνην ἐπηύξησε· φύσει δὲ θαυμαστῇ κεχορηγημένη χρησμοὺς ἔγραψε παντοδαπούς, διαφόρους ταῖς κατασκευαῖς·
She, possessing no less knowledge of the art of divination than her father, enhanced the art much more while spending time at Delphi; and being endowed with a wonderful nature, she wrote oracles of every kind, differing in their compositions.
παρʼ ἧς φασι καὶ τὸν ποιητὴν Ὅμηρον πολλὰ τῶν ἐπῶν σφετερισάμενον κοσμῆσαι τὴν ἰδίαν ποίησιν.
From her they say that the poet Homer also, having misappropriated many of the verses, adorned his own poetry.
ἐνθεαζούσης δʼ αὐτῆς πολλάκις καὶ χρησμοὺς ἀποφαινομένης, φασὶν ἐπικληθῆναι Σίβυλλαν· τὸ γὰρ ἐνθεάζειν κατὰ γλῶττανὑπάρχειν σιβυλλαίνειν.
Since she was often divinely inspired and uttered oracles, they say she was called Sibyl; for in a dialect, to be divinely inspired is to "sibyllize."