§4.75.1τῆς Τρῳάδος χώρας πρῶτος ἐβασίλευσε Τεῦκρος, υἱὸς ὢν Σκαμάνδρου τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ Ἰδαίας νύμφης, ἀνὴρ ἐπιφανής, καὶ τοὺς λαοὺς ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ Τεύκρους προσηγόρευσε.
Teucer was the first to rule over the Trojan land; being a son of the river Scamander and the nymph Idaea, he was an illustrious man, and he named the people Teucrians after himself.
Τεύκρου δʼ ἐγένετο θυγάτηρ Βάτεια· ταύτην δὲ Δάρδανος ὁ Διὸς γήμας, καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν διαδεξάμενος, τοὺς μὲν λαοὺς ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ ὠνόμασε Δαρδάνους, πόλιν δʼ οἰκίσας ἐπὶ θαλάττης ὠνόμασεν ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ Δάρδανον.
And to Teucer was born a daughter Batea; and Dardanus, the son of Zeus, married her, and having succeeded to the kingship, he named the people Dardanians after himself, and having founded a city by the sea, he named it Dardanus after himself.
§4.75.2τούτου δʼ Ἐριχθόνιος υἱὸς γενόμενος εὐδαιμονίᾳ καὶ πλούτῳ πολὺ διήνεγκε· περὶ οὗ καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς Ὅμηρός φησι,
"ὃς δὴ ἀφνειότατος γένετο θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων· τοῦ τρισχίλιαι ἵπποι ἕλος κάτα βουκολέοντο. " §4.75.3Ἐριχθονίου δʼ υἱὸς γενόμενος Τρὼς τοὺς λαοὺς ὠνόμασεν ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ Τρῶας.
To him was born a son Erichthonius, who far excelled in prosperity and wealth; concerning whom the poet Homer also says, "who was indeed the richest of mortal men; his three thousand mares used to graze along the marsh-land." And Tros, born as a son to Erichthonius, named the people Trojans after himself.
τούτου δʼ ἐγένοντο τρεῖς υἱοί, Ἶλος, Ἀσσάρακος, Γανυμήδης.
To him were born three sons, Ilus, Assaracus, and Ganymede.
Ἶλος μὲν οὖν ᾤκισεν ἐν πεδίῳ πόλιν ἐπιφανεστάτην τῶν ἐν τῇ Τρῳάδι, Ἴλιον ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ θέμενος τὴν προσηγορίαν.
Now Ilus founded a city in the plain, the most illustrious of those in the Trojan land, giving it the name Ilion after himself.
§4.75.4Ἴλου δὲ γενόμενος υἱὸς Λαομέδων Τιθωνὸν καὶ Πρίαμον ἐγέννησεν· ὧν Τιθωνὸς μὲν στρατεύσας εἰς τὰ πρὸς ἕω μέρη τῆς Ἀσίας καὶ διατείνας ἕως Αἰθιοπίας ἐμυθολογήθη ἐξ Ἠοῦς τεκνῶσαι Μέμνονα τὸν τοῖς Τρωσὶ βοηθήσαντα καὶ ὑπʼ Ἀχιλλέως ἀναιρεθέντα, Πρίαμος δʼ Ἑκάβην γήμας σὺν ἄλλοις πλείοσιν υἱοῖς ἐγέννησεν Ἕκτορα τὸν ἐπισημόντατον γενόμενον ἐν τῷ Τρωικῷ πολέμῳ.
And Laomedon, born as a son to Ilus, begat Tithonus and Priam; of whom Tithonus, having made an expedition into the eastern parts of Asia and having extended as far as Ethiopia, is related in myth to have fathered by Eos Memnon, who came to the aid of the Trojans and was slain by Achilles; while Priam, having married Hecabe, begat, along with several other sons, Hector, who became the most famous in the Trojan war.
§4.75.5Ἀσσάρακος δὲ Δαρδάνων βασιλεύσας Κάπυν ἐγέννησεν, ἐξ οὗ τεκνωθεὶς Ἀγχίσης ἐξ Ἀφροδίτης Αἰνείαν ἐγέννησε τὸν ἐπιφανέστατον τῶν Τρώων.
And Assaracus, having ruled over the Dardanians, begat Capys, from whom was fathered Anchises, who begat by Aphrodite Aeneas, the most illustrious of the Trojans.
Γανυμήδης δὲ τῶν ἁπάντων εὐπρεπείᾳ διαφέρων ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν ἀνηρπάγη τῷ Διὶ οἰνοχοεῖν.
And Ganymede, excelling all in beauty, was snatched away by the gods to be wine-pourer to Zeus.
§4.75.6τούτων δʼ ἡμῖν διευκρινημένων πειρασόμεθα διεξιέναι περὶ Δαιδάλου καὶ Μινωταύρου καὶ τῆς Μίνωος στρατείας εἰς Σικελίαν ἐπὶ Κώκαλον τὸνβασιλέα.
Now that these matters have been clarified by us, we shall attempt to discuss Daedalus and the Minotaur, and the expedition of Minos into Sicily against King Cocalus.