§4.82.1τὸν δʼ Ἀρισταῖόν φασιμετὰ τὴν Ἀκτέωνος τελευτὴν ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὸ χρηστήριον τοῦ πατρός, καὶ τὸν Ἀπόλλω προειπεῖν αὐτῷ τὴν εἰς Κέων νῆσον μετάβασιν ἐσομένην αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς ἐσομένας παρὰ τοῖς Κείοις τιμάς. §4.82.2τὸν δὲ πλεῦσαι μὲν εἰς τὴν νῆσον ταύτην, λοιμοῦ δὲ τὴν Ἑλλάδα κατασχόντος ποιήσασθαι τὴν θυσίαν ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων.
They say that Aristaeus, after the death of Actaeon, went to the oracle of his father, and that Apollo foretold to him his coming migration to the island of Ceos and the honors that would be paid to him by the Ceans.\n And they say that he sailed to this island, and when a plague was gripping Greece, he offered a sacrifice on behalf of all the Greeks.
γενομένης δὲ τῆς θυσίας κατὰ τὴν τοῦ σειρίου ἄστρου ἐπιτολήν, καθʼ ἣν συνέβαινε πνεῖν τοὺς ἐτησίας, λῆξαι τὰς λοιμικὰς νόσους. §4.82.3τοῦτο δʼ ἄν τις συλλογιζόμενος εἰκότως θαυμάσαι τὸ τῆς περιπετείας ἴδιον· ὁ γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν κυνῶν ἰδὼν τὸν υἱὸν τετελευτηκότα, οὗτος τῶν κατὰ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἄστρων τὸ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχον προσηγορίαν καὶ φθείρειν νομιζόμενον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἔπαυσε, καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις αἴτιος ἐγένετο τῆς σωτηρίας. §4.82.4λέγουσι δὲ τὸν Ἀρισταῖον ἐκγόνους ἐν τῇ Κέῳ καταλιπόντα, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰς τὴν Λιβύην ἐπανελθόντα, ἀπὸ τῆς μητρὸς Νύμφης τὴν ἀναγωγὴν ποιησάμενον εἰς τὴν Σαρδὼ νῆσον καταπλεῦσαι.
And when the sacrifice was made at the rising of the dog-star Sirius, at which time it was customary for the Etesian winds to blow, the pestilential diseases ceased.\n Reflecting upon this, one might reasonably marvel at the peculiarity of this turn of fortune; for he who had seen his own son destroyed by dogs was the very one who stayed that star among the heavenly bodies which has the same name and is believed to destroy mankind, and became the cause of salvation for all others.\n And they say that Aristaeus, having left descendants in Ceos, and after this having returned to Libya, set sail from the home of his mother, the Nymph, and took his course to the island of Sardo.
ἐν δὲ ταύτῃ κατοικήσαντα, καὶ τὴν νῆσον διὰ τὸ κάλλος στέρξαντα, φυτεῦσαί τε αὐτὴν καὶ τὸ πρότερον ἐξηγριωμένην ἡμερῶσαι.
Settling in this island, and loving it for its beauty, he planted it and tamed what was previously wild.
γεννῆσαι δʼ ἐν αὐτῇ δύο παῖδας, Χάρμον καὶ Καλλίκαρπον. §4.82.5μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἄλλας τε νήσους ἐπελθεῖν καὶ κατὰ τὴν Σικελίαν διατρῖψαί τινα χρόνον, διὰ δὲ τὴν ἀφθονίαν τῶν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ καρπῶν καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ βοσκομένων κτηνῶν φιλοτιμηθῆναι τοῖς ἐγχωρίοις ἐνδείξασθαι τὰς ἰδίας εὐεργεσίας.
And he begot in it two sons, Charmus and Callicarpus.\n After this, they say he visited other islands and spent some time in Sicily, and because of the abundance of fruits on the island and the multitude of cattle pastured there, he was eager to display his own acts of beneficence to the inhabitants.
διὸ καὶ παρὰ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Σικελίαν οἰκοῦσι διαφερόντως φασὶ τιμηθῆναι τὸν Ἀρισταῖον ὡς θεόν, καὶ μάλισθʼ ὑπὸ τῶν συγκομιζόντων τὸν τῆς ἐλαίας καρπόν. §4.82.6τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον μυθολογοῦσιν αὐτὸν εἰς Θρᾴκην παραβαλόντα πρὸς Διόνυσον μετασχεῖν τῶν ὀργίων, καὶ συνδιατρίψαντα τῷ θεῷ πολλὰ μαθεῖν παρʼ αὐτοῦ τῶν χρησίμων· περὶ δὲ τὸ ὄρος τὸ καλούμενον Αἷμον οἰκήσαντά τινα χρόνον ἄφαντον γενέσθαι, καὶ τυχεῖν ἀθανάτων τιμῶν οὐ μόνον ἐνταῦθα παρὰ τοῖς βαρβάροις, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι.
Therefore, among those who dwell in Sicily, they say that Aristaeus was exceptionally honored as a god, and especially by those who harvest the fruit of the olive.\n Finally, they relate that he, having arrived in Thrace, went to Dionysus and participated in his orgies, and spending time with the god, learned from him many useful things; and after dwelling for a time near the mountain called Haemus, he disappeared, and obtained immortal honors not only there among the barbarians, but also among the Greeks.