§5.26.1ἴδιον δέ τι καὶ παράδοξον συμβαίνει κατὰ τὴν πλείστην τῆς Γαλατίας, περὶ οὗ παραλιπεῖν οὐκ ἄξιον ἡγούμεθα.
And something peculiar and extraordinary happens throughout the greater part of Galatia, which we do not think worthy to pass over.
ἀπὸ γὰρ θερινῆς δύσεως καὶ ἄρκτου πνεῖν εἰώθασιν ἄνεμοι τηλικαύτην ἔχοντες σφοδρότητα καὶ δύναμιν, ὥστε ἀναρπάζειν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς λίθους χειροπληθιαίους τοῖς μεγέθεσι καὶ τῶν ψηφίδων ἁδρομερῆ κονιορτόν· καθόλου δὲ καταιγίζοντες λάβρως ἁρπάζουσιν ἀπὸ μὲν τῶν ἀνδρῶν τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τὰς ἐσθῆτας, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἵππων τοὺς ἀναβάτας.
For from the summer sunset and the north, winds are accustomed to blow having such great violence and power that they snatch up from the earth stones as large as a handful and coarse dust of pebbles; and in general, storming violently, they snatch away the weapons and garments from the men, and the riders from their horses.
§5.26.2διὰ δὲ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τοῦ ψύχους διαφθειρομένης τῆς κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα κράσεως οὔτʼ οἶνον οὔτʼ ἔλαιον φέρει· διόπερ τῶν Γαλατῶν οἱ τούτων τῶν καρπῶν στερισκόμενοι πόμα κατασκευάζουσιν ἐκ τῆς κριθῆς τὸ προσαγορευόμενον ζῦθος, καὶ τὰ κηρία πλύνοντες τῷ τούτων ἀποπλύματι χρῶνται.
And because of the excess of cold, the temperature of the air being ruined, [the land] bears neither wine nor oil; wherefore those of the Galatae who are deprived of these fruits make a drink from barley, the one called zythos, and washing the honeycombs they use their washings.
§5.26.3κάτοινοι δʼ ὄντες καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν τὸν εἰσαγόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμπόρων οἶνον ἄκρατον ἐμφοροῦνται, καὶ διὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν λάβρῳ χρώμενοι τῷ ποτῷ καὶ μεθυσθέντες εἰς ὕπνον ἢ μανιώδεις διαθέσεις τρέπονται.
And being exceedingly fond of wine, they guzzle the wine imported by the merchants unmixed, and because of their desire, taking the drink greedily and getting drunk, they turn to sleep or mad dispositions.
διὸ καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν Ἰταλικῶν ἐμπόρων διὰ τὴν συνήθη φιλαργυρίαν ἕρμαιον ἡγοῦνται τὴν τῶν Γαλατῶν φιλοινίαν.
Wherefore also many of the Italian merchants, because of their habitual love of money, consider the Galatians' love of wine a godsend.
οὗτοι γὰρ διὰ μὲν τῶν πλωτῶν ποταμῶν πλοίοις, διὰ δὲ τῆς πεδιάδος χώρας ἁμάξαις κομίζοντες τὸν οἶνον, ἀντιλαμβάνουσι τιμῆς πλῆθος ἄπιστον· διδόντες γὰρ οἴνου κεράμιον ἀντιλαμβάνουσι παῖδα, τοῦ πόματος διάκονον ἀμειβόμενοι.
For these, conveying the wine by boats along the navigable rivers, and by wagons through the flat country, receive in return an unbelievable abundance of price; for giving a jar of wine, they receive in return a slave boy, exchanging a servant for the drink.