§5.7.1ἡμεῖς δὲ περὶ τούτων ἀρκούντως εἰρηκότες μεταβιβάσομεν τὸν λόγον ἐπὶ τὰς νήσους τὰς ὀνομαζομένας Αἰολίδας.
Since we have spoken sufficiently about these matters, we shall transfer our discourse to the islands called Aeolian.
αὗται δʼ εἰσὶ τὸν μὲν ἀριθμὸν ἑπτά, προσηγορίας δʼ ἔχουσι ταύτας, Στρογγύλη καὶ Εὐώνυμος, ἔτι δὲ Διδύμη καὶ Φοινικώδης καὶ Ἐρικώδης, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις Ἱερὰ Ἡφαίστου καὶ Λιπάρα, §5.7.2καθʼ ἣν ὁμώνυμος πόλις καθίδρυται.
These are seven in number, and have these names: Strongyle and Euonymus, and further Didyme and Phoenicodes and Ericodes, and in addition to these, Hiera of Hephaestus and Lipara, upon which a city of the same name has been established.
κεῖνται δʼ αὗται μεταξὺ Σικελίας καὶ Ἰταλίας ἐπʼ εὐθείας ἀπὸ πορθμοῦ καὶ τῆς πρὸς ἕω πρὸς δύσιν.
These lie between Sicily and Italy in a straight line from the strait, and from east to west.
ἀπέχουσι δὲ τῆς Σικελίας ὡς ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα σταδίους, καὶ τὸ μέγεθός εἰσιν ἀλλήλαις παραπλήσιαι· ἡ δὲ μεγίστη αὐτῶν ἐστι τὴν περίμετρον σταδίων ὡς ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα.
They are distant from Sicily about one hundred and fifty stades, and in size they are very similar to one another; and the largest of them is about one hundred and fifty stades in circumference.
§5.7.3αὗται δὲ πᾶσαι πυρὸς ἐσχήκασιν ἀναφυσήματα μεγάλα, ὧν κρατῆρες οἱ γεγενημένοι καὶ τὰ στόμια μέχρι τοῦ νῦν εἰσι φανερά.
All these islands have had great eruptions of fire, of which the craters that have been formed and the openings remain visible up to the present.
ἐν δὲ τῇ Στρογγύλῃ καὶ τῇ Ἱερᾷ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν ἐκ τῶν χασμάτων ἐκπίπτει πνεύματος μέγεθος καὶ βρόμος ἐξαίσιος· ἐκφυσᾶται δὲ καὶ ἅμμος καὶ λίθων διαπύρων πλῆθος, καθάπερ ἔστιν ὁρᾶν καὶ περὶ τὴν Αἴτνην γινόμενον.
And in Strongyle and Hiera, even to this day, a great volume of wind and an extraordinary roar burst out from the chasms; and sand and a multitude of glowing stones are also blown out, just as can be seen happening around Etna.
§5.7.4λέγουσι γάρ τινες ἐκ τούτων τῶν νήσων ὑπονόμους εἶναι κατὰ γῆς μέχρι τῆς Αἴτνης καὶ τοῖς ἐπʼ ἀμφότερα στομίοις συνημμένους· διὸ καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐναλλὰξ κάεσθαι τοὺς ἐν ταύταις ταῖς νήσοις κρατῆρας τῶν κατὰ τὴν Αἴτνην.
For some say that from these islands there are tunnels under the earth extending as far as Etna, and that they are connected with the openings at both ends; which is why, for the most part, the craters in these islands burn alternately with those in Etna.
§5.7.5φασὶ δὲ τὰς Αἰόλου νήσους τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν ἐρήμους γεγονέναι, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τὸν ὀνομαζόμενον Λίπαρον, Αὔσονος ὄντα τοῦ βασιλέως υἱόν, ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν καταστασιασθῆναι, κυριεύσαντα δὲ νεῶν μακρῶν καὶ στρατιωτῶν ἐκ τῆς Ἰταλίας φυγεῖν εἰς τὴν ἀπὸ τούτου Λιπάραν ὀνομασθεῖσαν· ἐν ταύτῃ δὲ τὴν ἐπώνυμον αὑτοῦ πόλιν κτίσαι, καὶ τὰς ἄλλας νήσους τὰς προειρημένας γεωργῆσαι.
And they say that the islands of Aeolus were in ancient times deserted, but after this, the one called Liparus, who was the son of king Auson, was driven out by factions of his brothers, and having gained control of long ships and soldiers, fled from Italy to the island named Lipara after him; and on this island he founded his eponymous city and cultivated the other islands mentioned before.
§5.7.6τούτου δὲ γεγηρακότος Αιὄλον τὸν Ἱππότου μετά τινων παραβαλόντα εἰς τὴν Λιπάραν τὴν τοῦ Λιπάρου θυγατέρα γῆμαι Κυάνην· καὶ τοὺς λαοὺς κοινῇ μετὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων πολιτεύεσθαι ποιήσας ἐβασίλευσε τῆς νήσου.
When he grew old, Aeolus, the son of Hippotes, arriving at Lipara with some companions, married Cyane, the daughter of Liparus; and having made his people share in a common government with the native inhabitants, he ruled over the island.
τῷ δὲ Λιπάρῳ τῆς Ἰταλίας ἐπιθυμοῦντι συγκατεσκεύασεν αὐτῷ τοὺς περὶ τὸ Σύρρεντον τόπους, ὅπου βασιλεύσας καὶ μεγάλης ἀποδοχῆς τυχὼν ἐτελεύτησε· ταφεὶς δὲ μεγαλοπρεπῶς τιμῶν ἔτυχεν ἡρωικῶν παρὰ τοῖς ἐγχωρίοις.
For Liparus, who desired Italy, Aeolus helped him to secure the regions around Surrentum, where he ruled, met with great acceptance, and died; and having been buried magnificently, he received heroic honors from the inhabitants.
§5.7.7ὁ δʼ Αἰόλος οὗτός ἐστι πρὸς ὃν μυθολογοῦσι τὸν Ὀδυσσέα κατὰ τὴν πλάνην ἀφικέσθαι.
This Aeolus is the one to whom they mythologize that Odysseus came in the course of his wanderings.
γενέσθαι δʼ αὐτόν φασιν εὐσεβῆ καὶ δίκαιον, ἔτι δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ξένους φιλάνθρωπον· πρὸς δὲ τούτοις τὴν τῶν ἱστίων χρείαν τοῖς ναυτικοῖς ἐπεισηγήσασθαι, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ πυρὸς προσημασίας παρατετηρηκότα προλέγειν τοὺς ἐγχωρίους ἀνέμους εὐστόχως, ἐξ οὗ ταμίαν αὐτὸν εἶναι τῶν ἀνέμων ὁ μῦθος ἀνέδειξε· διὰ δὲ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς εὐσεβείας φίλον τῶν θεῶν ὀνομασθῆναι.
And they say that he was pious and just, and moreover kind to strangers; and in addition to these things, he introduced the use of sails to sailors, and from careful observation of the signs of the fire, he foretold the winds accurately to the inhabitants, from which the myth declared him to be the keeper of the winds; and because of the excess of his piety, he was named a friend of the gods.