§5ΣΑΜΙΠΠΟΣ
ἀλλὰ μεταξὺ λόγων, ἡλίκη ναῦς, εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατὸν πήχεων ἔλεγε ὁ ναυπηγός τὸ μῆκος, εὖρος δὲ ὑπὲρ τὸ τέταρτον μάλιστα τούτου, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ καταστρώματος ἐς τὸν πυθμένα, ᾗ βαθύτατον κατὰ τὸν ἄντλον, ἐννέα πρὸς τοῖς εἴκοσι.
SAMIPPUS: But by the way, how big a ship! The shipbuilder said its length was one hundred and twenty cubits, and its width about over a quarter of this, and from the deck to the bottom, where it is deepest at the bilge, twenty-nine cubits.
τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ἡλίκος μὲν ὁ ἱστός, ὅσην δὲ ἀνέχει τὴν κεραίαν, οἵῳ δὲ προτόνῳ συνέχεται, ὡς δὲ ἡ πρύμνα μὲν ἐπανέστηκεν ἠρέμα καμπύλη χρυσοῦν χηνίσκον ἐπικειμένη, καταντικρὺ δὲ ἀνάλογον ἡ πρῷρα ὑπερβέβηκεν ἐς τὸ πρόσω ἀπομηκυνομένη, τὴν ἐπώνυμον τῆς νεὼς θεὸν ἔχουσα τὴν Ἶσιν ἑκατέρωθεν.
And as for the rest, how big the mast was, and how large a yard-arm it supports, and with what sort of stay it is held, and how the stern rises up, gently curved, with a golden goose-neck on top, while opposite it, in proportion, the prow projects, lengthening forward, having Isis, the goddess after whom the ship is named, on each side!
ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλος κόσμος, αἱ γραφαὶ καὶ τοῦ ἱστίου τὸ παράσειον πυραυγές, καὶ πρὸ τούτων αἱ ἄγκυραι καὶ στροφεῖα καὶ περιαγωγεῖς καὶ αἱ κατὰ τὴν πρύμναν οἰκήσεις θαυμάσια πάντα μοι ἔδοξεν.
Indeed, all the other ornament, the paintings and the flame-colored topsail of the sail, and before these the anchors, windlasses, capstans, and the cabins at the stern, all seemed wonderful to me.
§6ΣΑΜΙΠΠΟΣ
καὶ τὸ τῶν ναυτῶν πλῆθος στρατοπέδῳ ἄν τις εἰκάσειεν.
SAMIPPUS: And the multitude of sailors one might compare to an army.
ἐλέγετο δὲ καὶ τοσοῦτον ἄγειν σῖτον, ὡς ἱκανὸν εἶναι πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ ἐνιαύσιον πρὸς τροφήν.
And it was said to carry so much grain as to be sufficient for all the inhabitants of Attica for a year's food.
κἀκεῖνα πάντα μικρός τις ἀνθρωπίσκος γέρων ἤδη ἔσωζεν ὑπὸ λεπτῇ κάμακι τὰ τηλικαῦτα πηδάλια περιστρέφων· ἐδείχθη γάρ μοι ἀναφαλαντίας τις, οὖλος, Ἥρων, οἶμαι, τοὔνομα.
And an old, tiny little man was keeping all those things safe, turning such huge rudders with a slender tiller; for a balding, curly-haired fellow was pointed out to me, Heron by name, I think.
ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ
Θαυμάσιος τὴν τέχνην, ὡς ἔφασκον οἱ ἐμπλέοντες, καὶ τὰ θαλάττια σοφὸς ὑπὲρ τὸν Πρωτέα.
TIMOLAUS: Wonderful in his art, as those on board said, and wise in sea-matters beyond Proteus.
§7ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ
ἠκούσατε δὲ ὅπως δεῦρο κατήγαγε τὸ πλοῖον, οἷα ἔπαθον πλέοντες ἢ ὡς ὁ ἀστὴρ αὐτοὺς ἔσωσεν;
TIMOLAUS: And did you hear how he brought the ship down here, what they suffered while sailing, or how the star saved them?
ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
Οὔκ, ὦ Τιμόλαε, ἀλλὰ νῦν ἡδέως ἂν ἀκούσαιμεν.
LYCINUS: No, Timolaus, but now we would gladly hear.
ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ
Ὁ ναύκληρος αὐτὸς διηγεῖτό μοι, χρηστὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ προσομιλῆσαι δεξιός.
TIMOLAUS: The captain himself was telling me, an excellent man and pleasant to converse with.
ἔφη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Φάρου ἀπάραντας οὐ πάνυ βιαίῳ πνεύματι ἑβδομαίους ἰδεῖν τὸν Ἀκάμαντα, εἶτα ζεφύρου ἀντιπνεύσαντος ἀπενεχθῆναι πλαγίους ἄχρι Σιδῶνος, ἐκεῖθεν δὲ χειμῶνι μεγάλῳ περιπεσόντας δεκάτῃ ἐπὶ Χελιδονέας διὰ τοῦ Αὐλῶνος ἐλθεῖν, ἔνθα δὴ παρὰ μικρὸν ὑποβρυχίους δῦναι ἅπαντας.
He said that, after setting sail from Pharos, with a not very violent wind, on the seventh day they saw Acamas, then when a west wind blew against them they were carried sideways as far as Sidon, and falling into a great storm from there, they came on the tenth day to the Chelidonian islands through the Channel, where indeed they all came within a hair's breadth of sinking beneath the waves.
§8ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ
οἶδα δέ ποτε παραπλεύσας καὶ αὐτὸς Χελιδονέας ἡλίκον ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἀνίσταται τὸ κῦμα, καὶ μάλιστα περὶ τὸν λίβα, ὁπόταν ἐπιλάβῃ καὶ τοῦ νότου· κατ' ἐκεῖνο γὰρ δὴ συμβαίνει μερίζεσθαι τὸ Παμφύλιον ἀπὸ τῆς Λυκιακῆς θαλάττης, καὶ ὁ κλύδων ἅτε ἀπὸ πολλῶν ῥευμάτων περὶ τῷ ἀκρωτηρίῳ σχιζόμενος—ἀπόξυροι δέ εἰσι πέτραι καὶ ὀξεῖαι παραθηγόμεναι τῷ κλύσματι—καὶ φοβερωτάτην ποιεῖ τὴν κυματωγὴν καὶ τὸν ἦχον μέγαν, καὶ τὸ κῦμα πολλάκις αὐτῷ ἰσομέγεθες τῷ σκοπέλῳ.
TIMOLAUS: And I myself, having sailed past the Chelidonians once, know how great a wave rises in that place, and especially during a south-west wind, whenever it takes hold of the south wind as well; for at that point indeed it happens that the Pamphylian sea is divided from the Lycian sea, and the surge, since it is split around the promontory by many currents—and they are sheer and sharp rocks, sharpened by the wash of the sea—makes the break of the waves most terrifying and the noise great, and the wave is often equal in size to the cliff itself.
§9ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ
τοιαῦτα καὶ σφᾶς καταλαβεῖν ἔφασκεν ὁ ναύκληρος ἔτι καὶ νυκτὸς οὔσης καὶ ζόφου ἀκριβοῦς.
TIMOLAUS: The captain said such things overtook them too, while it was still night and pitch darkness.
ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν οἰμωγὴν αὐτῶν ἐπικλασθέντας τοὺς θεοὺς πῦρ τε ἀναδεῖξαι ἀπὸ τῆς Λυκίας, ὡς γνωρίσαι τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον, καί τινα λαμπρὸν ἀστέρα Διοσκούρων τὸν ἕτερον ἐπικαθίσαι τῷ καρχησίῳ καὶ κατευθῦναι τὴν ναῦν ἐπὶ τὰ λαιὰ ἐς τὸ πέλαγος ἤδη τῷ κρημνῷ προσφερομένην.
But the gods, moved by their wailing, showed a fire from Lycia so they could recognize that place, and a certain bright star, one of the Dioscuri, settled upon the masthead and guided the ship to the left into the open sea, when it was already being carried toward the cliff.
τοὐντεῦθεν δὲ ἅπαξ τῆς ὀρθῆς ἐκπεσόντας διὰ τοῦ Αἰγαίου πλεύσαντας ἑβδομηκοστῇ ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου ἡμέρᾳ πρὸς ἀντίους τοὺς ἐτησίας πλαγιάζοντας ἐς Πειραιᾶ χθὲς καθορμίσασθαι τοσοῦτον ἀποσυρέντας ἐς τὸ κάτω, οὓς ἔδει τὴν Κρήτην δεξιὰν λαβόντας ὑπὲρ τὴν Μαλέαν πλεύσαντας ἤδη εἶναι ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ.
And from then on, having once fallen off the straight course, sailing through the Aegean on the seventieth day from Egypt, sailing sideways against the opposing Etesian winds, they put into harbor at Piraeus yesterday, having been dragged down so far, though they ought to have kept Crete on their right, sailed past Malea, and already be in Italy.
ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
Νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη τῆς ὁδοῦ.
LYCINUS: By Zeus, you speak of a wonderful helmsman in Heron, or some contemporary of Nereus, who went so far astray from his route!
§10ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
ἀλλὰ τί τοῦτο;
LYCINUS: But what is this?
οὐκ Ἀδείμαντος ἐκεῖνός ἐστι;
Is that not Adeimantus?
ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ
Πάνυ μὲν οὖν, Ἀδείμαντος αὐτός.
TIMOLAUS: Indeed, it is Adeimantus himself.
ἐμβοήσωμεν οὖν.
Let's call out then: "Adeimantus!
Ἀδείμαντες, σέ φημι τὸν Μυρρινούσιον τὸν Στρομβίχου. ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
Δυεῖν θάτερον, ἢ δυσχεραίνει καθ' ἡμῶν ἢ ἐκκεκώφωται.
I mean you, the son of Strombichus from Myrrhinus!" LYCINUS: One of two things: either he is angry with us, or he has gone deaf.
Ἀδείμαντος γάρ, οὐκ ἄλλος τίς ἐστι.
For it is Adeimantus, not someone else.
Πάνυ ἤδη σαφῶς ὁρῶ, καὶ θοἰμάτιον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ βάδισμα ἐκείνου, καὶ ἐν χρῷ ἡ κουρά.
I see him now very clearly, his cloak, his walk, and his close-cropped hair.
ἐπιτείνωμεν δὲ ὅμως τὸν περίπατον, ὡς καταλάβωμεν αὐτόν.
Let's quicken our pace anyway, so we can catch up with him.