§1.70.1Ἀσκανίου δὲ ὀγδόῳ καὶ τριακοστῷ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας τελευτήσαντος παρέλαβε τὴν ἡγεμονίαν Σιλούιος ἀδελφὸς ὢν Ἀσκανίου, μετὰ τὸν Αἰνείου θάνατον γενόμενος ἐκ Λαύνας τῆς Λατίνου θυγατρός, ὅν φασιν ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν ὑπὸ τῶν νομέων ἐκτραφῆναι.
When Ascanius died in the thirty-eighth year of his reign, Silvius, who was the brother of Ascanius, born after Aeneas' death of Launa, the daughter of Latinus, succeeded to the rule; and they say he was brought up in the mountains by the shepherds.
§1.70.2τοῦ γὰρ Ἀσκανίου παραλαβόντος τὴν βασιλείαν περιδεὴς ἡ Λαῦνα γενομένη μή τι δεινὸν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ πάθῃ κατὰ τὸ τῆς μητρυιᾶς ὄνομα, ἐγκύμων οὖσα δίδωσιν ἑαυτὴν Τυρρηνῷ τινι συοφορβίων ἐπιμελητῇ βασιλικῶν, ὃν ᾔδει Λατίνῳ γενόμενον ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα προσήγορον.
For when Ascanius succeeded to the kingdom, Launa, fearing greatly lest she should suffer some harm from him because of the name of stepmother, being pregnant, committed herself to a certain Tyrrhenus, a keeper of the royal swine, whom she knew to be of all men most familiar to Latinus.
ὁ δʼ εἰς ὕλας ἐρήμους ἀγαγὼν αὐτὴν ὡς τῶν ἐπιτυχουσῶν τινα, φυλαττόμενος ὀφθῆναι τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἔτρεφεν ἐν τῇ νάπῃ κατασκευάσας οἴκησιν οὐ πολλοῖς γνώριμον καὶ τὸ παιδίον γενόμενον ἀναιρεῖταί τε καὶ τρέφει Σιλούιον ὀνομάσας ἀπὸ τῆς ὕλης, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις Ελλάδι γλώσσῃ λέξειεν Ὑλαῖον.
He, having conducted her to the desert woods as one of the ordinary women, guarding against being seen by those who knew them, brought her up in the glen, having built a dwelling not known to many, and when the child was born, he took it up and reared it, naming him Silvius from the wood, just as if one were to say "Hylaeus" in the Greek language.
§1.70.3χρόνου δὲ προϊόντος ὡς πολλὴν ζήτησιν ἔγνω τῆς γυναικὸς ὑπὸ τῶν Λατίνων γινομένην καὶ διʼ αἰτίας ὄντα παρὰ τῷ πλήθει τὸν Ἀσκάνιον, ὡς ἀνῃρηκότα τὴν παιδίσκην, φράζει τῷ δήμῳ τὸ πρᾶγμα καὶ τὴν ἄνθρωπον ἄγει μετὰ τοῦ παιδὸς ἐκ τῆς νάπης.
As time went on, when he learned that a great search was being made for the woman by the Latins, and that Ascanius was under accusation among the multitude, as having destroyed the young woman, he revealed the matter to the people and brought the woman with the child out of the glen.
τύχῃ μὲν δὴ τοιαύτῃ χρησάμενος ὁ Σιλούϊος τὴν εἰρημένην ἔσχεν ὀνομασίαν καὶ τὸ ἐξ ἐκείνου γένος ἅπαν, τὴν δὲ βασιλείαν παρέλαβεν, ἐπειδὴ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τελευτῆσαι συνέπεσεν, ἀμφίλογον γενομένην πρὸς ἕνα τὸν πρεσβεύσαντα τῶν Ἀσκανίου παίδων Ἴουλον ἀξιοῦντα τὴν πατρῴαν ἀρχὴν διαδέξασθαι.
Having met with such a fortune, Silvius obtained the aforementioned name, as did all his descendants, and he succeeded to the kingdom, when it happened that his brother died, which kingdom had become a subject of dispute with one of the sons of Ascanius, namely Iulus, who was the eldest and claimed to succeed to his father's rule.
§1.70.4τὴν δὲ δίκην ἐπεψήφισεν ὁ δῆμος ἄλλοις τε ὑπαχθεὶς λόγοις καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα ὅτι μητρὸς ἦν ὁ Σιλούϊος ἐπικλήρου τῆς ἀρχῆς.
The people decided the case by their votes, being influenced by other arguments, and not least because Silvius was born of a mother who was the heiress to the rule.
Ἰούλῳ δὲ ἀντὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἱερά τις ἐξουσία προσετέθη καὶ τιμὴ τῷ τε ἀκινδύνῳ προὔχουσα τῆς μοναρχίας καὶ τῇ ῥαστώνῃ τοῦ βίου, ἣν ἔτι καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γένος ἐκαρποῦτο, Ἰούλιοι κληθέντες ἀπʼ ἐκείνου.
To Iulus, instead of the kingdom, a certain sacred authority and honor was added, excelling monarchy both in freedom from danger and in ease of life, which his descendants, called Julians after him, continued to enjoy even down to my time.
ἐγένετο δὲ μέγιστος ἅμα καὶ λαμπρότατος οἴκων οὗτος, ὧν ἡμεῖς ἴσμεν, ἄνδρας τε διαφορωτάτους ἡγεμόνων ἤνεγκεν, οἷς τὸ εὐγενὲς αἱ ἀρεταὶ μὴ ἀπιστεῖσθαι παρέσχον· ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐν ἄλλῳ δηλωθήσεται λόγῳ τὰ προσήκοντα.
This house became at once the greatest and most illustrious of all we know, and produced the most distinguished of leaders, whose virtues prevented their noble birth from being doubted; concerning whom the proper details will be set forth in another book.