§1.84.1ἕτεροι δὲ οὐδὲν τῶν μυθωδεστέρων ἀξιοῦντες ἱστορικῇ γραφῇ προσήκειν τήν τε ἀπόθεσιν τὴν τῶν βρεφῶν οὐχ ὡς ἐκελεύσθη τοῖς ὑπηρέταις γενομένην ἀπίθανον εἶναί φασι, καὶ τῆς λυκαίνης τὸ τιθασόν, ἣ τοὺς μαστοὺς ἐπεῖχε τοῖς παιδίοις, ὡς δραματικῆς μεστὸν ἀτοπίας διασύρουσιν·
But others, thinking that nothing of a legendary nature belongs to historical writing, say that the abandonment of the infants, not having happened as was ordered to the servants, is unbelievable, and they mock the tameness of the she-wolf, which held out her teats to the children, as full of dramatic absurdity.
§1.84.2ἀντιδιαλλαττόμενοι δὲ πρὸς ταῦτα λέγουσιν ὡς ὁ Νεμέτωρ, ἐπειδὴ τὴν Ἰλίαν ἔγνω κύουσαν, ἕτερα παρασκευασάμενος παιδία νεογνὰ διηλλάξατο τεκούσης αὐτῆς τὰ βρέφη καὶ τὰ μὲν ὀθνεῖα δέδωκε τοῖς φυλάττουσι τὰς ὠδῖνας ἀποφέρειν εἴτε χρημάτων τὸ πιστὸν τῆς χρείας αὐτῶν πριάμενος εἴτε διὰ γυναικῶν τὴν ὑπαλλαγὴν μηχανησάμενος, καὶ αὐτὰ λαβὼν Ἀμόλιος ὅτῳ δή τινι τρόπῳ ἀναιρεῖ·
But offering an alternative to these things, they say that Numitor, when he knew Ilia was pregnant, having prepared other newborn children, exchanged them when she gave birth to her infants, and gave the foreign children to those who were guarding her labor to carry away, either having purchased the trustworthiness of their service with money, or having contrived the substitution through women; and Amulius, having received them, in whatever manner destroyed them.
τὰ δʼ ἐκ τῆς Ἰλίας γενόμενα περὶ παντὸς ποιούμενος ὁ μητροπάτωρ διασώζεσθαι δίδωσι τῷ Φαιστύλῳ.
But the maternal grandfather, considering it of the highest importance that the children born of Ilia should be saved, gave them to Faustulus to preserve.
§1.84.3τὸν δὲ Φαιστύλον τοῦτον Ἀρκάδα μὲν εἶναί φασι τὸ γένος ἀπὸ τῶν σὺν Εὐάνδρῳ, κατοικεῖν δὲ περὶ τὸ Παλλάντιον ἐπιμέλειαν ἔχοντα τῶν Ἀμολίου κτημάτων.
They say that this Faustulus was of Arcadian descent from those who came with Evander, and lived around Pallantium, having the care of Amulius' possessions.
χαρίσασθαι δὲ Νεμέτορι τὴν ἐκτροφὴν τῶν παίδων τἀδελφῷ πειθόμενον ὄνομα Φαυστίνῳ τὰς περὶ τὸν Αὐεντῖνον τρεφομένας τοῦ §1.84.4Νεμέτορος ἀγέλας ἐπιτροπεύοντι·
And they say that he undertook the rearing of the children to oblige Numitor, being persuaded by his brother named Faustinus, who was in charge of Numitor's herds that were being pastured around the Aventine.
τήν τε τιθηνησαμένην τὰ παιδία καὶ μαστοὺς ἐπισχοῦσαν οὐ λύκαιναν εἶναί φασιν, ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ εἰκὸς γυναῖκα τῷ Φαιστύλῳ συνοικοῦσαν Λαυρεντίαν ὄνομα, ᾗ δημοσιευούσῃ ποτὲ τὴν τοῦ σώματος ὥραν οἱ περὶ τὸ Παλλάντιον διατρίβοντες ἐπίκλησιν ἔθεντο τὴν Λούπαν·
And they say that the one who nursed the children and held out her teats to them was not a she-wolf, but, as is natural, a woman living with Faustulus, named Laurentia, to whom, since she once made public the flower of her body, those who lived around Pallantium gave the nickname of Lupa.
ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο Ἑλληνικόν τε καὶ ἀρχαῖον ἐπὶ ταῖς μισθαρνούσαις τἀφροδίσια τιθέμενον, αἳ νῦν εὐπρεπεστέρᾳ κλήσει ἑταῖραι προσαγορεύονται.
And this is a Greek and ancient term applied to those who make a profit from love, who are now addressed by the more respectable name of hetaerae.
ἀγνοοῦντας δέ τινας αὐτὸ πλάσαι τὸν περὶ τῆς λυκαίνης μῦθον, ἐπειδὴ κατὰ τὴν γλῶτταν, ἣν τὸ Λατίνων ἔθνος φθέγγεται, λούπα καλεῖται τοῦτο τὸ θηρίον.
They say that some people, being ignorant of this, fabricated the myth about the she-wolf, since in the tongue which the Latin nation speaks, this beast is called lupa.
ἡνίκα δὲ τῆς ἐν τῷ γάλακτι τροφῆς ἀπηλλάγη τὰ παιδία, δοθῆναι πρὸς τῶν τρεφόντων εἰς Γαβίους πόλιν οὐ μακρὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ §1.84.5Παλλαντίου κειμένην, ὡς Ἑλλάδα παιδείαν ἐκμάθοιεν, κἀκεῖ παρʼ ἀνδράσιν ἰδιοξένοις τοῦ Φαιστύλου τραφῆναι γράμματα καὶ μουσικὴν καὶ χρῆσιν ὅπλων Ἑλληνικῶν ἐκδιδασκομένους μέχρις ἥβης.
And when the children were weaned from their milk-diet, they were sent by their foster-parents to the city of Gabii, which lay not far from Pallantium, that they might learn Greek education; and there they were brought up by guest-friends of Faustulus, being instructed in letters, music, and the use of Greek arms until they reached manhood.
§1.84.6ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀφίκοντο πρὸς τοὺς νομιζομένους γονεῖς συμβῆναι τὴν διαφορὰν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τοὺς Νεμέτορος βουκόλους περὶ τῶν συννόμων χωρίων·
And when they returned to those who were considered their parents, a dispute occurred between them and the herdsmen of Numitor concerning the common pasture lands.
ἐκ δὲ τούτου πληγὰς αὐτοῖς δόντας ὡς αὐτοὺς ἀπελάσαι τὰς ἀγέλας, ποιῆσαι δὲ ταῦτα τῇ γνώμῃ τοῦ Νεμέτορος, ἵνʼ ἀρχὴ γένοιτο ἐγκλημάτων καὶ ἅμα παρουσίας εἰς τὴν πόλιν τῷ νομευτικῷ §1.84.7πλήθει πρόφασις.
Consequently, they dealt them blows and drove the herds back to them, doing these things by the design of Numitor, in order that there might be a beginning of complaints, and at the same time a pretext for the presence of the multitude of shepherds in the city.
ὡς δὲ ταῦτʼ ἐγένετο Νεμέτορα μὲν Ἀμολίου καταβοᾶν, ὡς δεινὰ πάσχοι διαρπαζόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκείνου βουκόλων, καὶ ἀξιοῦν εἰ μηδενὸς αἴτιος ἐστὶ παραδοῦναι τὸν βουφορβὸν αὑτῷ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ἐπὶ δίκῃ·
When these things happened, Numitor cried out against Amulius, complaining that he was suffering terrible things, being despoiled by Amulius' herdsmen, and demanded that, if Amulius was guilty of nothing, he should hand over the chief herdsman and his sons to him for trial.
Ἀμόλιον δὲ ἀπολύσασθαι βουλόμενον τὴν αἰτίαν τούς τε αἰτηθέντας καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἅπαντας, ὅσοι παρεῖναι τοῖς γενομένοις εἶχον αἰτίαν, ἥκειν κελεύειν δίκας ὑφέξοντας τῷ Νεμέτορι.
And Amulius, wishing to clear himself of the charge, ordered those who were demanded and all others who were accused of being present at what had happened, to come and submit to trial before Numitor.
§1.84.8πολλῶν δὲ συνελθόντων ἅμα τοῖς ἐπαιτίοις ἐπὶ τῇ προφάσει τῆς δίκης φράσαντα τοῖς νεανίσκοις τὸν μητροπάτορα πᾶσαν τὴν καταλαβοῦσαν αὐτοὺς τύχην καὶ φήσαντα τιμωρίαν νῦν εἴ ποτε καιρὸν εἶναι λαβεῖν, αὐτίκα ποιήσασθαι σὺν τῷ νομευτικῷ πλήθει τὴν ἐπίθεσιν.
When many had assembled together with those accused under the pretext of the trial, the maternal grandfather, having declared to the young men all the fortune that had overtaken them, and having said that now if ever was the time to take vengeance, immediately made the attack with the multitude of shepherds.
περὶ μὲν οὖν γενέσεως καὶ τροφῆς τῶν οἰκιστῶν τῆς Ῥώμης ταῦτα λέγεται.
Concerning, then, the birth and rearing of the founders of Rome, these things are told.