§3.47.1καὶ μετʼ οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ὁ μὲν πρεσβύτερος αὐτοῦ τῶν παίδων γένος οὐδὲν καταλιπὼν ἐμφανὲς ἀποθνήσκει.
And not long afterward, the elder of his sons died, leaving no known offspring.
καὶ μετʼ ὀλίγας ἡμέρας αὐτὸς ὁ Δημάρατος ὑπὸ λύπης τελευτᾷ κληρονόμον ἁπάσης τῆς οὐσίας τὸν περιλειπόμενον τῶν παίδων Λοκόμωνα καταλιπών·
And a few days later, Demaratus himself died of grief, leaving the surviving of his sons, Lucumo, as the heir to all his estate.
ὃς παραλαβὼν τὸν πατρικὸν πλοῦτον μέγαν ὄντα πολιτεύεσθαί τε καὶ τὰ κοινὰ πράττειν καὶ ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις τῶν ἀστῶν εἶναι προῄρητο.
He, having inherited his father's wealth, which was great, chose to take part in politics, to conduct public affairs, and to be among the first of the citizens.
§3.47.2ἀπελαυνόμενος δὲ πανταχόθεν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων καὶ οὐχ ὅπως ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις ἀριθμούμενος, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐν τοῖς μέσοις, ἀνιαρῶς ἔφερε τὴν ἀτιμίαν.
But being excluded from everywhere by the natives, and so far from being numbered among the first, that he was not even among the middle classes, he bore this dishonor with vexation.
ἀκούων δὲ περὶ τῆς Ῥωμαίων πόλεως, ὅτι πάντας ἀσμένως ὑποδεχομένη τοὺς ξένους ἀστοὺς ποιεῖται καὶ τιμᾷ κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἕκαστον, ἐκεῖ μετενέγκασθαι τὴν οἴκησιν ἔγνω τά τε χρήματα πάντα συσκευασάμενος καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα ἐπαγόμενος καὶ τῶν ἄλλων φίλων καὶ οἰκείων τοὺς βουλομένους· ἐγένοντο δὲ οἱ συναπαίρειν αὐτῷ προθυμηθέντες συχνοί.
Hearing about the city of Rome, that it welcomed all strangers gladly, made them citizens, and honored each according to his merit, he decided to transfer his residence there, having packed up all his money, taking his wife with him, and those of his other friends and relatives who wished to go; and those who were eager to depart with him were numerous.
§3.47.3ὡς δὲ κατὰ τὸ καλούμενον Ἰανίκολον ἦσαν, ὅθεν ἡ Ῥώμη τοῖς ἀπὸ Τυρρηνίας ἐρχομένοις πρῶτον ἀφορᾶται, καταπτὰς ἀετὸς ἄφνω καὶ τὸν πῖλον αὐτοῦ τὸν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς κείμενον ἁρπάσας, ἀνέπτη πάλιν ἄνω κατὰ τὴν ἐγκύκλιον αἰώραν φερόμενος καὶ εἰς τὸ βάθος τοῦ περιέχοντος ἀέρος ἀπέκρυψεν· ἔπειτʼ ἐξαίφνης ἐπιτίθησι τῷ Λοκόμωνι τὸν πῖλον ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἁρμόσας ὡς πρότερον ἥρμοστο.
When they were near the place called Janiculum, from where Rome is first visible to those coming from Tyrrhenia, an eagle suddenly flew down, snatched his cap which lay upon his head, and flew up again, carried in a circular flight, and hid it in the depth of the surrounding air; then suddenly it placed the cap back upon Lucumo's head, fitting it as it had been fitted before.
§3.47.4θαυμαστοῦ δὲ καὶ παραδόξου πᾶσι τοῦ σημείου φανέντος ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ Λοκόμωνος ὄνομα Τανακύλλα ἐμπειρίαν ἱκανὴν ἐκ πατέρων ἔχουσα τῆς Τυρρηνικῆς οἰωνοσκοπίας, λαβοῦσα μόνον αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν συνόντων ἠσπάσατό τε καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐλπίδων ἐνέπλησεν ὡς ἐξ ἰδιωτικῆς τύχης εἰς ἐξουσίαν βασιλικὴν ἐλευσόμενον.
When this sign appeared wonderful and incredible to all, the wife of Lucumo, Tanaquil by name, who had from her ancestors a sufficient knowledge of Tyrrhenian augury, took him aside alone from the company, embraced him, and filled him with great hopes, as one who would rise from a private station to royal power.
σκοπεῖν μέντοι συνεβούλευεν ὅπως παρʼ ἑκόντων λήψεται Ῥωμαίων τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἄξιον τῆς τιμῆς ταύτης ἑαυτὸν παρασχών.
She advised him, however, to consider how he might receive the sovereignty from the Romans with their consent, by rendering himself worthy of this honor.