§5.25.1τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον ἀθάνατον αὐτῷ δόξαν εἰργάσατο.
This deed wrought for him immortal glory.
παραχρῆμά τε γὰρ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι στεφανώσαντες αὐτὸν ἀπέφερον εἰς τὴν πόλιν ὑμνοῦντες ὡς τῶν ἡρώων ἕνα, καὶ πᾶς ὁ κατοικίδιος ὄχλος ἐξεχεῖτο ποθῶν αὐτόν, ἕως ἔτι περιῆν, θεάσασθαι τὴν τελευταίαν πρόσοψιν· ἐδόκει γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν τραυμάτων οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν διαφθαρήσεσθαι·
For the Romans immediately crowned him and carried him into the city, hymning him as one of the heroes, and all the population that had remained at home poured out, longing to behold his last aspect while he was yet alive; for it was thought that because of his wounds he would not survive for long.
§5.25.2καὶ ἐπειδὴ διέφυγε τὸν θάνατον, εἰκόνα χαλκῆν ἔνοπλον ὁ δῆμος ἔστησεν αὐτοῦ τῆς ἀγορᾶς ἐν τῷ κρατίστῳ καὶ χώραν ἐκ τῆς δημοσίας ἔδωκεν, ὅσην αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ ζεύγει βοῶν περιαρόσει·
And when he escaped death, the people set up a bronze statue of him in armor in the most prominent part of the forum and gave him as much of the public land as he himself could plow around in a single day with a yoke of oxen.
χωρὶς δὲ τῶν δημοσίᾳ δοθέντων κατὰ κεφαλὴν ἕκαστος ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν, ὅτε μάλιστα δεινὴ σπάνις τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἅπαντας κατεῖχε, μιᾶς ἡμέρας τροφὴν ἐχαρίσαντο μυριάδες ἀνθρώπων αἱ §5.25.3σύμπασαι πλείους ἢ τριάκοντα.
And apart from what was given publicly, each person, both men and women, at a time when a most terrible scarcity of necessaries possessed them all, made him a present of one day's provisions, and these people altogether numbered more than thirty thousand.
Ὁράτιος μὲν δὴ τοιαύτην ἀποδειξάμενος ἀρετὴν ἐν τῷ τότε χρόνῳ ζηλωτὸς μὲν εἰ καί τις ἄλλος Ῥωμαίων ἐγένετο, ἄχρηστος δʼ εἰς τὰ λοιπὰ πράγματα τῆς πόλεως διὰ τὴν πήρωσιν τῆς βάσεως· καὶ διὰ τὴν συμφορὰν ταύτην οὔθʼ ὑπατείας οὔτʼ ἄλλης ἡγεμονίας στρατιωτικῆς οὐδεμιᾶς ἔτυχεν.
Horatius, indeed, having displayed such valor at that time, became as much an object of emulation as any other Roman, yet he was useless for the remaining business of the state because of his lameness; and by reason of this misfortune he obtained neither the consulship nor any other military command.
§5.25.4οὗτός τε δὴ θαυμαστὸν ἔργον ἀποδειξάμενος ἐν τῷ τότε ἀγῶνι Ῥωμαίοις ἄξιος εἴπερ τις καὶ ἄλλος τῶν ἐπʼ ἀνδρείᾳ διονομασθέντων ἐπαινεῖσθαι, καὶ ἔτι πρὸς τούτῳ Γάιος Μούκιος, ᾧ Κόρδος ἐπωνύμιον ἦν, ἀνὴρ ἐξ ἐπιφανῶν πατέρων καὶ αὐτὸς ἐγχειρήματι ἐπιβαλόμενος μεγάλῳ, περὶ οὗ μικρὸν ὕστερον ἐρῶ διηγησάμενος πρῶτον, ἐν οἵαις ἡ πόλις ἦν τότε συμφοραῖς.
He, then, having shown a wonderful deed in the struggle of that time, was as worthy to be praised as any other of those celebrated for bravery, and moreover, Gaius Mucius, who had the surname Cordus, a man of illustrious ancestors, himself also entered upon a great enterprise, concerning whom I shall speak a little later, after first relating in what calamities the city was at that time.