§14.1.20μετὰ δὲ τὸν Σάμιον πορθμὸν τὸν πρὸς Μυκάλῃ πλέουσιν εἰς Ἔφεσον ἐν δεξιᾷ ἐστιν ἡ Ἐφεσίων παραλία· μέρος δέ τι ἔχουσιν αὐτῆς καὶ οἱ Σάμιοι.
After the Samian strait, which is near Mycale, to those sailing to Ephesus there is on the right hand the coast of the Ephesians; and the Samians also hold a certain part of it.
πρῶτον δʼ ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ τὸ Πανιώνιον τρισὶ σταδίοις ὑπερκείμενον τῆς θαλάττης, ὅπου τὰ Πανιώνια, κοινὴ πανήγυρις τῶν Ἰώνων, συντελεῖται τῷ Ἑλικωνίῳ Ποσειδῶνι καὶ θυσία· ἱερῶνται δὲ Πριηνεῖς· εἴρηται δὲ περὶ αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς Πελοποννησιακοῖς.
First on the coast is the Panionium, situated three stadia above the sea, where the Panionia, a common festival of the Ionians, is celebrated, and a sacrifice is performed to Heliconian Poseidon; and the Prienians serve as priests; but concerning them it has been spoken of in my Peloponnesian chapters.
εἶτα Νεάπολις, ἣ πρότερον μὲν ἦν Ἐφεσίων νῦν δὲ Σαμίων διαλλαξαμένων πρὸς τὸ Μαραθήσιον, τὸ ἐγγυτέρω πρὸς τὸ ἀπωτέρω·
Next is Neapolis, which formerly belonged to the Ephesians but now belongs to the Samians, who exchanged it for Marathesium—the nearer for the more distant.
εἶτα Πύγελα πολίχνιον, ἱερὸν ἔχον Ἀρτέμιδος Μουνυχίας, ἵδρυμα Ἀγαμέμνονος, οἰκούμενον ὑπὸ μέρους τῶν ἐκείνου λαῶν· πυγαλγίας γάρ τινας καὶ γενέσθαι καὶ κληθῆναι, κάμνοντας δʼ ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους καταμεῖναι, καὶ τυχεῖν οἰκείου τοῦδε τοῦ ὀνόματος τὸν τόπον.
Next is Pygela, a small town having a temple of Munychian Artemis, a foundation of Agamemnon, and inhabited by a part of his forces; for it is said that a certain pain in the buttocks befell them, from which they received this name, and those suffering from the affliction remained there, and that the place obtained this appropriate name.
εἶτα λιμὴν Πάνορμος καλούμενος ἔχων ἱερὸν τῆς Ἐφεσίας Ἀρτέμιδος· εἶθʼ ἡ πόλις.
Then comes a harbor called Panormus, having a temple of Ephesian Artemis; then the city.
ἐν δὲ τῇ αὐτῇ παραλίᾳ μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς θαλάττης ἐστὶ καὶ ἡ Ὀρτυγία, διαπρεπὲς ἄλσος παντοδαπῆς ὕλης, κυπαρίττου δὲ τῆς πλείστης.
And on the same coast, a little above the sea, is also Ortygia, a magnificent grove of all kinds of trees, but of cypress for the most part.
διαρρεῖ δὲ ὁ Κέγχριος ποταμός, οὗ φασι νίψασθαι τὴν Λητὼ μετὰ τὰς ὠδῖνας.
Through it flows the river Cenchrius, where they say Leto washed herself after her labor.
ἐνταῦθα γὰρ μυθεύουσι τὴν λοχείαν καὶ τὴν τροφὸν τὴν Ὀρτυγίαν καὶ τὸ ἄδυτον ἐν ᾧ ἡ λοχεία, καὶ τὴν πλησίον ἐλαίαν, ᾗ πρῶτον ἐπαναπαύσασθαί φασι τὴν θεὸν ἀπολυθεῖσαν τῶν ὠδίνων.
For here they place the myth of the birth, and the nurse Ortygia, and the inner shrine where the birth took place, and the neighboring olive tree, under which they say the goddess first rested after being delivered from her pangs.
ὑπέρκειται δὲ τοῦ ἄλσους ὄρος ὁ Σολμισσός, ὅπου στάντας φασὶ τοὺς Κουρῆτας τῷ ψόφῳ τῶν ὅπλων ἐκπλῆξαι τὴν Ἥραν ζηλοτύπως ἐφεδρεύουσαν, καὶ λαθεῖν συμπράξαντας τὴν λοχείαν τῇ Λητοῖ.
Above the grove lies Mount Solmissus, where they say the Curetes stood and by the noise of their weapons terrified Hera, who was jealously watching, and thus helped to conceal the birth for Leto.
ὄντων δʼ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ πλειόνων ναῶν, τῶν μὲν ἀρχαίων τῶν δʼ ὕστερον γενομένων, ἐν μὲν τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἀρχαῖά ἐστι ξόανα, ἐν δὲ τοῖς ὕστερον Σκόπα ἔργα· ἡ μὲν Λητὼ σκῆπτρον ἔχουσα, ἡ δʼ Ὀρτυγία παρέστηκεν ἑκατέρᾳ τῇ χειρὶ παιδίον ἔχουσα.
Since there are several temples in the place, some ancient and others built later, in the ancient ones there are ancient wooden images, but in the later ones there are works of Scopas; Leto holding a scepter, and Ortygia standing by her, holding a child in each hand.
πανήγυρις δʼ ἐνταῦθα συντελεῖται κατʼ ἔτος, ἔθει δέ τινι οἱ νέοι φιλοκαλοῦσι μάλιστα περὶ τὰς ἐνταῦθα εὐωχίας λαμπρυνόμενοι· τότε δὲ καὶ τῶν Κουρήτων ἀρχεῖον συνάγει συμπόσια καί τινας μυστικὰς θυσίας ἐπιτελεῖ.
A festival is celebrated here annually, and by a certain custom the young men make a great display of rival beauty, especially in connection with the banquets there; and at that time the college of the Curetes also gathers banquets and performs certain mystic sacrifices.
§14.1.21τὴν δὲ πόλιν ᾤκουν μὲν Κᾶρές τε καὶ Λέλεγες, ἐκβαλὼν δʼ ὁ Ἄνδροκλος τοὺς πλείστους ᾤκισεν ἐκ τῶν συνελθόντων αὐτῷ περὶ τὸ Ἀθήναιον καὶ τὴν Ὑπέλαιον, προσπεριλαβὼν καὶ τῆς περὶ τὸν Κορησσὸν παρωρείας.
The city was inhabited by Carians and Leleges, but Androclus, having expelled most of them, settled those who had gathered with him around the Athenaeum and the Hypelaeum, and also included the mountain-slope around Coressus.
μέχρι μὲν δὴ τῶν κατὰ Κροῖσον οὕτως ᾠκεῖτο, ὕστερον δʼ ἀπὸ τῆς Παρωρείου καταβάντες περὶ τὸ νῦν ἱερὸν ᾤκησαν μέχρι Ἀλεξάνδρου.
Until the time of Croesus, indeed, it was inhabited in this manner, but later, descending from the mountain-slope, they inhabited the area around the present temple until the time of Alexander.
Λυσίμαχος δὲ τὴν νῦν πόλιν τειχίσας, ἀηδῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων μεθισταμένων, τηρήσας καταρράκτην ὄμβρον συνήργησε καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ τοὺς ῥινούχους ἐνέφραξεν ὥστε κατακλύσαι τὴν πόλιν· οἱ δὲ μετέστησαν ἄσμενοι.
But when Lysimachus walled the present city, since the people were reluctant to move, he waited for a downpour of rain, and indeed co-operated himself by stopping up the gutters so as to flood the city; and they moved gladly.
ἐκάλεσε δʼ Ἀρσινόην ἀπὸ τῆς γυναικὸς τὴν πόλιν, ἐπεκράτησε μέντοι τὸ ἀρχαῖον ὄνομα.
He called the city Arsinoe, after his wife, but the ancient name prevailed.
ἦν δὲ γερουσία καταγραφομένη, τούτοις δὲ συνῄεσαν οἱ ἐπίκλητοι καλούμενοι καὶ διῴκουν πάντα.
There was a registered senate, and with them the so-called Epicleti assembled and managed all affairs.