§14.2.13ἄνδρες δʼ ἐγένοντο μνήμης ἄξιοι πολλοὶ στρατηλάται τε καὶ ἀθληταί, ὧν εἰσι καὶ οἱ Παναιτίου τοῦ φιλοσόφου πρόγονοι· τῶν δὲ πολιτικῶν καὶ τῶν περὶ λόγους καὶ φιλοσοφίαν ὅ τε Παναίτιος αὐτὸς καὶ Στρατοκλῆς καὶ Ἀνδρόνικος ὁ ἐκ τῶν περιπάτων καὶ Λεωνίδης ὁ στωικός, ἔτι δὲ πρότερον Πραξιφάνης καὶ Ἱερώνυμος καὶ Εὔδημος.
Many men worthy of memory were produced here, both generals and athletes, among whom were also the ancestors of the philosopher Panaetius; and among statesmen and those devoted to literature and philosophy were Panaetius himself, Stratocles, Andronicus the Peripatetic, Leonides the Stoic, and still earlier, Praxiphanes, Hieronymus, and Eudemus.
Ποσειδώνιος δʼ ἐπολιτεύσατο μὲν ἐν Ῥόδῳ καὶ ἐσοφίστευσεν, ἦν δʼ Ἀπαμεὺς ἐκ τῆς Συρίας, καθάπερ καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ μαλακὸς καὶ Μόλων, ἦσαν δὲ Ἀλαβανδεῖς, Μενεκλέους μαθηταὶ τοῦ ῥήτορος.
Poseidonius, though he took part in the government and taught in Rhodes, was from Apameia in Syria, just as were Apollonius the Malacus and Molon, who were from Alabanda, pupils of the rhetorician Menecles.
ἐπεδήμησε δὲ πρότερον Ἀπολλώνιος, ὀψὲ δʼ ἧκεν ὁ Μόλων, καὶ ἔφη πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνος
ὀψὲ μολών
ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐλθών·
Apollonius resided there earlier, and Molon came late, wherefore the former said to him: "late come (opse molon)," using "molon" instead of "elthon" (having come).
καὶ Πείσανδρος δʼ ὁ τὴν Ἡράκλειαν γράψας ποιητὴς Ῥόδιος, καὶ Σιμμίας ὁ γραμματικὸς καὶ Ἀριστοκλῆς ὁ καθʼ ἡμᾶς·
And Peisander, the poet who wrote the Heracleia, was also a Rhodian, as were Simmias the grammarian, and Aristocles of our own time.
Διονύσιος δὲ ὁ Θρᾷξ καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ τοὺς Ἀργοναύτας ποιήσας Ἀλεξανδρεῖς μέν, ἐκαλοῦντο δὲ Ῥόδιοι.
Dionysius the Thracian and Apollonius who composed the Argonautica, though Alexandrians, were called Rhodians.
περὶ μὲν Ῥόδου ἀποχρώντως εἴρηται.
Of Rhodes, enough has been said.
§14.2.14πάλιν δὲ τῆς Καρικῆς παραλίας τῆς μετὰ τὴν Ῥόδον ἀπὸ Ἐλαιοῦντος καὶ τῶν Λωρύμων καμπτήρ τις ἐπὶ τὰς ἄρκτους ἐστί, καὶ λοιπὸν ἐπʼ εὐθείας ὁ πλοῦς μέχρι τῆς Προποντίδος, ὡς ἂν μεσημβρινήν τινα ποιῶν γραμμὴν ὅσον πεντακισχιλίων σταδίων ἢ μικρὸν ἀπολείπουσαν.
And again, along the Carian coast after Rhodes, starting from Elaeus and Loryma, there is a turn toward the north, and for the rest of the course the voyage is in a straight line as far as the Propontis, making, as it were, a meridian line of about five thousand stadia, or a little less.
ἐνταῦθα δʼ ἐστὶν ἡ λοιπὴ τῆς Καρίας καὶ Ἴωνες καὶ Αἰολεῖς καὶ Τροία καὶ τὰ περὶ Κύζικον καὶ Βυζάντιον.
In this region lies the rest of Caria, and the Ionians, the Aeolians, Troy, and the parts about Cyzicus and Byzantium.
μετὰ δʼ οὖν τὰ Λώρυμα τὸ Κυνὸς σῆμα ἔστι καὶ Σύμη νῆσος.
After Loryma, then, comes the Cynos-sema (Dog's Tomb) and the island of Syme.
§14.2.15εἶτα Κνίδος δύο λιμένας ἔχουσα, ὧν τὸν ἕτερον κλειστὸν τριηρικὸν καὶ ναύσταθμον ναυσὶν εἴκοσι.
Then comes Cnidus, having two harbors, one of which is a closed harbor for triremes and a naval station for twenty ships.
πρόκειται δὲ νῆσος ἑπταστάδιός πως τὴν περίμετρον ὑψηλὴ θεατροειδὴς συναπτομένη χώμασι πρὸς τὴν ἤπειρον καὶ ποιοῦσα δίπολιν τρόπον τινὰ τὴν Κνίδον· πολὺ γὰρ αὐτῆς μέρος οἰκεῖ τὴν νῆσον σκεπάζουσαν ἀμφοτέρους τοὺς λιμένας.
In front of it lies an island about seven stadia in circumference, high and theater-shaped, joined by moles to the mainland, and making Cnidus in a way a double city; for a large part of it inhabits the island, which shelters both harbors.
κατʼ αὐτὴν δʼ ἔστιν ἡ Νίσυρος πελαγία.
Opposite it lies Nisyros in the open sea.
ἄνδρες δʼ ἀξιόλογοι Κνίδιοι πρῶτον μὲν Εὔδοξος ὁ μαθηματικὸς τῶν Πλάτωνος ἑταίρων, εἶτʼ Ἀγαθαρχίδης ὁ ἐκ τῶν περιπάτων, ἀνὴρ συγγραφεύς, καθʼ ἡμᾶς δὲ Θεόπομπος, ὁ Καίσαρος τοῦ θεοῦ φίλος τῶν μέγα δυναμένων, καὶ υἱὸς Ἀρτεμίδωρος.
Eminent men of Cnidus were, first, Eudoxus the mathematician, one of Plato's companions; then Agatharchides the Peripatetic, a writer; and in our time, Theopompus, the friend of the deified Caesar, one of the most powerful men, and his son Artemidorus.
ἐντεῦθεν δὲ καὶ Κτησίας ὁ ἰατρεύσας μὲν Ἀρταξέρξην, συγγράψας δὲ τὰ Ἀσσυρικὰ καὶ τὰ Περσικά.
From here also came Ctesias, who served as physician to Artaxerxes and wrote the Assyrian and Persian histories.
εἶτα μετὰ Κνίδον Κέραμος καὶ Βάργασα πολίχνια ὑπὲρ θαλάττης.
Then after Cnidus come Ceramus and Bargasa, small towns above the sea.
§14.2.16εἶθʼ Ἁλικαρνασός, τὸ βασίλειον τῶν τῆς Καρίας δυναστῶν, Ζεφυρία καλουμένη πρότερον.
Then Halicarnassus, the royal residence of the rulers of Caria, which was formerly called Zephyria.
ἐνταῦθα δʼ ἐστὶν ὅ τε τοῦ Μαυσώλου τάφος, τῶν ἑπτὰ θεαμάτων, ἔργον, ὅπερ Ἀρτεμισία τῷ ἀνδρὶ κατεσκεύασε, καὶ ἡ Σαλμακὶς κρήνη, διαβεβλημένη οὐκ οἶδʼ ὁπόθεν ὡς μαλακίζουσα τοὺς πιόντας ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.
Here is the tomb of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders, a work which Artemisia constructed for her husband; and also the fountain of Salmacis, which has an ill repute, though from what source I know not, for making those who drink from it effeminate.
ἔοικε δʼ ἡ τρυφὴ τῶν ἀνθρώπων αἰτιᾶσθαι τοὺς ἀέρας ἢ τὰ ὕδατα· τρυφῆς δʼ αἴτια οὐ ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ πλοῦτος καὶ ἡ περὶ τὰς διαίτας ἀκολασία.
It seems, however, that the luxury of men accuses the climate or the waters; but the causes of luxury are not these, but wealth and intemperance in their ways of life.
ἔχει δʼ ἀκρόπολιν ἡ Ἁλικαρνασός· πρόκειται δʼ αὐτῆς ἡ Ἀρκόνησος.
Halicarnassus has an acropolis, in front of which lies Arconnesus.
οἰκισταὶ δʼ αὐτῆς ἐγένοντο ἄλλοι τε καὶ Ἄνθης μετὰ Τροιζηνίων.
Its founders were, among others, Anthes with the Troezenians.
ἄνδρες δὲ γεγόνασιν ἐξ αὐτῆς Ἡρόδοτός τε ὁ συγγραφεύς, ὃν ὕστερον Θούριον ἐκάλεσαν διὰ τὸ κοινωνῆσαι τῆς εἰς Θουρίους ἀποικίας, καὶ Ἡράκλειτος ὁ ποιητὴς ὁ Καλλιμάχου ἑταῖρος, καὶ καθʼ ἡμᾶς Διονύσιος ὁ συγγραφεύς.
From this city came Herodotus the historian, whom they later called a Thurian because he shared in the colonization to Thurii; Heraclitus the poet, the companion of Callimachus; and in our time, Dionysius the historian.