§14.2.24ἀξιολόγους δʼ ἔσχεν ἄνδρας καθʼ ἡμᾶς τὰ Μύλασα, ῥήτοράς τε ἅμα καὶ δημαγωγοὺς τῆς πόλεως, Εὐθύδημόν τε καὶ Ὑβρέαν.
Mylasa has produced remarkable men in our time, who were at once orators and leaders of the people of the city, Euthydemus and Hybreas.
ὁ μὲν οὖν Εὐθύδημος ἐκ προγόνων παραλαβὼν οὐσίαν τε μεγάλην καὶ δόξαν, προσθεὶς καὶ τὴν δεινότητα, οὐκ ἐν τῇ πατρίδι μόνον μέγας ἦν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ τῆς πρώτης ἠξιοῦτο τιμῆς·
Euthydemus, then, having inherited from his ancestors both a great estate and reputation, and having added to them his own eloquence, was not only great in his native city, but was also deemed worthy of the highest honor in Asia.
Ὑβρέᾳ δʼ ὁ πατήρ, ὡς αὐτὸς διηγεῖτο ἐν τῇ σχολῇ καὶ παρὰ τῶν πολιτῶν ὡμολόγητο, ἡμίονον κατέλιπε ξυλοφοροῦντα καὶ ἡμιονηγόν·
But to Hybreas, as he himself used to relate in his lecture-room and was admitted by his fellow-citizens, his father left only a wood-carrying mule and a mule-driver.
διοικούμενος δʼ ὑπὸ τούτων ὀλίγον χρόνον, Διοτρέφους τοῦ Ἀντιοχέως ἀκροασάμενος ἐπανῆλθε καὶ τῷ ἀγορανομίῳ παρέδωκεν αὑτόν·
Having supported himself by these for a short time, and having attended the lectures of Diotrephes of Antioch, he returned and applied himself to the office of market-inspector.
ἐνταῦθα δὲ κυλινδηθεὶς καὶ χρηματισάμενος μικρὰ ὥρμησεν ἐπὶ τὸ πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ τοῖς ἀγοραίοις συνακολουθεῖν, ταχὺ δὲ αὔξησιν ἔσχε καὶ ἐθαυμάσθη ἔτι μὲν καὶ Εὐθυδήμου ζῶντος, ἀλλὰ τελευτήσαντος μάλιστα, κύριος γενόμενος τῆς πόλεως.
Having bustled about in this office and made a small amount of money, he directed his efforts to public life and to following the forensic advocates, and he quickly rose in influence and was admired even while Euthydemus was still alive, but most of all after his death, when he became master of the city.
ζῶν δʼ ἐπεκράτει πολὺ ἐκεῖνος, δυνατὸς ὢν ἅμα καὶ χρήσιμος τῇ πόλει, ὥστʼ εἰ καί τι τυραννικὸν προσῆν, τοῦτʼ ἀπελύετο τῷ παρακολουθεῖν τὸ χρήσιμον.
Indeed, while alive, Euthydemus was far more powerful, being at once influential and useful to the city, so that even if there was something tyrannical about him, this was redeemed by the usefulness that accompanied it.
ἐπαινοῦσι γοῦν τοῦτο τοῦ Ὑβρέου ὅπερ δημηγορῶν ἐπὶ τελευτῆς εἶπεν
Εὐθύδημε, κακὸν εἶ τῆς πόλεως ἀναγκαῖον· οὔτε γὰρ μετὰ σοῦ δυνάμεθα ζῆν οὔτʼ ἄνευ σοῦ. αὐξηθεὶς οὖν ἐπὶ πολὺ καὶ δόξας καὶ πολίτης ἀγαθὸς εἶναι καὶ ῥήτωρ ἔπταισεν ἐν τῇ πρὸς Λαβιηνὸν ἀντιπολιτείᾳ.
At any rate, people praise this saying of Hybreas, which he uttered in a public speech towards the end of Euthydemus's life: 'Euthydemus, you are a necessary evil to the city; for we can live neither with you nor without you.' Having, then, risen greatly in power and being thought to be both a good citizen and an orator, he met with a setback in his political opposition to Labienus.
οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοι μεθʼ ὅπλων ἐπιόντι καὶ Παρθικῆς συμμαχίας, ἤδη τῶν Παρθυαίων τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐχόντων, εἶξαν ἅτε ἄοπλοι καὶ εἰρηνικοί· Ζήνων δʼ ὁ Λαοδικεὺς καὶ Ὑβρέας οὐκ εἶξαν, ἀμφότεροι ῥήτορες, ἀλλὰ ἀπέστησαν τὰς ἑαυτῶν πόλεις· ὁ δʼ Ὑβρέας καὶ προσπαρώξυνε φωνῇ τινι μειράκιον εὐερέθιστον καὶ ἀνοίας πλῆρες.
For the others indeed, when he advanced with an army and a Parthian alliance, since the Parthians already held Asia, yielded as being unarmed and peaceable; but Zenon of Laodiceia and Hybreas did not yield, both being orators, but caused their own cities to revolt; and Hybreas even further provoked by a certain remark a youth who was easily irritated and full of folly.
ἐκείνου γὰρ ἀνειπόντος ἑαυτὸν Παρθικὸν αὐτοκράτορα
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κἀγὼ λέγω ἐμαυτὸν Καρικὸν αὐτοκράτορα. ἐκ τούτου δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ὥρμησε τάγματα ἔχων ἤδη συντεταγμένα Ῥωμαίων τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ·
For when that youth proclaimed himself Parthian Emperor, Hybreas said: 'Well then, I too declare myself Carian Emperor.' And as a result of this, Labienus marched against the city, having already organized legions of the Romans who were in Asia.
αὐτὸν μὲν οὖν οὐ κατέλαβε παραχωρήσαντα εἰς Ῥόδον, τὴν δʼ οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ διελυμήνατο πολυτελεῖς ἔχουσαν κατασκευὰς καὶ διήρπασεν· ὡς δʼ αὕτως καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὅλην ἐκάκωσεν.
He did not indeed capture Hybreas himself, who had retired to Rhodes, but he ruined and plundered his house, which had costly furnishings; and in like manner he also maltreated the whole city.
ἐκλιπόντος δʼ ἐκείνου τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐπανῆλθε καὶ ἀνέλαβεν ἑαυτόν τε καὶ τὴν πόλιν.
But when Labienus left Asia, Hybreas returned and restored both himself and the city.
περὶ μὲν οὖν Μυλάσων ταῦτα.
So much, then, for Mylasa.
§14.2.25Στρατονίκεια δʼ ἐστὶ κατοικία Μακεδόνων· ἐκοσμήθη δὲ καὶ αὕτη κατασκευαῖς πολυτελέσιν ὑπὸ τῶν βασιλέων.
Stratoniceia is a settlement of Macedonians; and it too was adorned with costly buildings by the kings.
ἔστι δʼ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν Στρατονικέων δύο ἱερά, ἐν μὲν Λαγίνοις τὸ τῆς Ἑκάτης ἐπιφανέστατον πανηγύρεις μεγάλας συνάγον κατʼ ἐνιαυτόν, ἐγγὺς δὲ τῆς πόλεως τὸ τοῦ Χρυσαορέως Διὸς κοινὸν ἁπάντων Καρῶν, εἰς ὃ συνίασι θύσοντές τε καὶ βουλευσόμενοι περὶ τῶν κοινῶν·
There are in the territory of the Stratoniceans two temples: one at Lagina, that of Hecate, which is very famous and brings together great festivals every year; and, near the city, that of Zeus Chrysaoreus, which is common to all Carians, to which they gather to sacrifice and to deliberate on their common affairs.
καλεῖται δὲ τὸ σύστημα αὐτῶν Χρυσαορέων, συνεστηκὸς ἐκ κωμῶν· οἱ δὲ πλείστας παρεχόμενοι κώμας προέχουσι τῇ ψήφῳ, καθάπερ Κεραμιῆται·
Their league is called the Chrysaorian League, consisting of villages; and those who contribute the greatest number of villages have the precedence in voting, like the Ceramians.
καὶ Στρατονικεῖς δὲ τοῦ συστήματος μετέχουσιν οὐκ ὄντες τοῦ Καρικοῦ γένους, ἀλλʼ ὅτι κώμας ἔχουσι τοῦ Χρυσαορικοῦ συστήματος.
The Stratoniceans also participate in the league, although they are not of the Carian race, but because they possess villages that belong to the Chrysaorian league.
κἀνταῦθα δʼ ἀνὴρ ἀξιόλογος γεγένηται ῥήτωρ Μένιππος κατὰ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν Κοτοκᾶς ἐπικαλούμενος, ὃν μάλιστα ἐπαινεῖ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν ῥητόρων ὧν ἠκροάσατο Κικέρων, ὥς φησιν ἔν τινι γραφῇ αὐτὸς συγκρίνων Ξενοκλεῖ καὶ τοῖς κατʼ ἐκεῖνον ἀκμάζουσιν.
And here too was born a remarkable man, the orator Menippus surnamed Catocas, in the time of our fathers, whom Cicero praises most of all the orators in Asia whom he had heard, as he himself says in a certain writing, comparing him with Xenocles and others who flourished in those times.
ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλη Στρατονίκεια ἡ πρὸς τῷ Ταύρῳ καλουμένη, πολίχνιον προσκείμενον τῷ ὄρει.
There is also another Stratoniceia, which is called ‘Stratoniceia near the Taurus’, a small town situated close to the mountain.
§14.2.26Ἀλάβανδα δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ μὲν ὑπόκειται λόφοις δυσὶ συγκειμένοις οὕτως ὥστʼ ὄψιν παρέχεσθαι κανθηλίου κατεστρωμένου.
Alabanda too lies under two hills, which are so joined together as to present the appearance of a draped pack-ass.
καὶ δὴ καὶ ὁ μαλακὸς Ἀπολλώνιος σκώπτων τὴν πόλιν εἴς τε ταῦτα καὶ εἰς τὸ τῶν σκορπίων πλῆθος, ἔφη αὐτὴν εἶναι σκορπίων κανθήλιον κατεστρωμένον·
Indeed, Apollonius ‘the Soft’, mocking the city both for this shape and for the multitude of its scorpions, said that it was a draped pack-ass loaded with scorpions.
μεστὴ δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ αὕτη καὶ ἡ τῶν Μυλασέων πόλις τῶν θηρίων τούτων καὶ ἡ μεταξὺ πᾶσα ὀρεινή.
Both this city and that of the Mylasians are full of these pests, as is all the mountainous country between them.
τρυφητῶν δʼ ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ καπυριστῶν ἔχουσα ψαλτρίας πολλάς.
It is inhabited by luxury-loving and wanton people, having many female harp-players.
ἄνδρες δʼ ἐγένοντο λόγου ἄξιοι δύο ῥήτορες ἀδελφοὶ Ἀλαβανδεῖς, Μενεκλῆς τε οὗ ἐμνήσθημεν μικρὸν ἐπάνω καὶ Ἱεροκλῆς, καὶ οἱ μετοικήσαντες εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον ὅ τε Ἀπολλώνιος καὶ ὁ Μόλων.
And there were men worthy of mention, two brothers who were orators of Alabanda, Menecles, whom we mentioned a little above, and Hierocles; and also those who migrated to Rhodes, namely, Apollonius and Molon.