§14.5.27μεταβὰς δʼ ἐπὶ τὸν ποιητὴν τοῦτο μὲν ὀρθῶς λέγει, διότι πολλὴ σύγχυσις γεγένηται τῶν βαρβάρων ἐθνῶν ἀπὸ τῶν Τρωικῶν εἰς τὰ νῦν διὰ τὰς μεταπτώσεις· καὶ γὰρ προσγέγονέ τινα καὶ ἐλλέλοιπε καὶ διέσπασται καὶ συνῆκται εἰς ἕν.
But passing on to the poet, he says this correctly, that much confusion has arisen among the barbarian nations from the Trojan War down to the present time because of the changes; for indeed some have been added, some have disappeared, some have been dispersed, and some have been combined into one.
οὐκ εὖ δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν διττὴν ἀποφαίνει διʼ ἣν οὐ μέμνηταί τινων ὁ ποιητής· ἢ τῷ μήπω τότʼ οἰκεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους τούτου, ἢ τῷ ἐν ἑτέρῳ γένει περιέχεσθαι.
But he does not declare well the twofold reason why the poet does not mention some peoples; either because the country was not yet inhabited by this nation at that time, or because they were included in another race.
τὴν γὰρ Καππαδοκίαν οὐκ εἴρηκεν, οὐδὲ τὴν Καταονίαν, ὡς δʼ αὕτως τὴν Λυκαονίαν, διʼ οὐδέτερον τούτων· οὐ γὰρ ἔχομεν τοιαύτην ἱστορίαν ἐπʼ αὐτῶν οὐδεμίαν.
For he has mentioned neither Cappadocia nor Cataonia, nor likewise Lycaonia, for neither of these reasons; for we have no such history concerning them.
γελοῖόν τε τὸ τοὺς Καππάδοκας καὶ Λυκάονας διὰ τί μὲν Ὅμηρος παρέλιπε φροντίσαι καὶ ἀπολογήσασθαι, διὰ τί δʼ Ἔφορος παρῆλθε παρελθεῖν καὶ αὐτόν, καὶ ταῦτα παραθέμενον πρὸς αὐτὸ τοῦτο τὴν ἀπόφασιν τἀνδρός, πρὸς τὸ ἐξετάσαι καὶ διαιτῆσαι· καὶ διότι μὲν Μῄονας ἀντὶ Λυδῶν Ὅμηρος εἶπε διδάξαι, ὅτι δʼ οὔτε Λυδοὺς οὔτε Μῄονας εἴρηκεν Ἔφορος μὴ ἐπισημήνασθαι.
And it is ridiculous that, while he concerns himself with and apologizes for why Homer omitted the Cappadocians and Lycaonians, he himself should pass over why Ephorus passed them by—and that too when he has cited the man's statement for this very purpose, to examine and decide upon it; and that, while he teaches why Homer spoke of Meonians instead of Lydians, he does not point out that Ephorus has mentioned neither Lydians nor Meonians.
§14.5.28φήσας δὲ ἀγνώτων τινῶν μεμνῆσθαι τὸν ποιητήν, Καύκωνας μὲν ὀρθῶς λέγει καὶ Σολύμους καὶ Κητείους καὶ Λέλεγας καὶ Κίλικας τοὺς ἐκ Θήβης πεδίου, τοὺς δʼ Ἁλιζῶνας αὐτὸς πλάττει, μᾶλλον δʼ οἱ πρῶτοι τοὺς Ἁλιζῶνας ἀγνοήσαντες τίνες εἰσί, καὶ μεταγράφοντες πλεοναχῶς καὶ πλάττοντες τὴν τοῦ ἀργύρου γενέθλην καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ μέταλλα, ἐκλελειμμένα ἅπαντα.
And although he says that the poet mentions some unknown peoples, he speaks correctly of the Cauconians, the Solymi, the Cetians, the Leleges, and the Cilicians from the plain of Thebe; but as for the Halizones, he himself invents them—or rather, those who first were ignorant of who the Halizones were, and transcribed the name in many ways, and invented the "birthplace of silver" and many other mines, all of which have now disappeared.
πρὸς ταύτην δὲ τὴν φιλοτιμίαν κἀκείνας συνήγαγον τὰς ἱστορίας, ἃς ὁ Σκήψιος τίθησι παρὰ Καλλισθένους λαβὼν καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν, οὐ καθαρευόντων τῆς περὶ τῶν Ἁλιζώνων ψευδοδοξίας· ὡς ὁ μὲν Ταντάλου πλοῦτος καὶ τῶν Πελοπιδῶν ἀπὸ τῶν περὶ Φρυγίαν καὶ Σίπυλον μετάλλων ἐγένετο· ὁ δὲ Κάδμου περὶ Θρᾴκην καὶ τὸ Παγγαῖον ὄρος· ὁ δὲ Πριάμου ἐκ τῶν ἐν Ἀστύροις περὶ Ἄβυδον χρυσείων, ὧν καὶ νῦν ἔτι μικρὰ λείπεται· πολλὴ δʼ ἡ ἐκβολὴ καὶ τὰ ὀρύγματα σημεῖα τῆς πάλαι μεταλλείας· ὁ δὲ Μίδου ἐκ τῶν περὶ τὸ Βέρμιον ὄρος· ὁ δὲ Γύγου καὶ Ἀλυάττου καὶ Κροίσου ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν Λυδίᾳ καὶ τῆς μεταξὺ Ἀταρνέως τε καὶ Περγάμου πολίχνη ἐρήμη ἐκμεμεταλλευμένα ἔχουσα τὰ χωρία.
And to satisfy this ambition they also collected those stories which the Scepsian sets down, taking them from Callisthenes and certain others who were not free from the false opinion concerning the Halizones: namely, that the wealth of Tantalus and the Pelopidae arose from the mines around Phrygia and Sipylus; and that of Cadmus from those around Thrace and Mount Pangaeum; and that of Priam from the gold mines at Astyra near Abydus, of which even now a little remains, and the large amount of waste-heaps and excavations are signs of the ancient mining; and that of Midas from those around Mount Bermium; and that of Gyges and Alyattes and Croesus from the mines in Lydian territory and the small deserted town between Atarneus and Pergamus, which has its sites entirely mined out.
§14.5.29ἔτι καὶ ταῦτα μέμψαιτο ἄν τις τοῦ Ἀπολλοδώρου, ὅτι τῶν νεωτέρων καινοτομούντων πολλὰ παρὰ τὰς Ὁμηρικὰς ἀποφάσεις, εἰωθὼς ταῦτʼ ἐλέγχειν ἐπὶ πλέον, ἐνταῦθα οὐκ ὠλιγώρηκε μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τἀναντία εἰς ἓν συνάγει τὰ μὴ ὡσαύτως λεγόμενα.
Further, one might also censure Apollodorus for this, that while he is accustomed to refute at length the newer writers who make many innovations contrary to the Homeric statements, here he has not only been negligent, but even brings together into one contradictory statements which are not expressed in the same way.
ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ξάνθος ὁ Λυδὸς μετὰ τὰ Τρωικά φησιν ἐλθεῖν τοὺς Φρύγας ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης καὶ τῶν ἀριστερῶν τοῦ Πόντου, ἀγαγεῖν δʼ αὐτοὺς Σκαμάνδριον ἐκ Βερεκύντων καὶ Ἀσκανίας.
For Xanthus the Lydian says that after the Trojan War the Phrygians came from Europe and the left side of the Pontus, and that Scamandrius led them from Berecyntia and Ascania.
ἐπιλέγει δὲ τούτοις ὁ Ἀπολλόδωρος, ὅτι τῆς Ἀσκανίας ταύτης μνημονεύει καὶ Ὅμηρος ἧς ὁ Ξάνθος
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Φόρκυς δὲ Φρύγας ἦγε καὶ Ἀσκάνιος θεοειδὴς
τῆλʼ ἐξ Ἀσκανίης.
And Apollodorus adds to this that Homer also mentions this Ascania of which Xanthus speaks: "Phorcys and godlike Ascanius led the Phrygians from far Ascania.
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ἀλλʼ εἰ οὕτως ἔχει, ἡ μὲν μετανάστασις ὕστερον ἂν εἴη τῶν Τρωικῶν γεγονυῖα, ἐν δὲ τοῖς Τρωικοῖς τὸ λεγόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ ἐπικουρικὸν ἧκεν ἐκ τῆς περαίας ἐκ τῶν Βερεκύντων καὶ τῆς Ἀσκανίας.
"But if this is so, the migration would have occurred after the Trojan War, whereas during the Trojan War the auxiliary force mentioned by the poet came from the opposite coast, from Berecyntia and Ascania.
τίνες οὖν Φρύγες ἦσαν
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οἵ ῥα τότʼ ἐστρατόωντο παρʼ ὄχθας Σαγγαρίοιο,
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ὅτε ὁ Πρίαμος
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ἐπίκουρος ἐὼν μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην
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φησί;
Who, then, were the Phrygians "who then were encamped along the banks of the Sangarius, "when Priam says, "I was numbered among them as an ally"?
πῶς δὲ ἐκ μὲν Βερεκύντων μετεπέμπετο Φρύγας ὁ Πρίαμος, πρὸς οὓς οὐδὲν ἦν αὐτῷ συμβόλαιον, τοὺς δʼ ὁμόρους καὶ οἷς αὐτὸς πρότερον ἐπεκούρησε παρέλιπεν;
And how is it that Priam sent for Phrygians from Berecyntia, with whom he had no contract, but omitted those who were his neighbors and whom he himself had previously aided?
οὕτω δὲ περὶ τῶν Φρυγῶν εἰπὼν ἐπιφέρει καὶ τὰ περὶ τῶν Μυσῶν οὐχ ὁμολογούμενα τούτοις· λέγεσθαι γάρ φησι καὶ τῆς Μυσίας κώμην Ἀσκανίαν περὶ λίμνην ὁμώνυμον, ἐξ ἧς καὶ τὸν Ἀσκάνιον ποταμὸν ῥεῖν, οὗ μνημονεύει καὶ Εὐφορίων
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Μυσοῖος παρʼ ὕδασιν Ἀσκανίοιο.
And having spoken thus about the Phrygians, he adds also the accounts concerning the Mysians, which do not agree with these; for he says it is said that there is also a village Ascania in Mysia near a lake of the same name, from which also flows the river Ascanius, which Euphorion also mentions: "Mysian beside the waters of Ascanius.
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καὶ ὁ Αἰτωλὸς Ἀλέξανδρος
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οἳ καὶ ἐπʼ Ἀσκανίῳ δώματʼ ἔχουσι ῥόῳ,
λίμνης Ἀσκανίης ἐπὶ χείλεσιν· ἔνθα Δολίων
υἱὸς Σιληνοῦ νάσσατο καὶ Μελίης.
"And Alexander the Aetolian: "who also have their dwellings on the Ascanius' stream, upon the lips of Lake Ascania, where Dolion the son of Silenus and Melia settled.
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καλοῦσι δέ, φησί, Δολιονίδα καὶ Μυσίαν τὴν περὶ Κύζικον ἰόντι εἰς Μιλητούπολιν.
"And they call, he says, Dolionis and Mysia the region around Cyzicus as one goes to Miletopolis.
εἰ οὖν οὕτως ἔχει ταῦτα, καὶ ἐκμαρτυρεῖται ὑπὸ τῶν δεικνυμένων νῦν καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ποιητῶν, τί ἐκώλυε τὸν Ὅμηρον ταύτης μεμνῆσθαι τῆς Ἀσκανίας, ἀλλὰ μὴ τῆς ὑπὸ Ξάνθου λεγομένης;
If, then, these things are so, and are attested both by what is now shown and by the poets, what prevented Homer from mentioning this Ascania, and not the one mentioned by Xanthus?
εἴρηται δὲ καὶ πρότερον περὶ τούτων ἐν τῷ περὶ Μυσῶν καὶ Φρυγῶν λόγῳ, ὥστε ἐχέτω πέρας.
But these matters have been discussed before in the discourse on the Mysians and Phrygians, so let this be the end.