§6.1.14μετὰ δὲ Θουρίους Λαγαρία φρούριον, Ἐπειοῦ καὶ Φωκέων κτίσμα, ὅθεν καὶ ὁ Λαγαριτανὸς οἶνος, γλυκὺς καὶ ἁπαλὸς καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἰατροῖς σφόδρα εὐδοκιμῶν· καὶ ὁ Θουρῖνος δὲ τῶν ἐν ὀνόματι οἴνων ἐστίν.
After Thurii is the fortress of Lagaria, a foundation of Epeius and the Phocians, whence comes also the Lagaritan wine, sweet and mild and highly esteemed among physicians; and the Thurine wine is also among those of repute.
εἶθʼ Ἡράκλεια πόλις μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς θαλάττης, καὶ ποταμοὶ δύο πλωτοὶ Ἄκιρις καὶ Σῖρις, ἐφʼ οὗ πόλις ἦν ὁμώνυμος Τρωική· χρόνῳ δὲ τῆς Ἡρακλείας ἐντεῦθεν οἰκισθείσης ὑπὸ Ταραντίνων, ἐπίνειον αὕτη τῶν Ἡρακλεωτῶν ὑπῆρξε.
Next is the city of Heracleia, a little above the sea, and two navigable rivers, the Aciris and the Siris, on the latter of which was a homonymous Trojan city; but in time, when Heracleia was founded from there by the Tarentines, this city became the port of the Heracleotes.
διεῖχε δʼ Ἡρακλείας μὲν τέτταρας καὶ εἴκοσι σταδίους, Θουρίων δὲ περὶ τριακοσίους τριάκοντα.
It was at a distance of twenty-four stadia from Heracleia, and about three hundred and thirty from Thurii.
τῆς δὲ τῶν Τρώων κατοικίας τεκμήριον ποιοῦνται τὸ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τῆς Ἰλιάδος ξόανον ἱδρυμένον αὐτόθι, ὅπερ καταμῦσαι μυθεύουσιν ἀποσπωμένων τῶν ἱκετῶν ὑπὸ Ἰώνων τῶν ἑλόντων τὴν πόλιν· τούτους γὰρ ἐπελθεῖν οἰκήτορας φεύγοντας τὴν Λυδῶν ἀρχήν, καὶ βίᾳ λαβεῖν τὴν πόλιν Χώνων οὖσαν, καλέσαι δὲ αὐτὴν Πολίειον· δείκνυσθαι δὲ καὶ νῦν καταμῦον τὸ ξόανον.
As proof of the Trojan settlement, they offer the wooden image of the Iliad Athena established there, which they mythologize as having closed its eyes when the suppliants were dragged away by the Ionians who took the city; for they say that these Ionians arrived as settlers, fleeing the rule of the Lydians, and took the city, which belonged to the Chones, by force, and called it Polieium; and that the image is shown even now as having its eyes closed.
ἰταμὸν μὲν οὖν καὶ τὸ οὕτω μυθεύειν, ὥστε μὴ καταμῦσαι ἀναινόμενον, καθάπερ καὶ ἐν Ἰλίῳ ἀποστραφῆναι κατὰ τὸν Κασάνδρας βιασμόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ καταμῦον δείκνυσθαι· πολὺ δὲ ἰταμώτερον τὸ τοσαῦτα ποιεῖν ἐξ Ἰλίου κεκομισμένα ξόανα, ὅσα φασὶν οἱ συγγραφεῖς· καὶ γὰρ ἐν Ῥώμῃ καὶ ἐν Λαουινίῳ καὶ ἐν Λουκερίᾳ καὶ ἐν Σειρίτιδι Ἰλιὰς Ἀθηνᾶ καλεῖται ὡς ἐκεῖθεν κομισθεῖσα.
Now, to mythologize in this way—so that it did not merely close its eyes in refusal, just as in Ilium it is said to have turned away during the rape of Cassandra, but is even shown with its eyes closed—is indeed audacious; but it is far more audacious to make so many wooden images brought from Ilium as the historians say; for in Rome, in Lavinium, in Luceria, and in Siritis, Athena is called 'Iliad' as having been brought from there.
καὶ τὸ τῶν Τρῳάδων δὲ τόλμημα περιφέρεται πολλαχοῦ καὶ ἄπιστον φαίνεται καίπερ δυνατὸν ὄν.
And the bold deed of the Trojan women is also reported in many places and appears incredible, although it is possible.
τινὲς δὲ καὶ Ῥοδίων κτίσμα φασὶ καὶ Σειρῖτιν καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ Τράεντος Σύβαριν.
And some say that both Siritis and the Sybaris on the Traeis are foundations of the Rhodians.
φησὶ δʼ Ἀντίοχος τοὺς Ταραντίνους Θουρίοις καὶ Κλεανδρίδᾳ τῷ στρατηγῷ φυγάδι ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος πολεμοῦντας περὶ τῆς Σειρίτιδος συμβῆναι, καὶ συνοικῆσαι μὲν κοινῇ, τὴν δʼ ἀποικίαν κριθῆναι Ταραντίνων, Ἡράκλειαν δʼ ὕστερον κληθῆναι μεταβαλοῦσαν καὶ τοὔνομα καὶ τὸν τόπον.
Antiochus says that the Tarentines, when waging war with the Thurians and Cleandridas, the general who was an exile from Lacedaemon, concerning the Siritis territory, came to an agreement and settled together in common, but the colony was decided to belong to the Tarentines, and it was later called Heracleia, changing both its name and its site.
§6.1.15ἑξῆς δʼ ἐστὶ Μεταπόντιον, εἰς ἣν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπινείου τῆς Ἡρακλείας εἰσὶ στάδιοι τετταράκοντα πρὸς τοῖς ἑκατόν.
Next is Metapontium, to which from the port of Heracleia is one hundred and forty stadia.
Πυλίων δὲ λέγεται κτίσμα τῶν ἐξ Ἰλίου πλευσάντων μετὰ Νέστορος, οὓς οὕτως ἀπὸ γεωργίας εὐτυχῆσαί φασιν ὥστε θέρος χρυσοῦν ἐν Δελφοῖς ἀναθεῖναι.
It is said to be a foundation of the Pylians who sailed from Ilium with Nestor, who are said to have prospered so much from agriculture that they dedicated a golden harvest at Delphi.
σημεῖον δὲ ποιοῦνται τῆς κτίσεως τὸν τῶν Νηλειδῶν ἐναγισμόν· ἠφανίσθη δʼ ὑπὸ Σαυνιτῶν.
And they offer as proof of the foundation the funerary sacrifices to the Neleids; but it was destroyed by the Samnites.
Ἀντίοχος δέ φησιν ἐκλειφθέντα τὸν τόπον ἐποικῆσαι τῶν Ἀχαιῶν τινας μεταπεμφθέντας ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν Συβάρει Ἀχαιῶν, μεταπεμφθῆναι δὲ κατὰ μῖσος τὸ πρὸς Ταραντίνους τῶν Ἀχαιῶν τῶν ἐκπεσόντων ἐκ τῆς Λακωνικῆς, ἵνα μὴ Ταραντῖνοι γειτνιῶντες ἐπιπηδήσαιεν τῷ τόπῳ.
Antiochus says that when the place was abandoned, some of the Achaeans resettled it, having been sent for by the Achaeans in Sybaris; and they were sent for on account of the hatred of the Achaeans, who had been expelled from Laconica, toward the Tarentines, so that the Tarentines, being neighbors, might not leap upon the place.
δυεῖν δʼ οὐσῶν πόλεων, τοῦ Μεταποντίου ἐγγυτέρω τοῦ Τάραντος, πεισθῆναι τοὺς ἀφιγμένους ὑπὸ τῶν Συβαριτῶν τὸ Μεταπόντιον κατασχεῖν· τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ ἔχοντας ἕξειν καὶ τὴν Σειρῖτιν, εἰ δʼ ἐπὶ τὴν Σειρῖτιν τράποιντο, προσθήσειν τοῖς Ταραντίνοις τὸ Μεταπόντιον ἐν πλευραῖς οὖσι.
Since there were two cities, and Metapontium was closer to Tarentum, those who arrived were persuaded by the Sybarites to occupy Metapontium; for if they held this, they would also hold the Siritis territory, whereas if they turned toward Siritis, they would hand Metapontium over to the Tarentines, who were on their flank.
πολεμοῦντας δʼ ὕστερον πρὸς τοὺς Ταραντίνους καὶ τοὺς ὑπερκειμένους Οἰνωτροὺς ἐπὶ μέρει διαλυθῆναι τῆς γῆς, ὅπερ γενέσθαι τῆς τότε Ἰταλίας ὅριον καὶ τῆς Ἰαπυγίας.
Later, waging war against the Tarentines and the Oenotrians situated above them, they came to an agreement on a share of the land, which became the boundary of the Italy of that time and of Iapygia.
ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ τὸν Μετάποντον μυθεύουσι καὶ τὴν Μελανίππην τὴν δεσμῶτιν καὶ τὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς Βοιωτόν.
And here they also mythologize Metapontus, the captive Melanippe, and Boeotus born of her.
δοκεῖ δʼ Ἀντίοχος τὴν πόλιν Μεταπόντιον εἰρῆσθαι πρότερον Μέταβον, παρωνομάσθαι δʼ ὕστερον· τήν τε Μελανίππην οὐ πρὸς τοῦτον ἀλλὰ πρὸς Δῖον κομισθῆναι ἐλέγχειν ἡρῷον τοῦ Μετάβου καὶ Ἄσιον τὸν ποιητὴν φήσαντα ὅτι τὸν Βοιωτὸν
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Δίου ἐνὶ μεγάροις τέκεν εὐειδὴς Μελανίππη
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ὡς πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ἀχθεῖσαν τὴν Μελανίππην, οὐ πρὸς Μέταβον.
Antiochus thinks that the city was formerly called Metabus, and was named Metapontium later; and he proves that Melanippe was brought not to him but to Dius, by the hero-shrine of Metabus and by the poet Asius, who said that 'The beautiful Melanippe bore Boeotus in the halls of Dius,' showing that Melanippe was brought to him, not to Metabus.
οἰκιστὴς δὲ τοῦ Μεταποντίου Δαύλιος ὁ Κρίσης τύραννος γεγένηται τῆς περὶ Δελφούς, ὥς φησιν Ἔφορος.
And the founder of Metapontium was Daulius, the tyrant of Crisa near Delphi, as Ephorus says.
ἔστι δέ τις καὶ οὗτος λόγος ὡς ὁ πεμφθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἐπὶ τὸν συνοικισμὸν Λεύκιππος εἴη, χρησάμενος δὲ παρὰ τῶν Ταραντίνων τὸν τόπον εἰς ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα μὴ ἀποδοίη, μεθʼ ἡμέραν μὲν λέγων πρὸς τοὺς ἀπαιτοῦντας ὅτι καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐφεξῆς νύκτα αἰτήσαιτο καὶ λάβοι, νύκτωρ δʼ ὅτι καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἑξῆς ἡμέραν.
There is also this story, that Leucippus, who was sent by the Achaeans for the joint settlement, having borrowed the place from the Tarentines for a day and a night, did not return it, saying by day to those demanding it back that he had asked for and received it for the following night also, and by night that he had done so for the following day.
ἐφεξῆς δʼ ἐστὶν ὁ Τάρας καὶ ἡ Ἰαπυγία, περὶ ὧν ἐροῦμεν, ὅταν πρότερον τὰς προκειμένας τῆς Ἰταλίας νήσους περιοδεύσωμεν κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς πρόθεσιν· ἀεὶ γὰρ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἑκάστοις τὰς γειτνιώσας προσκαταλέγοντες νήσους καὶ νῦν, ἐπειδὴ μέχρι τέλους ἐπεληλύθαμεν τὴν Οἰνωτρίαν, ἥνπερ καὶ Ἰταλίαν μόνην ὠνόμαζον οἱ πρότερον, δίκαιοί ἐσμεν φυλάξαι τὴν αὐτὴν τάξιν, ἐπελθόντες τὴν Σικελίαν καὶ τὰς περὶ αὐτὴν νήσους.
Next is Tarentum and Iapygia, concerning which we shall speak when we have first circumnavigated the islands lying off Italy according to our original purpose; for since we always list the neighboring islands together with each of the nations, now too, since we have traversed Oenotria to its limit, which alone previous people called Italy, we are justified in keeping the same order by proceeding to Sicily and the islands around it.