§9.1.4μετὰ δὴ Κρομμυῶνα ὑπέρκεινται τῆς Ἀττικῆς αἱ Σκιρωνίδες πέτραι πάροδον οὐκ ἀπολείπουσαι πρὸς θαλάττῃ·
After Crommyon, the Scironian Rocks loom over Attica, leaving no passage along the sea.
ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν δʼ ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἐπὶ Μεγάρων καὶ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰσθμοῦ·
Above them is the road leading from the Isthmus to Megara and Attica.
οὕτω δὲ σφόδρα πλησιάζει ταῖς πέτραις ἡ ὁδὸς ὥστε πολλαχοῦ καὶ παράκρημνός ἐστι διὰ τὸ ὑπερκείμενον ὄρος δύσβατόν τε καὶ ὑψηλὸν ὄν·
The road approaches the rocks so closely that in many places it is even on the edge of a precipice, because of the mountain hanging over it, which is difficult to pass and high.
ἐνταῦθα δὲ μυθεύεται τὰ περὶ τοῦ Σκείρωνος καὶ τοῦ Πιτυοκάμπτου τῶν λῃζομένων τὴν λεχθεῖσαν ὀρεινήν, οὓς καθεῖλε Θησεύς.
Here is localized the myth about Sciron and Pityocamptes, who plundered the said mountainous country, and whom Theseus slew.
ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἄκρων τούτων καταιγίζοντα σκαιὸν τὸν ἀργέστην σκίρωνα προσηγορεύκασιν Ἀθηναῖοι.
And the Athenians have named the northwest wind, which blows down violently from these heights, "Sciron," as a sinister wind.
μετὰ δὲ τὰς Σκιρωνίδας πέτρας ἄκρα πρόκειται Μινῴα ποιοῦσα τὸν ἐν τῇ Νισαίᾳ λιμένα.
After the Scironian Rocks, the promontory Minoa projects, forming the harbor in Nisaea.
ἡ δὲ Νίσαια ἐπίνειόν ἐστιν τῶν Μεγάρων δεκαοκτὼ σταδίους τῆς πόλεως διέχον, σκέλεσιν ἑκατέρωθεν συναπτόμενον πρὸς αὐτήν· ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ τοῦτο Μινῴα.
Nisaea is the seaport of Megara, distant eighteen stadia from the city, connected to it on both sides by long walls; and this too used to be called Minoa.
§9.1.5τὸ παλαιὸν μὲν οὖν Ἴωνες εἶχον τὴν χώραν ταύτην οἵπερ καὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν, οὔπω τῶν Μεγάρων ἐκτισμένων· διόπερ οὐδʼ ὁ ποιητὴς μέμνηται τῶν τόπων τούτων ἰδίως, ἀλλʼ Ἀθηναίους καλῶν τοὺς ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ πάντας συμπεριείληφε καὶ τούτους τῷ κοινῷ ὀνόματι Ἀθηναίους νομίζων, ὡς ὅταν φῇ ἐν τῷ καταλόγῳ
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οἳ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον, ἐυκτίμενον πτολίεθρον
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δέχεσθαι δεῖ καὶ τοὺς νῦν Μεγαρέας, ὡς καὶ τούτους μετασχόντας τῆς στρατείας.
In ancient times, then, the same Ionians who held Attica held this country also, before Megara was yet founded; wherefore the Poet, too, does not make mention of these places specifically, but, in calling all those in Attica "Athenians," has included these also, considering them as Athenians under the common name; as, when he says in the Catalogue: "And those who held Athens, the well-built city," we must understand that the Megarians of today are also included, as having also taken part in the expedition.
σημεῖον δέ· ἡ γὰρ Ἀττικὴ τὸ παλαιὸν Ἰωνία καὶ Ἰὰς ἐκαλεῖτο, καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς ὅταν φῇ
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ἔνθα δὲ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ Ἰάονες
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τοὺς Ἀθηναίους λέγει· ταύτης δʼ ἦν μερὶς καὶ ἡ Μεγαρίς.
And here is a proof: for in ancient times Attica was called Ionia and Ias, and when the Poet says, "And there were Boeotians and Iaones," he means the Athenians; and Megaris was a part of this territory.
§9.1.6καὶ δὴ καὶ τῶν ὁρίων ἀμφισβητοῦντες πολλάκις οἵ τε Πελοποννήσιοι καὶ Ἴωνες, ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ ἡ Κρομμυωνία, συνέβησαν καὶ στήλην ἔστησαν ἐπὶ τοῦ συνομολογηθέντος τόπου περὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Ἰσθμόν, ἐπιγραφὴν ἔχουσαν ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ πρὸς τὴν Πελοπόννησον μέρους
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τάδʼ ἐστὶ Πελοπόννησος οὐκ Ἰωνία,
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ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ πρὸς Μέγαρα
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τάδʼ οὐχὶ Πελοπόννησος ἀλλʼ Ἰωνία. "
οἵ τε δὴ τὴν Ἀτθίδα συγγράψαντες πολλὰ διαφωνοῦντες τοῦτό γε ὁμολογοῦσιν οἵ γε λόγου ἄξιοι, διότι τῶν Πανδιονιδῶν τεττάρων ὄντων, Αἰγέως τε καὶ Λύκου καὶ Πάλλαντος καὶ τετάρτου Νίσου, καὶ τῆς Ἀττικῆς εἰς τέτταρα μέρη διαιρεθείσης, ὁ Νῖσος τὴν Μεγαρίδα λάχοι καὶ κτίσαι τὴν Νίσαιαν.
Furthermore, the Peloponnesians and the Ionians, since they often disputed about their boundaries, in which Cromwyonia also was included, came to an agreement and erected a pillar at the place agreed upon near the Isthmus itself, which had an inscription on the side facing the Peloponnese: "This is the Peloponnese, not Ionia," and on the side facing Megara: "This is not the Peloponnese, but Ionia." Moreover, those who have written the *Atthis*, though they disagree in many things, at least those worthy of mention agree on this: that, the sons of Pandion being four, namely, Aegeus, Lycus, Pallas, and a fourth, Nisus, and Attica having been divided into four parts, Nisus obtained by lot Megaris and founded Nisaea.
Φιλόχορος μὲν οὖν ἀπὸ Ἰσθμοῦ μέχρι τοῦ Πυθίου διήκειν αὐτοῦ φησι τὴν ἀρχήν, Ἄνδρων δὲ μέχρι Ἐλευσῖνος καὶ τοῦ Θριασίου πεδίου.
Now Philochorus says that his rule extended from the Isthmus as far as the Pythium, but Andron says as far as Eleusis and the Thriasian Plain.
τὴν δʼ εἰς τέτταρα μέρη διανομὴν ἄλλων ἄλλως εἰρηκότων ἀρκεῖ ταῦτα παρὰ Σοφοκλέους λαβεῖν· φησὶ δʼ ὁ Αἰγεὺς ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ὥρισεν ἐμοὶ μὲν ἀν εἰς ἀκτὰς τῆσδε γῆς πρεσβεῖα νείμας· α Λύκῳ
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τὸν ἀντίπλευρον κῆπον Εὐβοίας νέμει,
Νίσῳ δὲ τὴν ὅμαυλον ἐξαιρεῖ χθόνα
Σκείρωνος ἀκτῆς, τῆς δὲ γῆς τὸ πρὸς νότον
ὁ σκληρὸς οὗτος καὶ γίγαντας ἐκτρέφων
εἴληχε Πάλλας. "
ὅτι μὲν οὖν ἡ Μεγαρὶς τῆς Ἀττικῆς μέρος ἦν, τούτοις χρῶνται τεκμηρίοις.
Although different writers have described the division into four parts in different ways, it is sufficient to take these lines from Sophocles; Aegeus says that his father determined, "having assigned to me the eldest portion... to the coast-lands of this earth," and to Lycus "he assigns the garden opposite Euboea, and for Nisus he selects the neighboring land of Sciron's shore, and the southern part of the land has fallen to Pallas, this harsh breeder of giants." That Megaris, therefore, was a part of Attica, they use these as proofs.
§9.1.7μετὰ δὲ τὴν τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν κάθοδον καὶ τὸν τῆς χώρας μερισμὸν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν συγκατελθόντων αὐτοῖς Δωριέων ἐκπεσεῖν τῆς οἰκείας συνέβη πολλοὺς εἰς τὴν Ἀττικήν, ὧν ἦν καὶ ὁ τῆς Μεσσήνης βασιλεὺς Μέλανθος· οὗτος δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐβασίλευσεν ἑκόντων, νικήσας ἐκ μονομαχίας τὸν τῶν Βοιωτῶν βασιλέα Ξάνθον.
After the return of the Heracleidae and the division of the country by them and the Dorians who had come down with them, it happened that many were expelled from their own homes into Attica, among whom was Melanthus, the king of Messene; and he actually became king of the Athenians with their consent, after defeating in a duel Xanthos, the king of the Boeotians.
εὐανδρούσης δὲ τῆς Ἀττικῆς διὰ τοὺς φυγάδας φοβηθέντες οἱ Ἡρακλεῖδαι, παροξυνόντων αὐτοὺς μάλιστα τῶν ἐν Κορίνθῳ καὶ τῶν ἐν Μεσσήνῃ, τῶν μὲν διὰ τὴν γειτνίασιν, τῶν δὲ ὅτι Κόδρος τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἐβασίλευε τότε ὁ τοῦ Μελάνθου παῖς, ἐστράτευσαν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν·
And since Attica had become populous because of the refugees, the Heracleidae, being afraid, and being instigated chiefly by those in Corinth and Messene—by the former because of their proximity, and by the latter because Codrus, the son of Melanthus, was then king of Attica—made an expedition against Attica.
ἡττηθέντες δὲ μάχῃ τῆς μὲν ἄλλης ἐξέστησαν γῆς, τὴν Μεγαρικὴν δὲ κατέσχον καὶ τήν τε πόλιν ἔκτισαν τὰ Μέγαρα καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους Δωριέας ἀντὶ Ἰώνων ἐποίησαν· ἠφάνισαν δὲ καὶ τὴν στήλην τὴν ὁρίζουσαν τούς τε Ἴωνας καὶ τοὺς Πελοποννησίους.
But being defeated in battle, they withdrew from the rest of the country, but kept possession of Megaris, and founded the city of Megara, and made the inhabitants Dorians instead of Ionians; and they also destroyed the pillar which marked the boundary between the Ionians and the Peloponnesians.