§306τῆς Σικελίας προσηνέχθημεν.
we were carried to Sicily.
ἔπειτα ἐν πορθμῷ πλάναι καὶ δρόμοι, τὰ μὲν εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν, τὰ δὲ εἰς τοὐπίσω.
Then there were wanderings and runnings in the strait, now forward, now backward.
τοῦ δὲ Ἀδρίου τὸ μὲν πέλαγος δυοῖν νυξὶ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ διήλθομεν, ἀψοφητὶ παραπέμποντος τοῦ ῥεύματος.
And as for the Adriatic Sea, we passed through it in two nights and a day, as the current escorted us without a sound.
ὡς δʼ ἔδει πρὸς τὴν Κεφαλληνίαν προσχεῖν, αὖθις αὖ κῦμα ὑψηλὸν, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα οὐκ ἔφερεν, ἀλλʼ ἐπλανώμεθα ἄνω καὶ κάτω, κάματος παντοδαπὸς τοῦ σώματος καὶ λύσις.
But when it was necessary to put in at Cephallenia, there was again a high wave, and the wind did not carry us, but we wandered up and down, with all kinds of weariness and exhaustion of the body.
τὰ δʼ ἐν τῷ πορθμῷ τῷ Ἀχαϊκῷ πάλιν συμβάντα ὑπʼ αὐτὴν ἰσημερίαν ἀράντων τῶν χρηστῶν ναυτῶν ἐκ Πατρῶν ἄκοντος ἐμοῦ καὶ ἀντιλέγοντος ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὐδʼ ἂν λέγων εἴποις, ἐν οἷς ἅπασι τό τε στῆθος καὶ τἄλλα ἔτι μειζόνως ἐκακοῦτο.
And as for what happened again in the Achaean strait, when those 'excellent' sailors set sail from Patrae right at the equinox against my will and despite my opposing it from the beginning, one could not even tell of it in words; in all of which both my chest and other parts were still more severely afflicted.
παραπλήσια δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ Αἰγαίῳ, μοχθηρία κυβερνήτου καὶ ναυτῶν γενόμενα ἐναντία τοῖς πνεύμασι πλεῖν ἀξιούντων καὶ μηδὲν ἀκούειν ἐθελόντων ἐμοῦ.
And the events in the Aegean were similar, arising from the wickedness of the helmsman and the sailors, who insisted on sailing against the winds and were unwilling to listen to me at all.
τέτταρες πάλιν αὗται πρὸς ταῖς δέκα ἡμέραι καὶ νύκτες, χειμῶνος κύκλῳ διὰ παντὸς τοῦ πελάγους φερομένων, κἀν ταύταις ἀσιτίαι οὐκ ὀλίγαι, καὶ μόλις Μιλήτῳ προσηνέχθημεν.
These again were fourteen days and nights, while we were carried in a circle by the storm through the whole sea, and in these there was no small lack of food, and with difficulty we were carried to Miletus.
καὶ οὔτε ἵστασθαι δυνατὸς ἦν τά τε ὦτα ἐξεκεκώφητο, ἠνώχλει τε οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὔ.
And I was neither able to stand, and my ears had been completely deafened, and there was nothing that did not trouble me.
καὶ κατὰ μικρὸν προσιόντες οὕτω γιγνόμεθα ἐν τῇ Σμύρνῃ, πέρα πάσης ἐλπίδος.
And advancing little by little, in this way we arrived in Smyrna, beyond all hope.
καὶ χειμὼν ἤδη ἦν καὶ τὰ τῆς ὑπερώας παντάπασι δυσχερῶς εἶχε καὶ τἄλλα ὡσαύτως.
And it was already winter, and the conditions of the upper room were altogether difficult, and other things likewise.
καὶ συνῆλθον οἵ τε ἰατροὶ καὶ γυμνασταὶ, καὶ οὔτε βοηθεῖν εἶχον οὔτε ἐγνώριζον τὴν ποικιλίαν τῆς νόσου.
And both the doctors and the trainers assembled, and they were neither able to help nor did they recognize the complexity of the disease.
τοσοῦτον δʼ οὖν συνέδοξεν, εἰς τὰς πηγὰς τὰς θερμὰς κομίσαι, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὸν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἀέρα φέρειν οὐχ οἷός τε ἦν.
At any rate, this much was agreed upon: to convey me to the hot springs, since I was not even able to bear the air in the city.
καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τούτοις δὴ μικρῷ πρόσθεν διηγούμην.
And indeed, the events following upon these I was relating a little while ago.
ἐκ τοιούτων καὶ τοσούτων ὡς βραχέως τε καὶ ἀμυδρῶς εἰπεῖν ἡ νόσος ἠσκήθη καὶ συνεσκευάσθη, κατὰ προσθήκην χρόνου προϊοῦσα ἀεί.
From such and so many circumstances, to speak briefly and obscurely, the disease was practiced and compounded, always advancing as time was added.
καὶ παρελθόντος ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ μηνῶν ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Περγάμῳ καθέδραν ἤλθομεν.
And when a year and some months had passed, we came to our stay in Pergamum.
§307νῦν δὲ ὅθεν ἐξέβημεν τρεπώμεθα πρὸς τὰ λουτρὰ τὰ θεῖα· ὀδύναι δὲ καὶ νόσοι καὶ κίνδυνοι πάντες ἐρρόντων.
But now let us return to where we digressed and turn to the divine baths; and let pains and diseases and all dangers go to ruin!
ἐγκατεκεκλίμην μεταξὺ τῶν τε θυρῶν καὶ τῶν κιγκλίδων τοῦ νεὼ κατὰ δή τινα ὀνείρατος ὄψιν· καί μοι χρῇ ὁ θεὸς τὸ ἔπος τόδε
"ἑσπέριοι δʼ ἤκμαζον ἐπὶ κρήναις χλοεραῖσιν. "
ἔπειτα ἐχριόμην τε ἐν τῷ ὑπαίθρῳ ἐν τῷ περιβόλῳ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ ἐλούμην τῷ φρέατι τῷ ἱερῷ, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἦν ὅστις οὐχ ὁρῶν ἠπίστει.
I had lain down between the doors and the lattices of the temple, in accordance with a certain vision in a dream; and the god declared to me this verse: 'And at evening they were at their height by the green springs.' Then I was anointed in the open air within the precinct of the temple and bathed in the sacred well, and there was no one who did not believe upon seeing it.
καὶ μικροῦ πᾶσαν ἐξέβαλον τὴν νόσον, εἰ μὴ τοῦ θεοῦ σημεῖα φαίνοντος καὶ μεταβάλλοντος ἤδη τὴν δίαιταν αὐτὸς μὲν οὕτως εἶχον ὡς ταύτῃ ποιήσων, βουλὴ δὲ κακὴ νίκησεν ἑταίρων, οἳ σοφίας τε ἀντιποιούμενοι καί τινα ἔχειν περὶ ταῦτα δοκοῦντες δεινότητα ἀτοπώτερον τὰ ἐνύπνια ἐξηγοῦντο, φάσκοντες διʼ ὑπερβολῆς ἐνδείκνυσθαι τὸν θεὸν ὅτι χρὴ μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν αὐτῶν.
And I would have almost cast off the entire disease, had it not been that, when the god was showing signs and already changing my regimen, and I myself was disposed to act accordingly, the bad advice of my companions prevailed—who, laying claim to wisdom and seeming to have a certain skill in these matters, interpreted the dreams rather strangely, asserting that the god was indicating in an extreme manner that I must remain on the same regimen.
κἀγὼ συνεχώρησα ἄκων μὲν καὶ ὑφορώμενος καὶ νομίζων αὐτὸς ἄμεινον γιγνώσκειν, ὡς δʼ ἂν μὴ δοκοίην ἐμαυτῷ τις εἶναι μόνῳ πειθόμενος.
And I yielded, though unwillingly and with suspicion, and thinking that I myself knew better, yet so that I might not seem to be someone who obeys only himself.
παθὼν δʼ ἔγνων καλῶς ὡς ὀρθῶς ἐγίγνωσκον.
But having suffered, I learned well how rightly I had judged.
ἀλλʼ ὅσα μὲν σύμβουλοι διήμαρτον χωρὶς ἔστω· καίτοι καὶ ταῦτα ἔοικε τῶν σφόδρα πρὸς τὸν θεὸν εἶναι.
But let the errors of my advisers be set aside; and yet, even this seems to have been highly in accordance with the god.
τὸ γὰρ τὴν αὐτὴν δίαιταν καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ πράγματα, ὁπότε μὲν ὁ θεὸς ἡγοῖτό τε καὶ διαρρήδην εἴποι, σωτηρίαν, ἰσχὺν, κουφότητα, ῥᾳστώνην, εὐθυμίαν, πάντα τὰ κάλλιστα καὶ τῷ σώματι καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ φέρειν, ἄλλου δέ του συμβουλεύσαντος καὶ μὴ στοχασαμένου τῆς γνώμης τοῦ θεοῦ πάντα τἀναντία τούτοις ἐπιφέρειν, πῶς οὐ μέγιστον σημεῖον τοῦ θεοῦ τῆς δυνάμεως;
For that the same regimen and the same actions, when the god leads and explicitly commands, should bring salvation, strength, lightness, ease, good cheer, and all the finest things to both body and soul, but when someone else advises and fails to hit upon the mind of the god, should bring all the opposites of these—how is this not the greatest sign of the power of the god?
φέρε δὴ πάλιν τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῦ μνημονεύσωμεν.
Come now, let us recall again the things from him.
ἦν ἰσημερία ἡ μετὰ χειμῶνα ὅτε πηλοῦνται τῷ θεῷ, ἐμοὶ δʼ οὐχ οἷόν τʼ ἦν, εἰ μή τι σημήνειε παρακινεῖν.
It was the equinox after winter when they smear themselves with mud for the god, but it was not possible for me to stir unless he should make some sign.
ἀπώκνησα οὖν· ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα κατὰ μνήμην ἐμὴν καὶ πάνυ ἀλεεινὴ ἐγένετο.
So I hesitated; and that day, as I recall, became very warm.
οὐ πολλαῖς δὲ ὕστερον ἡμέραις χειμὼν ἐπιγίγνεται καὶ βορέας ἐώθει πάντα τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ νεφέλαι μέλαιναι ἠγείροντο συνεχεῖς, καὶ πάλιν ἐκ νέας χειμών.
And not many days later a storm came on, and the north wind pushed the whole sky, and dark clouds were continually rising, and again there was winter anew.
τοιούτων δʼ ὄντων προσέταξε χρήσασθαι τῷ πηλῷ πρὸς τῷ φρέατι τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ λούσασθαι αὐτόθεν.
And under these conditions he commanded me to use the mud near the sacred well and to bathe from there.
παρέσχον
I offered myself.