§347θέρους ὥρᾳ πονήρως εἶχεν ὁ στόμαχος καὶ δίψος ἦν νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ ἱδρὼς ἀμύθητος καὶ λύσις τοῦ σώματος, καὶ μόλις ἂν δύο καὶ τρεῖς εἷλκον ἀπὸ τῆς κλίνης ἀναστῆναι δεόμενον·
In the summer season my stomach was in a bad state, and there was thirst night and day, and unspeakable sweat, and wasting of the body, so that with difficulty would two or three drag me from my bed when I needed to rise.
καὶ ὁ θεὸς σημαίνει ἔξοδον ἐν Σμύρνῃ ὄντι τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον, καὶ ἔδει ἐξιέναι αὐτίκα.
And the god indicated departure to me while I was in Smyrna at that time, and it was necessary to depart immediately.
καὶ ἐξῄειν μὲν τὴν ἐπὶ Περγάμου· ἐν ὅσῳ δὲ ὀχήματα ἐπορίζετο καὶ δὴ μεσημβρία τε προσῄει καὶ καῦμα ᾔρετο λαμπρόν.
And I set out indeed on the road to Pergamum; but while carriages were being provided, noon drew near and a brilliant heat arose.
ἔδοξεν οὖν ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ προαστείῳ διατρίψαντας αὐτὴν τὴν ἀκμὴν οὕτως περαίνειν.
It seemed best to us, therefore, to pass the very peak of the heat by lingering in the suburb and so to proceed.
ἡ δʼ ὁρμὴ ἦν ὡς εἰς Μύριναν καὶ τὰ σκευοφόρα ἐπὶ τούτῳ προῄει.
Our movement was directed as if toward Myrina, and the baggage-train was going ahead on this account.
οἷα δὲ πνίγους ὄντος καὶ ἅμα ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς τοῦ χωρίου καὶ προσέτι ἀσχολιῶν τινῶν προείμεθα τῆς ὥρας συχνὸν, ὥστε γιγνόμεθα ἐπὶ τῷ καταγωγίῳ τῷ πρὸ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ περὶ αὐτὴν δύσιν ἡλίου.
But because of the stifling heat, and at the same time from the pleasantness of the place, and furthermore due to certain occupations, we let slip much of the proper time, so that we arrived at the lodging-place before the statue of Hermes around sunset itself.
καὶ ἠπόρησα μὲν ὅ τι ποιῶ.
And indeed I was at a loss what to do.
ὡς δὲ οὔτε τὴν δυσχέρειαν τῶν οἰκημάτων ἔφερον εἰσελθὼν, θεραπεία τε οὐ παρῆν διὰ τὸ προεκπέμψαι, ἐδόκει χρῆναι τὸ πρόσω διώκειν, καὶ διαβάντι τὸν ποταμὸν νύξ τε ἦν ἤδη καθαρὰ καὶ προσέβαλεν αὔρα τις ἐλαφρὰ καὶ ψυχεινὴ, καὶ τό τε σῶμά πως ἀνελάμβανε καὶ τῇ γνώμῃ τόνος τις μετʼ εὐθυμίας ἐνεδύετο, ὡς τῷ τε ἀέρι ὁμιλεῖν καθʼ ἡσυχίαν καὶ ἅμα πρὸς τὴν παρελθοῦσαν ἡμέραν τὰ παρόντα κρίνοντι ὁπόσον τι μεταβεβλήκει.
But since, having entered, I could not bear the discomfort of the rooms, and no service was at hand because of having sent them ahead, it seemed necessary to press onward. And when I had crossed the river, the night was already clear and a light and cool breeze struck me, and somehow my body began to recover and a certain vigor with good cheer entered my mind, so that I could enjoy the air in quietness and at the same time judge, comparing the present with the past day, how much things had changed.
ἤδη δὲ βαθείας ἑσπέρας ἦλθον εἰς Λάρισσαν, καί μοι ἀσμένῳ γίγνεται ὡς τά τε ὀχήματα οὐ κατείληπτο καὶ τὰ τῆς καταγωγῆς οὐδὲν ἀμείνω τῶν πρόσθεν ἦν, ἀλλʼ ἀνάγκη παρῆν ἔχεσθαι τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ διακαρτερεῖν.
Now late in the evening I came to Larissa, and it turned out to my liking that the carriages had not been caught up with and that the conditions of the lodging were no better than the previous ones, but there was a necessity to keep to the road and endure to the end.
καὶ μέσαι τε ἤδη νύκτες ἢ καὶ ἔτι πορρωτέρω, καὶ γιγνόμεθα ἐν Κύμῃ, καὶ πάντα ἀπεκέκλειτο §348καὶ μάλʼ ἀγαπητῶς ἐμοί.
And it was already midnight or even further, and we arrived in Cyme, and everything was shut up, and very much to my satisfaction.
παρακαλέσας δὲ τοὺς ἑπομένους, οἳ παρέπεμπόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ χωρίου προσταλαιπωρῆσαι καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν, ὡς οὐκ εἰσόμενον αὐτοῖς, πάντως δὲ ὀλίγον τʼ εἶναι καὶ προφέρειν οὐκ ὀλίγον μοι δοκεῖν τῆς προαιρέσεως διαμαρτεῖν, ἐχώρουν ἔξω πυλῶν, καὶ ψῦχός τε ἤδη ἦν ὑγρότερον, ὥστε καὶ θέρμης δεῖσθαι.
Having encouraged those who followed me, who had escorted me from the place, to persevere for the remainder of the way, not as though I would be ungrateful to them, but because in any case it was short, and it seemed to me no small matter to fail in my purpose, I proceeded outside the gates; and the cold by now was damper, so that we even needed warmth.
καὶ περὶ ἀλεκτρυόνων μάλιστά πως ᾠδὰς ἀνύσας εἰς Μύριναν, ὁρῶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς πρόσθεν τῶν καταγωγίων τινὸς συνεσκευασμένους ὡς εἶχον διὰ τὸ μηδʼ αὐτοὺς, ὡς ἔφασαν, καταλαβεῖν ἀνεῳγμένον μηδέν.
And having completed the journey to Myrina just about the singing of the cocks, I saw my companions packed up just as they were in front of one of the lodgings, because they themselves, as they said, had not found anything open.
ἦν δέ τις ἐν προθύρῳ τοῦ πανδοκείου σκίμπους· τοῦτον περιφέροντες ἄνω καὶ κάτω διατριβὴν εἴχομεν.
Now there was a certain cot in the vestibule of the inn; we spent the time moving this up and down, for wherever it was placed, it was troublesome everywhere.
ὅπου γὰρ τεθείη πανταχοῦ λυπηρὸς ἦν. θύραν δὲ κόπτουσιν ἢ ξένων ἢ ὡντινωνοῦν πλέον οὐδὲν ἦν· οὐ γὰρ ὑπήκουεν οὐδείς.
They knocked on the door, whether of guests or of anyone at all, but there was no advantage, for no one answered.
ὀψὲ δέ ποτε εὕρομεν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς οἰκίαν τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τινὸς, κακοδαιμονίᾳ δὲ θυρωρῶν τό τε πῦρ ἀπεσβήκει καὶ ἄλλο γε οὐδὲν ἦν οὐ μικρὸν οὐ μέγα.
But at last we found a way to enter the house of one of our acquaintances, but by the ill luck of the doorkeepers the fire had been extinguished and there was nothing else, neither small nor great.
εἰσῄειμεν δὲ ὑπὸ σκότου καὶ ὑπὸ χειραγωγῷ οὔτε ὁρῶντες οὔτε ὁρώμενοι.
And we entered under darkness and with a guide, neither seeing nor being seen.
ἐν ὅσῳ δὲ πῦρ τε ἐπορίζετο καὶ πορισθέντος ἔμελλον χρίσεσθαί τε καὶ πίεσθαι, καὶ δὴ ἑωσφόρος τε ὑπερεῖχε καὶ φῶς ἡμέρας ὑπέφαινεν, ἐδόκει χρῆναι μὴ μαλθακίζεσθαι μηδὲ καθεύδειν ἡμέρας οὔσης, ἀλλʼ ἔργον ἔργῳ συνάπτειν καὶ βαδίζειν εἰς τὸ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ἱερὸν, εἰς Γρυνεῖον, εἰωθός μοι καὶ ἰόντι καὶ ἐπανιόντι θύειν τῷ θεῷ.
While fire was being provided, and when it was provided we were about to be anointed and to drink, indeed the morning star stood above and the light of day began to appear; it seemed necessary not to grow soft nor to sleep since it was day, but to join deed to deed and to walk to the temple of Apollo, to Gryneium, where it was my custom both when going and returning to sacrifice to the god.
γενόμενος δὲ ἐν Γρυνείῳ θύσας τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι καὶ τὰ εἰωθότα διατρίψας εἰς Ἐλαίαν ἐλθὼν ἀνεπαυόμην.
And having arrived in Gryneium and sacrificed to Apollo, and having spent the usual time, I came to Elaea and rested.
καὶ ὡς ἐγενόμην ἐν Περγάμῳ τῇ ἐπιούσῃ, ἐγὼ μὲν οἷα εἰκὸς οὕτως εἶχον ὡς ἐνδιατρίψων, ἐνύπνιον δʼ ἐλθὸν, εἴτε δὴ εἰς ἑσπέραν εὐθὺς εἴτε καὶ μιᾷ ὕστερον ἡμέρᾳ ἢ καὶ δευτέρᾳ, ἐπείγεσθαί τε ἐκέλευε καὶ μὴ ἄλλως ποιεῖν· οἵδε γὰρ καὶ δὴ διώκουσι. καὶ ἅμα τούτοις αἵ τε θυρίδες πνεύματος ἐμπεσόντος ἀνεῴγνυντο εὖ καὶ καλῶς ἐσφηκωμέναι ἔνδοθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν, καὶ πρόσθεν οὔπω συμβὰν,
And when I arrived in Pergamum on the following day, I was indeed, as was natural, in such a state as one who would spend time there; but a dream came, either immediately towards evening or one or two days later, and ordered me to hasten and not to do otherwise, saying: "For these are indeed pursuing." And at the same time as this, the windows, though well and truly fastened from within and without, were opened by a gust of wind blowing in, a thing which had never happened before,