§1.22.1μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ταύτῃ πρὸς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἰοῦσι Θέμιδος ναός ἐστι.
After the sanctuary of Asclepius, for those going this way toward the Acropolis there is a temple of Themis.
κέχωσται δὲ πρὸ αὐτοῦ μνῆμα Ἱππολύτῳ· τοῦ δέ οἱ βίου τὴν τελευτὴν συμβῆναι λέγουσιν ἐκ καταρῶν.
Before it a tomb has been heaped up for Hippolytus; they say that the end of his life came about from curses.
δῆλα δέ, καὶ ὅστις βαρβάρων γλῶσσαν ἔμαθεν Ἑλλήνων, ὅ τε ἔρως τῆς Φαίδρας καὶ τῆς τροφοῦ τὸ ἐς τὴν διακονίαν τόλμημα.
Clear, even to anyone of the barbarians who has learned the tongue of the Greeks, are the love of Phaedra and the bold deed of the nurse in her service.
ἔστι δὲ καὶ Τροιζηνίοις Ἱππολύτου τάφος· ἔχει δέ σφισιν ὧδε ὁ λόγος.
There is also a tomb of Hippolytus for the Troezenians, and their account is as follows.
§1.22.2Θησεὺς ὡς ἔμελλεν ἄξεσθαι Φαίδραν, οὐκ ἐθέλων εἴ οἱ γένοιντο παῖδες οὔτε ἄρχεσθαι τὸν Ἱππόλυτον οὔτε βασιλεύειν ἀντʼ αὐτῶν, πέμπει παρὰ Πιτθέα τραφησόμενον αὐτὸν καὶ βασιλεύσοντα Τροιζῆνος.
Theseus, when he was about to marry Phaedra, not wishing, if children should be born to him, that Hippolytus either should be ruled by them or should rule as king instead of them, sent him to Pittheus to be brought up and to rule Troezen.
χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον Πάλλας καὶ οἱ παῖδες ἐπανέστησαν Θησεῖ· τούτους κτείνας ἐς Τροιζῆνα ἔρχεται καθαρσίων ἕνεκα, καὶ Φαίδρα πρώτη ἐνταῦθα εἶδεν Ἱππόλυτον καὶ τὰ ἐς τὸν θάνατον ἐρασθεῖσα ἐβούλευσε.
Sometime later Pallas and his sons rebelled against Theseus; having killed them, he went to Troezen for purification, and there Phaedra first saw Hippolytus, and having fallen in love, planned the things leading to his death.
μυρσίνη δέ ἐστι Τροιζηνίοις τὰ φύλλα διὰ πάσης ἔχουσα τετρυπημένα· φῦναι δὲ οὐκ ἐξ ἀρχῆς αὐτὴν λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἔργον γεγενῆσθαι τῆς ἐς τὸν ἔρωτα ἄσης καὶ τῆς περόνης ἣν ἐπὶ ταῖς θριξὶν εἶχεν ἡ Φαίδρα.
There is a myrtle for the Troezenians having its leaves pierced all through; they say that it did not grow so from the beginning, but that the deed was done by her distress in love and the pin which Phaedra had in her hair.
§1.22.3Ἀφροδίτην δὲ τὴν Πάνδημον, ἐπεί τε Ἀθηναίους Θησεὺς ἐς μίαν ἤγαγεν ἀπὸ τῶν δήμων πόλιν, αὐτήν τε σέβεσθαι καὶ Πειθὼ κατέστησε·
Aphrodite of all the people (Pandemos), after Theseus had brought the Athenians from their demes into a single city, he established for worship, along with Peitho.
τὰ μὲν δὴ παλαιὰ ἀγάλματα οὐκ ἦν ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ, τὰ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ τεχνιτῶν ἦν οὐ τῶν ἀφανεστάτων.
The ancient statues indeed did not exist in my time, but those in my time were by craftsmen of the most famous.
ἔστι δὲ καὶ Γῆς Κουροτρόφου καὶ Δήμητρος ἱερὸν Χλόης· τὰ δὲ ἐς τὰς ἐπωνυμίας ἔστιν αὐτῶν διδαχθῆναι τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἐλθόντα ἐς λόγους.
There is also a sanctuary of Earth the Nurse of Youth (Kourotrophos) and of Demeter of the Green Shoots (Chloe); the things concerning their titles one can be taught by coming into conversation with the priests.
§1.22.4ἐς δὲ τὴν ἀκρόπολίν ἐστιν ἔσοδος μία· ἑτέραν δὲ οὐ παρέχεται, πᾶσα ἀπότομος οὖσα καὶ τεῖχος ἔχουσα ἐχυρόν.
Into the Acropolis there is one entrance; it affords no other, being entirely steep and having a strong wall.
τὰ δὲ προπύλαια λίθου λευκοῦ τὴν ὀροφὴν ἔχει καὶ κόσμῳ καὶ μεγέθει τῶν λίθων μέχρι γε καὶ ἐμοῦ προεῖχε.
The Propylaea has its roof of white stone, and in the beauty and size of the stones it excelled down even to my time.
τὰς μὲν οὖν εἰκόνας τῶν ἱππέων οὐκ ἔχω σαφῶς εἰπεῖν, εἴτε οἱ παῖδές εἰσιν οἱ Ξενοφῶντος εἴτε ἄλλως ἐς εὐπρέπειαν πεποιημέναι·
Now concerning the statues of the horsemen, I cannot say clearly whether they are the sons of Xenophon or made in some other way for ornament.
τῶν δὲ προπυλαίων ἐν δεξιᾷ Νίκης ἐστὶν Ἀπτέρου ναός.
On the right of the Propylaea is a temple of Wingless Victory (Apteros Nike).
ἐντεῦθεν ἡ θάλασσά ἐστι σύνοπτος, καὶ ταύτῃ ῥίψας Αἰγεὺς ἑαυτὸν ὡς λέγουσιν ἐτελεύτησεν.
From here the sea is visible, and here Aegeus threw himself down, as they say, and died.
§1.22.5ἀνήγετο μὲν γὰρ ἡ ναῦς μέλασιν ἱστίοις ἡ τοὺς παῖδας φέρουσα ἐς Κρήτην, Θησεὺς δὲ—ἔπλει γὰρ τόλμης τι ἔχων ἐς τὸν Μίνω καλούμενον ταῦρον—πρὸς τὸν πατέρα προεῖπε χρήσεσθαι τοῖς ἱστίοις λευκοῖς, ἢν ὀπίσω πλέῃ τοῦ ταύρου κρατήσας·
For the ship carrying the children to Crete was sailing with black sails, but Theseus—for he sailed with some daring against the bull called Minos—had forewarned his father that he would use white sails if he should sail back after conquering the bull.
τούτων λήθην ἔσχεν Ἀριάδνην ἀφῃρημένος·
Of these things he had forgetfulness because he had been deprived of Ariadne.
ἐνταῦθα Αἰγεὺς ὡς εἶδεν ἱστίοις μέλασι τὴν ναῦν κομιζομένην, οἷα τὸν παῖδα τεθνάναι δοκῶν, ἀφεὶς αὑτὸν διαφθείρεται· καί οἱ παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις ἐστὶ καλούμενον ἡρῷον Αἰγέως.
There Aegeus, when he saw the ship being carried with black sails, thinking that his son was dead, threw himself down and perished; and there is for him among the Athenians what is called the Hero-shrine of Aegeus.
§1.22.6—ἔστι δὲ ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τῶν προπυλαίων οἴκημα ἔχον γραφάς· ὁπόσαις δὲ μὴ καθέστηκεν ὁ χρόνος αἴτιος ἀφανέσιν εἶναι, Διομήδης ἦν, ὁ μὲν ἐν Λήμνῳ τὸ Φιλοκτήτου τόξον, ὁ δὲ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν ἀφαιρούμενος ἐξ Ἰλίου.
—On the left of the Propylaea is a chamber containing paintings; among those which time has not caused to be obscure, there was Diomedes, in one taking the bow of Philoctetes in Lemnos, and in another taking away the Athena from Ilium.
ἐνταῦθα ἐν ταῖς γραφαῖς Ὀρέστης ἐστὶν Αἴγισθον φονεύων καὶ Πυλάδης τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς Ναυπλίου βοηθοὺς ἐλθόντας Αἰγίσθῳ· τοῦ δὲ Ἀχιλλέως τάφου πλησίον μέλλουσά ἐστι σφάζεσθαι Πολυξένη.
Here among the paintings is Orestes slaying Aegisthus, and Pylades slaying the sons of Nauplius who had come to help Aegisthus; and near the tomb of Achilles, Polyxena is about to be slaughtered.
Ὁμήρῳ δὲ εὖ μὲν παρείθη τόδε τὸ ὠμὸν οὕτως ἔργον· εὖ δέ μοι φαίνεται ποιῆσαι Σκῦρον ὑπὸ Ἀχιλλέως ἁλοῦσαν, οὐδὲν ὁμοίως καὶ ὅσοι λέγουσιν ὁμοῦ ταῖς παρθένοις Ἀχιλλέα ἔχειν ἐν Σκύρῳ δίαιταν, ἃ δὴ καὶ Πολύγνωτος ἔγραψεν.
Homer indeed wisely omitted this so cruel deed; and he seems to me to have done well in making Scyros taken by Achilles, unlike those who say that Achilles lived in Scyros along with the maidens, which things Polygnotus also painted.
ἔγραψε δὲ καὶ πρὸς τῷ ποταμῷ ταῖς ὁμοῦ Ναυσικᾷ πλυνούσαις ἐφιστάμενον Ὀδυσσέα κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ καθὰ δὴ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐποίησε.
He also painted Odysseus standing by the river near Nausicaa and the women washing clothes together, in the same way as Homer also wrote.
γραφαὶ δέ εἰσι καὶ ἄλλαι καὶ Ἀλκιβιάδης, §1.22.7ἵππων δέ οἱ νίκης τῆς ἐν Νεμέᾳ ἐστὶ σημεῖα ἐν τῇ γραφῇ·
There are also other paintings, and Alcibiades, and there are in the painting symbols of his victory of horses in Nemea.
καὶ Περσεύς ἐστιν ἐς Σέριφον κομιζόμενος, Πολυδέκτῃ φέρων τὴν κεφαλὴν τὴν Μεδούσης.
And there is Perseus being carried to Seriphos, bringing to Polydectes the head of Medusa.
καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐς Μέδουσαν οὐκ εἰμὶ πρόθυμος ἐν τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς σημῆναι· ἔτι δὲ τῶν γραφῶν παρέντι τὸν παῖδα τὸν τὰς ὑδρίας φέροντα καὶ τὸν παλαιστὴν ὃν Τιμαίνετος ἔγραψεν, ἐστὶ Μουσαῖος.
Now the things concerning Medusa I am not eager to write in the Attic description; but passing by, of the paintings, the boy carrying the water-jars and the wrestler whom Timaenetus painted, there is Musaeus.
ἐγὼ δὲ ἔπη μὲν ἐπελεξάμην, ἐν οἷς ἐστι πέτεσθαι Μουσαῖον ὑπὸ Βορέου δῶρον, δοκεῖν δέ μοι πεποίηκεν αὐτὰ Ὀνομάκριτος καὶ ἔστιν οὐδὲν Μουσαίου βεβαίως ὅτι μὴ μόνον ἐς Δήμητρα ὕμνος Λυκομίδαις.
I indeed read verses in which Musaeus flies as a gift from Boreas, but they seem to me to have been made by Onomacritus, and there is nothing certainly of Musaeus except only the hymn to Demeter for the Lycomidae.
§1.22.8κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἔσοδον αὐτὴν ἤδη τὴν ἐς ἀκρόπολιν Ἑρμῆν ὃν Προπύλαιον ὀνομάζουσι καὶ Χάριτας Σωκράτην ποιῆσαι τὸν Σωφρονίσκου λέγουσιν, ᾧ σοφῷ γενέσθαι μάλιστα ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶν ἡ Πυθία μάρτυς, ὃ μηδὲ Ἀνάχαρσιν ἐθέλοντα ὅμως καὶ διʼ αὐτὸ ἐς Δελφοὺς ἀφικόμενον προσεῖπεν.
Right at the very entrance into the Acropolis, the Hermes whom they name Propylaeus and the Graces are said to have been made by Socrates the son of Sophroniscus, to whose being the wisest of men the Pythian priestess is witness—a thing she did not address to Anacharsis, though he wished it and came to Delphi for this very purpose.