§10.15.1Φρύνης δὲ εἰκόνα ἐπίχρυσον Πραξιτέλης μὲν εἰργάσατο ἐραστὴς καὶ οὗτος, ἀνάθημα δὲ αὐτῆς Φρύνης ἐστὶν ἡ εἰκών.
The gilded statue of Phryne was made by Praxiteles, who was also her lover, and the statue is a dedicatory offering of Phryne herself.
τὰ δὲ ἐφεξῆς ταύτῃ, τὰ μὲν ἀγάλματα τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος Ἐπιδαύριοι τὸ ἕτερον οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἀργολίδι ἀπὸ Μήδων, τὸ δὲ αὐτῶν Μεγαρεῖς ἀνέθεσαν Ἀθηναίους μάχῃ πρὸς Νισαίᾳ κρατήσαντες·
Adjacent to this, there are statues of Apollo, one of which was dedicated by the Epidaurians in Argolis from the spoils of the Medes, and the other by the Megarians after they had defeated the Athenians in battle near Nisaea.
Πλαταιέων δὲ βοῦς ἐστιν, ἡνίκα ἐν τῇ σφετέρᾳ καὶ οὗτοι Μαρδόνιον τὸν Γωβρύου μετὰ Ἑλλήνων ἠμύναντο ἄλλων.
There is also a bull dedicated by the Plataeans, from the time when they too, along with other Greeks, repulsed Mardonius, son of Gobryas, in their own land.
καὶ αὖθις δύο Ἀπόλλωνος, τὸ μὲν Ἡρακλεωτῶν τῶν πρὸς τῷ Εὐξείνῳ, τὸ δὲ Ἀμφικτυόνων ἐστίν, ὅτε Φωκεῦσιν ἐπεργαζομένοις τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν χώραν ἐπέβαλον χρημάτων ζημίαν·
And again, there are two statues of Apollo, one belonging to the Heracleots on the Euxine, and the other to the Amphictyons, from the time when they imposed a fine of money on the Phocians for cultivating the sacred land of the god.
§10.15.2ὁ δὲ Ἀπόλλων οὗτος καλεῖται μὲν ὑπὸ Δελφῶν Σιτάλκας, μέγεθος δὲ πέντε πηχῶν καὶ τριάκοντά ἐστι.
This Apollo is called Sitalcas by the Delphians, and its size is thirty-five cubits.
στρατηγοὶ δὲ οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος, τὸ δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς, δύο τε Ἀπόλλωνος ἀγάλματα ἔστιν Αἰτωλῶν, ἡνίκα σφίσιν ἐξειργάσθη τὰ ἐς Γαλάτας.
There are also statues of many generals, and of Artemis, and of Athena, and two statues of Apollo belonging to the Aetolians, from the time when their exploits against the Galatians were accomplished.
στρατιὰν δὲ τὴν Κελτῶν, ὡς ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης διαβήσοιτο ἐς τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ τῶν πόλεων, Φαεννὶς προεδήλωσεν ἐν τοῖς χρησμοῖς γενεᾷ πρότερον ἢ ἐπράχθη τὸ ἔργον· §10.15.3"
ἦ τότʼ ἀμειψάμενος στεινὸν πόρον Ἑλλησπόντου
† αὐδήσει Γαλατῶν ὀλοὸς στρατός, οἵ ῥʼ ἀθεμίστως
Ἀσίδα πορθήσουσι· θεὸς δʼ ἔτι κύντερα θήσει
πάγχυ μάλʼ, οἳ ναίουσι παρʼ ἠϊόνεσσι θαλάσσης—
εἰς ὀλίγον· τάχα γάρ σφιν ἀοσσητῆρα Κρονίων
ὁρμήσει, ταύροιο διοτρεφέος φίλον υἱόν,
ὃς πᾶσιν Γαλάτῃσιν ὀλέθριον ἦμαρ ἐφήσει.
Phaennis, in her oracles, foretold the army of the Celts, and how they would cross from Europe into Asia for the destruction of the cities, a generation before the event took place: "Then indeed, having crossed the narrow strait of the Hellespont, the devastating host of the Galatians shall shout, who lawlessly shall ravage Asia; and the god shall bring even worse things completely and very soon upon those who dwell by the shores of the sea— for a short time; for quickly the son of Cronus shall stir up a helper for them, the beloved son of a Zeus-nourished bull, who shall bring a day of destruction upon all the Galatians.
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παῖδα δὲ εἶπε ταύρου τὸν ἐν Περγάμῳ βασιλεύσαντα Ἄτταλον· τὸν δὲ αὐτὸν τοῦτον καὶ ταυρόκερων προσείρηκε χρηστήριον. §10.15.4ἱππικοῦ δὲ ἡγεμόνας ἀναβεβηκότας ἐπὶ ἵππους Φεραῖοι παρὰ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἔστησαν τρεψάμενοι τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἵππον.
"She said "son of a bull" to refer to Attalus, who ruled in Pergamum; and the oracle also called this same man "bull-horned." The Pheraeans, having routed the Attic cavalry, set up horse-mounted commanders next to Apollo.
τὸν δὲ φοίνικα ἀνέθεσαν Ἀθηναῖοι τὸν χαλκοῦν, καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ἐπίχρυσον ἐπὶ τῷ φοίνικι, ἀπὸ ἔργων ὧν ἐπʼ Εὐρυμέδοντι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ τὸ μὲν πεζῇ, τὸ δὲ ναυσὶν ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ κατώρθωσαν.
The Athenians dedicated the bronze palm tree, both the tree itself and a gilded statue of Athena on top of the palm tree, from the exploits which they successfully achieved at the Eurymedon on the same day, one on land and the other with ships on the river.
τούτου τοῦ ἀγάλματος ἐνιαχοῦ τὸν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ χρυσὸν ἐθεώμην λελυμασμένον.
I saw the gold on this statue damaged in some places.
§10.15.5ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τὸ ἔγκλημα ἐς κακούργους τε ἦγον καὶ φῶρας ἀνθρώπους· Κλειτόδημος δέ, ὁπόσοι τὰ Ἀθηναίων ἐπιχώρια ἔγραψαν ὁ ἀρχαιότατος, οὗτος ἐν τῷ λόγῳ φησὶ τῷ Ἀττικῷ, ὅτε Ἀθηναῖοι παρεσκευάζοντο ἐπὶ Σικελίᾳ τὸν στόλον, ὡς ἔθνος τι ἄπειρον κοράκων κατῆρε τότε ἐς Δελφούς, καὶ περιέκοπτόν τε τοῦ ἀγάλματος τούτου καὶ ἀπέρρησσον τοῖς ῥάμφεσιν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὸν χρυσόν·
I myself used to attribute the crime to malefactors and thieves; but Cleidemus, the oldest of those who wrote about the local history of the Athenians, says in his Attic history that when the Athenians were preparing their expedition against Sicily, an infinite flock of crows swooped down at that time upon Delphi, and they kept pecking at this statue and tearing off the gold from it with their beaks.
λέγει δὲ καὶ ὡς τὸ δόρυ καὶ τὰς γλαῦκας καὶ ὅσος καρπὸς ἐπὶ τῷ φοίνικι ἐπεποίητο ἐς μίμησιν τῆς ὀπώρας, κατακλάσαιεν καὶ ταῦτα οἱ κόρακες.
He also says that the crows broke off the spear, the owls, and whatever fruit had been made on the palm tree in imitation of autumn fruit.
§10.15.6Ἀθηναίοις μὲν δὴ καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα μὴ ἐκπλεῦσαι σφᾶς ἀπαγορεύοντα ἐς Σικελίαν διηγήσατο ὁ Κλειτόδημος, Κυρηναῖοι δὲ ἀνέθεσαν ἐν Δελφοῖς Βάττον ἐπὶ ἅρματι, ὃς ἐς Λιβύην ἤγαγε σφᾶς ναυσὶν ἐκ Θήρας.
Cleidemus related other portents as well, forbidding the Athenians to sail for Sicily; but the Cyrenaeans dedicated at Delphi a statue of Battus on a chariot, who had led them from Thera to Libya by ship.
ἡνίοχος μὲν τοῦ ἅρματός ἐστι Κυρήνη, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἅρματι Βάττος τε καὶ Λιβύη στεφανοῦσά ἐστιν αὐτόν·
Cyrene is the charioteer of the chariot, and on the chariot are Battus and Libya crowning him.
ἐποίησε δὲ Ἀμφίων Ἀκέστορος Κνώσσιος.
It was made by Amphion, son of Acestor, of Cnossus.
§10.15.7ἐπεὶ δὲ ᾤκισε Βάττος τὴν Κυρήνην, λέγεται καὶ τῆς φωνῆς γενέσθαι οἱ τοιόνδε ἴαμα·
When Battus had founded Cyrene, it is said that the following cure came to him for his voice.
ἐπιὼν τῶν Κυρηναίων τὴν χώραν ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις αὐτῆς ἐρήμοις ἔτι οὖσι θεᾶται λέοντα, καὶ αὐτὸν τὸ δεῖμα τὸ ἐκ τῆς θέας βοῆσαι σαφὲς καὶ μέγα ἠνάγκασεν.
As he was traversing the territory of the Cyrenaeans in its outermost parts, which were still desolate, he beheld a lion, and the terror from the sight forced him to cry out clearly and loudly.
οὐ πόρρω δὲ τοῦ Βάττου καὶ ἄλλον ἔστησαν οἱ Ἀμφικτύονες Ἀπόλλωνα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδικήματος τοῦ ἐς τὸν θεὸν τῶν Φωκέων.
Not far from Battus, the Amphictyons set up another Apollo from the fine for the offense committed against the god by the Phocians.