§2.20.1παρέντι δὲ Κρεύγα τε εἰκόνα ἀνδρὸς πύκτου καὶ τρόπαιον ἐπὶ Κορινθίοις ἀνασταθέν, ἄγαλμά ἐστι καθήμενον Διὸς Μειλιχίου, λίθου λευκοῦ, Πολυκλείτου δὲ ἔργον.
For one passing by the image of Kreugas, the boxer, and the trophy erected over the Corinthians, there is a seated image of Zeus Meilichios, of white marble, and a work of Polyclitus.
ποιηθῆναι δὲ ἐπυνθανόμην αὐτὸ ἐπʼ αἰτίᾳ τοιαύτῃ.
I learned that it was made for the following reason.
Λακεδαιμονίοις πολεμεῖν πρὸς Ἀργείους ἀρξαμένοις οὐδεμία ἦν ἔτι ἀπαλλαγή, πρὶν ἢ Φίλιππος σφᾶς ἠνάγκασεν ὁ Ἀμύντου μένειν ἐπὶ τοῖς καθεστηκόσιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὅροις τῆς χώρας.
Since the Lacedaemonians had begun to wage war against the Argives, there was no longer any deliverance, until Philip, the son of Amyntas, forced them to remain within the boundaries of their territory established from the beginning.
τὸν δὲ ἔμπροσθεν χρόνον οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι μηδὲν ἔξω Πελοποννήσου περιεργαζόμενοι τῆς Ἀργείας ἀεί τι ἀπετέμνοντο, ἢ οἱ Ἀργεῖοι τετραμμένων πρὸς πόλεμον ἐκείνων ὑπερόριον ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ καὶ αὐτοί σφισιν ἐνέκειντο.
In the preceding time, the Lacedaemonians, active in nothing outside the Peloponnese, were always cutting off some of the Argive territory, or when those men were turned to a war outside their borders, the Argives themselves also attacked them in such circumstances.
§2.20.2προηγμένου δὲ ἀμφοτέροις ἐς ἄκρον τοῦ μίσους ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοις λογάδας τρέφειν χιλίους· ἡγεμὼν δὲ ἐτέτακτο ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς Βρύας Ἀργεῖος, ὃς ἄλλα τε ἐς ἄνδρας ὕβρισε τοῦ δήμου καὶ παρθένον κομιζομένην παρὰ τὸν νυμφίον ᾔσχυνεν ἀφελόμενος τοὺς ἄγοντας.
When the hatred on both sides had been advanced to the extreme, it seemed good to the Argives to maintain a thousand select men; and Bryas, an Argive, had been appointed commander over them, who, among other outrages against the men of the people, violated a maiden who was being conducted to her bridegroom, having taken her away from those who were leading her.
ἐπιλαβούσης δὲ τῆς νυκτὸς τυφλοῖ τὸν Βρύαντα ἡ παῖς φυλάξασα ὑπνωμένον· φωραθεῖσα δὲ ὡς ἐπέσχεν ἡμέρα, κατέφυγεν ἱκέτις ἐς τὸν δῆμον.
When night came on, the girl, watching for him when he was asleep, blinded Bryas; and when day broke, having been discovered, she fled as a suppliant to the people.
οὐ προεμένων δὲ αὐτὴν τιμωρήσασθαι τοῖς χιλίοις καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου προαχθέντων ἐς μάχην ἀμφοτέρων, κρατοῦσιν οἱ τοῦ δήμου, κρατήσαντες δὲ οὐδένα ὑπὸ τοῦ θυμοῦ τῶν ἐναντίων ἔλιπον.
Since they did not give her up to the thousand to be punished, and from this both sides were led into battle, the party of the people prevailed, and having prevailed, because of their anger they left none of their opponents alive.
ὕστερον δὲ ἄλλα τε ἐπηγάγοντο καθάρσια ὡς ἐπὶ αἵματι ἐμφυλίῳ καὶ ἄγαλμα ἀνέθηκαν Μειλιχίου Διός.
Afterwards, they performed other purifications as for kindred blood, and dedicated an image of Zeus Meilichios.
§2.20.3πλησίον δέ εἰσιν ἐπειργασμένοι λίθῳ Κλέοβις καὶ Βίτων αὐτοί τε ἕλκοντες τὴν ἅμαξαν καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῇ ἄγοντες τὴν μητέρα ἐς τὸ Ἡραῖον.
Nearby are Cleobis and Biton represented in stone, themselves drawing the wagon and bringing their mother on it to the Heraeum.
τούτων δὲ ἀπαντικρὺ Νεμείου Διός ἐστιν ἱερόν, ἄγαλμα ὀρθὸν χαλκοῦν, τέχνη Λυσίππου.
Opposite these is the sanctuary of Nemean Zeus, a standing bronze image, the art of Lysippus.
μετὰ δὲ αὐτὸ προελθοῦσιν ἐν δεξιᾷ Φορωνέως τάφος ἐστίν· ἐναγίζουσι δὲ καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι τῷ Φορωνεῖ.
For those going on past it, on the right is the tomb of Phoroneus; and they still make offerings to Phoroneus even in our time.
πέραν δὲ τοῦ Νεμείου Διὸς Τύχης ἐστὶν ἐκ παλαιοτάτου ναός, εἰ δὴ Παλαμήδης κύβους εὑρὼν ἀνέθηκεν ἐς τοῦτον τὸν ναόν.
Across from the Nemean Zeus is a temple of Fortune from the oldest times, if indeed Palamedes, having invented dice, dedicated them to this temple.
§2.20.4τὸ δὲ μνῆμα τὸ πλησίον Χορείας μαινάδος ὀνομάζουσι, Διονύσῳ λέγοντες καὶ ἄλλας γυναῖκας καὶ ταύτην ἐς Ἄργος συστρατεύσασθαι, Περσέα δέ, ὡς ἐκράτει τῆς μάχης, φονεῦσαι τῶν γυναικῶν τὰς πολλάς· τὰς μὲν οὖν λοιπὰς θάπτουσιν ἐν κοινῷ, ταύτῃ δὲ—ἀξιώματι γὰρ δὴ προεῖχεν—ἰδίᾳ τὸ μνῆμα ἐποίησαν.
The tomb nearby they call that of Choreia the Maenad, saying that this woman and other women joined with Dionysus in his expedition against Argos, and that Perseus, when he prevailed in the battle, slew most of the women; the rest, therefore, they buried in common, but for her, because she excelled in prestige, they made the tomb privately.
§2.20.5ἀπωτέρω δὲ ὀλίγον Ὡρῶν ἱερόν ἐστιν.
A little further off is the sanctuary of the Hours.
ἐπανιόντι δὲ ἐκεῖθεν ἀνδριάντες ἑστήκασι Πολυνείκους τοῦ Οἰδίποδος καὶ ὅσοι σὺν ἐκείνῳ τῶν ἐν τέλει πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος μαχόμενοι τὸ Θηβαίων ἐτελεύτησαν.
For one returning from there, there stand statues of Polyneices, the son of Oedipus, and of all those among the leaders who died with him fighting against the wall of the Thebans.
τούτους τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐς μόνων ἑπτὰ ἀριθμὸν κατήγαγεν Αἰσχύλος, πλειόνων ἔκ τε Ἄργους ἡγεμόνων καὶ Μεσσήνης καί τινων καὶ Ἀρκάδων στρατευσαμένων.
These men Aeschylus reduced to the number of only seven, though more commanders from Argos, Messene, and some even from Arcadia had joined the expedition.
τούτων δὲ τῶν ἑπτὰ—ἐπηκολουθήκασι γὰρ καὶ Ἀργεῖοι τῇ Αἰσχύλου ποιήσει—πλησίον κεῖνται καὶ οἱ τὰς Θήβας ἑλόντες Αἰγιαλεὺς Ἀδράστου καὶ Πρόμαχος ὁ Παρθενοπαίου τοῦ Ταλαοῦ καὶ Πολύδωρος Ἱππομέδοντος καὶ Θέρσανδρος καὶ οἱ Ἀμφιαράου παῖδες, Ἀλκμαίων τε καὶ Ἀμφίλοχος, Διομήδης τε καὶ Σθένελος·
Near these seven—for the Argives too have followed the poetry of Aeschylus—lie also those who took Thebes: Aegialeus, son of Adrastus; Promachus, son of Parthenopaeus, son of Talaus; Polydorus, son of Hippomedon; Thersander; the sons of Amphiaraus, namely Alcmaeon and Amphilochus; Diomedes; and Sthenelus.
παρῆν δὲ ἔτι καὶ ἐπὶ τούτων Εὐρύαλος Μηκιστέως καὶ Πολυνείκους Ἄδραστος καὶ Τιμέας.
In addition to these, there were also Euryalus, son of Mecisteus; Adrastus, son of Polyneices; and Timeas.