§2.22.1τῆς δὲ Ἥρας ὁ ναὸς τῆς Ἀνθείας ἐστὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τῆς Λητοῦς ἐν δεξιᾷ καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ γυναικῶν τάφος.
To the right of the sanctuary of Leto is the temple of Hera Antheia (of the Flowers), and in front of it is a tomb of women.
ἀπέθανον δὲ αἱ γυναῖκες ἐν μάχῃ πρὸς Ἀργείους τε καὶ Περσέα, ἀπὸ νήσων τῶν ἐν Αἰγαίῳ Διονύσῳ συνεστρατευμέναι· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο Ἁλίας αὐτὰς ἐπονομάζουσιν.
These women died in battle against the Argives and Perseus, having campaigned together with Dionysus from the islands in the Aegean; and for this reason they call them Haliae (Women of the Sea).
ἀντικρὺ δὲ τοῦ μνήματος τῶν γυναικῶν Δήμητρός ἐστιν ἱερὸν ἐπίκλησιν Πελασγίδος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱδρυσαμένου Πελασγοῦ τοῦ Τριόπα, καὶ οὐ πόρρω τοῦ ἱεροῦ τάφος Πελασγοῦ.
Opposite the tomb of the women is a sanctuary of Demeter surnamed Pelasgis, named after its founder Pelasgus the son of Triopas, and not far from the sanctuary is the tomb of Pelasgus.
§2.22.2πέραν δὲ τοῦ τάφου χαλκεῖόν ἐστιν οὐ μέγα, ἀνέχει δὲ αὐτὸ ἀγάλματα ἀρχαῖα Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ Διὸς καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς.
Beyond the tomb is a small bronze structure, and it supports ancient images of Artemis, Zeus, and Athena.
Λυκέας μὲν οὖν ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσιν ἐποίησε Μηχανέως τὸ ἄγαλμα εἶναι Διός, καὶ Ἀργείων ἔφη τοὺς ἐπὶ Ἴλιον στρατεύσαντας ἐνταῦθα ὀμόσαι παραμενεῖν πολεμοῦντας, ἔστʼ ἂν ἢ τὸ Ἴλιον ἕλωσιν ἢ μαχομένους τελευτὴ σφᾶς ἐπιλάβῃ· ἑτέροις δέ ἐστιν εἰρημένον ὀστᾶ ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳ κεῖσθαι Ταντάλου.
Lyceas, indeed, in his verses represented the image of Zeus as that of Mechaneus (the Contriver), and said that the Argives who campaigned against Ilion swore here to persevere in fighting until they should either take Ilion or death should overtake them in battle; but by others it is said that the bones of Tantalus lie in the bronze structure.
§2.22.3τὸν μὲν δὴ Θυέστου παῖδα ἢ Βροτέου—λέγεται γὰρ ἀμφότερα—, ὃς Κλυταιμνήστρᾳ πρότερον ἢ Ἀγαμέμνων συνῴκησε, τοῦτον μὲν τὸν Τάνταλον οὐ διοίσομαι ταφῆναι ταύτῃ· τοῦ δὲ λεγομένου Διός τε εἶναι καὶ Πλουτοῦς ἰδὼν οἶδα ἐν Σιπύλῳ τάφον θέας ἄξιον.
Now as for this Tantalus, who is said to be the son of Thyestes or of Broteas—for both are said—and who lived with Clytemnestra before Agamemnon, I will not dispute that he is buried here; but as for the one who is said to be the son of Zeus and Plouto, I know, having seen it, that his tomb in Sipylus is worth seeing.
πρὸς δὲ οὐδὲ ἀνάγκη συνέπεσεν ἐκ τῆς Σιπύλου φυγεῖν αὐτόν, ὡς Πέλοπα ἐπέλαβεν ὕστερον ἐλαύνοντος Ἴλου τοῦ Φρυγὸς ἐπʼ αὐτὸν στρατείᾳ.
Moreover, no necessity befell him to flee from Sipylus, such as overtook Pelops later when Ilus the Phrygian led an army against him.
τάδε μὲν ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐξητάσθω· τὰ δὲ ἐς τὸν βόθρον τὸν πλησίον δρώμενα Νικόστρατον ἄνδρα ἐπιχώριον καταστήσασθαι λέγουσιν.
Let these matters be investigated thus far; but they say that a local man, Nicostratus, established the rites performed in the nearby pit.
ἀφιᾶσι δὲ καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἐς τὸν βόθρον καιομένας λαμπάδας Κόρῃ τῇ Δήμητρος.
Even now they still cast burning torches into the pit for Kore, the daughter of Demeter.
§2.22.4ἐνταῦθα Ποσειδῶνός ἐστιν ἱερὸν ἐπίκλησιν Προσκλυστίου· τῆς γὰρ χώρας τὸν Ποσειδῶνά φασιν ἐπικλύσαι τὴν πολλήν, ὅτι Ἥρας εἶναι καὶ οὐκ αὐτοῦ τὴν γῆν Ἴναχος καὶ οἱ συνδικάσαντες ἔγνωσαν.
Here is a sanctuary of Poseidon surnamed Prosclystius (the Flooder); for they say that Poseidon flooded most of the land because Inachus and his fellow judges decided that the land belonged to Hera and not to him.
Ἥρα μὲν δὴ παρὰ Ποσειδῶνος εὕρετο ἀπελθεῖν ὀπίσω τὴν θάλασσαν· Ἀργεῖοι δέ, ὅθεν τὸ κῦμα ἀνεχώρησεν, ἱερὸν Ποσειδῶνι ἐποίησαν Προσκλυστίῳ.
Hera indeed obtained from Poseidon that the sea should retreat back; and the Argives built a sanctuary to Poseidon Prosclystius where the wave retreated.
§2.22.5προελθόντι δὲ οὐ πολὺ τάφος ἐστὶν Ἄργου Διὸς εἶναι δοκοῦντος καὶ τῆς Φορωνέως Νιόβης· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Διοσκούρων ναός.
Going forward a little, there is the tomb of Argus, who is thought to be the son of Zeus and Niobe, the daughter of Phoroneus; and after this is a temple of the Dioscuri.
ἀγάλματα δὲ αὐτοί τε καὶ οἱ παῖδές εἰσιν Ἄναξις καὶ Μνασίνους, σὺν δέ σφισιν αἱ μητέρες Ἱλάειρα καὶ Φοίβη, τέχνη μὲν Διποίνου καὶ Σκύλλιδος, ξύλου δὲ ἐβένου· τοῖς δʼ ἵπποις τὰ μὲν πολλὰ ἐβένου καὶ τούτοις, ὀλίγα δὲ καὶ ἐλέφαντος πεποίηται.
The images are themselves and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them their mothers, Hilaeira and Phoebe, the work of Dipoenus and Scyllis, made of ebony wood; and as for the horses, the greater part of these also is made of ebony, but a few parts are made of ivory.
§2.22.6πλησίον δὲ τῶν Ἀνάκτων Εἰληθυίας ἐστὶν ἱερὸν ἀνάθημα Ἑλένης, ὅτε σὺν Πειρίθῳ Θησέως ἀπελθόντος ἐς Θεσπρωτοὺς Ἄφιδνά τε ὑπὸ Διοσκούρων ἑάλω καὶ ἤγετο ἐς Λακεδαίμονα Ἑλένη.
Near the [temple of the] Kings is a sanctuary of Eileithyia, an offering of Helen, when, after Theseus had departed for the Thesprotians with Pirithous, Aphidna was captured by the Dioscuri and Helen was being led to Lacedaemon.
ἔχειν μὲν γὰρ αὐτὴν λέγουσιν ἐν γαστρί, τεκοῦσαν δὲ ἐν Ἄργει καὶ τῆς Εἰληθυίας ἱδρυσαμένην τὸ ἱερὸν τὴν μὲν παῖδα ἣν ἔτεκε Κλυταιμνήστρᾳ δοῦναι—συνοικεῖν γὰρ ἤδη Κλυταιμνήστραν Ἀγαμέμνονι—, αὐτὴν δὲ ὕστερον τούτων Μενελάῳ γήμασθαι.
For they say that she was pregnant, and having given birth in Argos and founded the sanctuary of Eileithyia, she gave the child she bore to Clytemnestra—for Clytemnestra was already married to Agamemnon—while she herself was later married to Menelaus after these events.
§2.22.7καὶ ἐπὶ τῷδε Εὐφορίων Χαλκιδεὺς καὶ Πλευρώνιος Ἀλέξανδρος ἔπη ποιήσαντες, πρότερον δὲ ἔτι Στησίχορος ὁ Ἱμεραῖος, κατὰ ταὐτά φασιν Ἀργείοις Θησέως εἶναι θυγατέρα Ἰφιγένειαν.
And on this subject Euphorion of Chalcis and Alexander of Pleuron wrote verses, and even earlier Stesichorus of Himera, agreeing with the Argives, say that Iphigenia was the daughter of Theseus.
τοῦ δὲ ἱεροῦ τῆς Εἰληθυίας πέραν ἐστὶν Ἑκάτης ναός, Σκόπα δὲ τὸ ἄγαλμα ἔργον.
Beyond the sanctuary of Eileithyia is a temple of Hecate, and the statue is the work of Scopas.
τοῦτο μὲν λίθου· τὰ δʼ ἀπαντικρὺ χαλκᾶ, Ἑκάτης καὶ ταῦτα ἀγάλματα, τὸ μὲν Πολύκλειτος ἐποίησε, τὸ δὲ ἀδελφὸς Πολυκλείτου Ναυκύδης†Μόθωνος.
This indeed is of stone; but those opposite are of bronze, also images of Hecate, one of which Polyclitus made, and the other Polyclitus' brother Naucydes.
§2.22.8ἐρχομένῳ δὲ ὁδὸν εὐθεῖαν ἐς γυμνάσιον Κυλάραβιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς ὀνομαζόμενον τοῦ Σθενέλου, τέθαπται δὴ Λικύμνιος ὁ Ἠλεκτρύωνος· ἀποθανεῖν δʼ αὐτὸν Ὅμηρος ὑπὸ Τληπτολέμου φησὶ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, καὶ διὰ τὸν φόνον τοῦτον ἔφυγεν ἐξ Ἄργους Τληπτόλεμος.
For one going on the straight road to the gymnasium Cylarabis, which is named after the son of Sthenelus, Licymnius the son of Electryon is buried; Homer says that he died at the hands of Tlepolemus the son of Heracles, and on account of this murder Tlepolemus fled from Argos.
ὀλίγον δὲ τῆς ἐπὶ Κυλάραβιν καὶ τὴν ταύτῃ πύλην ἀποτραπεῖσι Σακάδα μνῆμά ἐστιν, ὃς τὸ αὔλημα τὸ Πυθικὸν πρῶτος ηὔλησεν ἐν Δελφοῖς· §2.22.9καὶ τὸ ἔχθος τὸ Ἀπόλλωνι διαμένον ἐς τοὺς αὐλητὰς ἔτι ἀπὸ Μαρσύου καὶ τῆς ἁμίλλης τοῦ Σιληνοῦ παυθῆναι διὰ τοῦτον δοκεῖ τὸν Σακάδαν.
And for those who turn aside a little from the road to Cylarabis and the gate there, there is the monument of Sacadas, who first played the Pythian tune on the flute in Delphi; and the hostility of Apollo toward flute-players, which had persisted since Marsyas and the contest of the Silenus, seems to have ceased on account of this Sacadas.
ἐν δὲ τῷ γυμνασίῳ τῷ Κυλαράβου καὶ Πανία ἐστὶν Ἀθηνᾶ καλουμένη καὶ τάφον Σθενέλου δεικνύουσι, τὸν δὲ αὐτοῦ Κυλαράβου.
In the gymnasium of Cylarabis there is an Athena called Pania, and they show the tomb of Sthenelus, and that of Cylarabis himself.
πεποίηται δὲ οὐ πόρρω τοῦ γυμνασίου πολυάνδριον τοῖς μετὰ Ἀθηναίων πλεύσασιν Ἀργείοις ἐπὶ καταδουλώσει Συρακουσῶν τε καὶ Σικελίας.
Not far from the gymnasium is built a common grave for the Argives who sailed with the Athenians for the subjugation of Syracuse and Sicily.