§2.5.1ἀνελθοῦσι δὲ ἐς τὸν Ἀκροκόρινθον ναός ἐστιν Ἀφροδίτης· ἀγάλματα δὲ αὐτή τε ὡπλισμένη καὶ Ἥλιος καὶ Ἔρως ἔχων τόξον.
For those who have gone up to the Acrocorinthus, there is a temple of Aphrodite; as for the images, there are she herself armed, Helios, and Eros holding a bow.
τὴν δὲ πηγήν, ἥ ἐστιν ὄπισθεν τοῦ ναοῦ, δῶρον μὲν Ἀσωποῦ λέγουσιν εἶναι, δοθῆναι δὲ Σισύφῳ· τοῦτον γὰρ εἰδότα, ὡς εἴη Ζεὺς ἡρπακὼς Αἴγιναν θυγατέρα Ἀσωποῦ, μὴ πρότερον φάναι ζητοῦντι μηνύσειν πρὶν ἤ οἱ καὶ ἐν Ἀκροκορίνθῳ γένοιτο ὕδωρ· δόντος δὲ Ἀσωποῦ μηνύει τε οὕτως καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ μηνύματος δίκην—ὅτῳ πιστὰ—ἐν Ἅιδου δίδωσιν.
They say that the spring, which is behind the temple, is a gift of Asopus, and was given to Sisyphus; for they say that he, knowing that Zeus had carried off Aegina, the daughter of Asopus, said he would not reveal it to him who was searching, until water should be given to him also on the Acrocorinthus; and when Asopus gave it, he revealed it accordingly, and in return for this information he pays a penalty in Hades—for whomsoever this is credible.
ἤκουσα δὲ ἤδη τὴν Πειρήνην φαμένων εἶναι ταύτην καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτόθεν ὑπορρεῖν τὸ ἐν τῇ πόλει.
But I have already heard some who say that this is Peirene, and that the water in the city flows down from this place.
§2.5.2ὁ δὲ Ἀσωπὸς οὗτος ἄρχεται μὲν ἐκ τῆς Φλιασίας, ῥεῖ δὲ διὰ τῆς Σικυωνίας καὶ ἐκδίδωσιν ἐς τὴν ταύτῃ θάλασσαν.
This Asopus rises in the territory of Phlius, flows through Sicyonia, and empties into the sea of this region.
θυγατέρας δὲ αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι Φλιάσιοί φασι Κόρκυραν καὶ Αἴγιναν καὶ Θήβην· ἀπὸ μὲν δὴ Κορκύρας καὶ Αἰγίνης τὰς νήσους Σχερίαν καὶ Οἰνώνην καλουμένας μετονομασθῆναι, ἀπὸ δὲ Θήβης τὴν ὑπὸ τῇ Καδμείᾳ κληθῆναι.
The Phliasians say that Corcyra, Aegina, and Thebe became his daughters; and indeed from Corcyra and Aegina the islands formerly called Scheria and Oenone were renamed, and from Thebe the city under the Cadmea was called.
Θηβαῖοι δὲ οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι, φάμενοι τοῦ Βοιωτίου τὴν Θήβην Ἀσωποῦ καὶ οὐ τοῦ Φλιασίου εἶναι.
But the Thebans do not agree, saying that Thebe is the daughter of the Boeotian Asopus and not of the Phliasian.
§2.5.3τὰ δὲ ἄλλα ἐς τὸν ποταμὸν Φλιάσιοι καὶ Σικυώνιοι λέγουσι, τὸ ὕδωρ ἔπηλυ καὶ οὐκ ἐγχώριον εἶναί οἱ· Μαίανδρον γὰρ κατιόντα ἐκ Κελαινῶν διὰ Φρυγίας καὶ Καρίας καὶ ἐκδιδόντα ἐς τὴν πρὸς Μιλήτῳ θάλασσαν ἐς Πελοπόννησον ἔρχεσθαι καὶ ποιεῖν τὸν Ἀσωπόν.
The other things concerning the river that the Phliasians and Sicyonians say are that its water is foreign and not native to it; for they say that the Maeander, coming down from Celaenae through Phrygia and Caria and emptying into the sea near Miletus, goes to the Peloponnese and forms the Asopus.
οἶδα δὲ καὶ Δηλίων τοιοῦτο ἀκούσας ἕτερον, ὕδωρ ὃ καλοῦσιν Ἰνωπὸν εἶναί σφισιν ἐκ τοῦ Νείλου· καὶ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸν ἔχει τὸν Νεῖλον λόγος Εὐφράτην ὄντα ἐς ἕλος ἀφανίζεσθαι καὶ αὖθις ἀνιόντα ὑπὲρ Αἰθιοπίας Νεῖλον γίνεσθαι.
I know that I have heard another such story from the Delians, namely that the water which they call Inopus comes to them from the Nile; and indeed, a story has it that the Nile itself, being originally the Euphrates, disappears into a marsh, and rising again beyond Ethiopia, becomes the Nile.
Ἀσωποῦ μὲν πέρι τοιαῦτα ἤκουσα, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Ἀκροκορίνθου §2.5.4τραπεῖσι τὴν ὀρεινὴν πύλη τέ ἐστιν ἡ Τενεατικὴ καὶ Εἰληθυίας ἱερόν· ἑξήκοντα δὲ ἀπέχει μάλιστα στάδια ἡ καλουμένη Τενέα.
Concerning Asopus indeed I heard such things, but from the Acrocorinthus, for those who have turned to the mountain road, there is the Teneatic gate and a sanctuary of Eileithyia; and the place called Tenea is about sixty stades distant.
οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποί φασιν οἱ ταύτῃ Τρῶες εἶναι, αἰχμάλωτοι δὲ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων ἐκ Τενέδου γενόμενοι ἐνταῦθα Ἀγαμέμνονος δόντος οἰκῆσαι· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θεῶν μάλιστα Ἀπόλλωνα τιμῶσιν.
The inhabitants of this place say they are Trojans, and having been made captives from Tenedos by the Greeks, they settled here because Agamemnon allowed them to dwell; and for this reason they honor Apollo most of the gods.
§2.5.5ἐκ Κορίνθου δὲ οὐκ ἐς μεσόγαιαν ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐπὶ Σικυῶνα ἰοῦσι ναὸς ἐμπεπρησμένος ἐστὶν οὐ πόρρω τῆς πόλεως, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τῆς ὁδοῦ.
For those going from Corinth, not into the interior but along the road to Sicyon, there is a burnt temple not far from the city, on the left of the road.
γεγόνασι μὲν δὴ καὶ ἄλλοι πόλεμοι περὶ τὴν Κορινθίαν καὶ πῦρ ἐπέλαβεν ὡς τὸ εἰκὸς καὶ οἰκίας καὶ ἱερὰ τὰ ἔξω τείχους· ἀλλὰ τοῦτόν γε τὸν ναὸν Ἀπόλλωνος εἶναι λέγουσι καὶ ὅτι Πύρρος κατακαύσειεν ὁ Ἀχιλλέως αὐτόν.
Other wars indeed have taken place around the Corinthian territory, and fire, as is likely, caught both houses and sanctuaries outside the wall; but they say that this temple at least belongs to Apollo, and that Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, burnt it down.
χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἤκουσα καὶ ἄλλο τοιόνδε, ὡς οἱ Κορίνθιοι Διὶ ποιήσαιντο Ὀλυμπίῳ τὸν ναὸν καὶ ὡς ἐξαίφνης πῦρ ποθὲν ἐμπεσὸν διαφθείρειεν αὐτόν.
But later on I heard another story of this kind, that the Corinthians had built the temple to Olympian Zeus, and that suddenly a fire falling from somewhere destroyed it.
§2.5.6Σικυώνιοι δὲ—οὗτοι γὰρ ταύτῃ Κορινθίοις εἰσὶν ὅμοροι—περὶ τῆς χώρας τῆς σφετέρας λέγουσιν ὡς Αἰγιαλεὺς αὐτόχθων πρῶτος ἐν αὐτῇ γένοιτο, καὶ Πελοποννήσου δὲ ὅσον ἔτι καλεῖται καὶ νῦν Αἰγιαλὸς ἀπʼ ἐκείνου βασιλεύοντος ὀνομασθῆναι, καὶ Αἰγιάλειαν αὐτὸν οἰκίσαι πρῶτον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ πόλιν· οὗ δέ ἐστι νῦν σφίσι τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, ἀκρόπολιν τοῦτο εἶναι.
The Sicyonians—for they are adjacent to the Corinthians in this direction—say concerning their own land that Aegialeus, an aboriginal, was the first to be born in it, and that the part of the Peloponnese which even now is called Aegialus was named after him when he was king, and that he himself founded Aegialea as the first city in the plain; and where their temple of Athena is now, that this was the acropolis.
Αἰγιαλέως δὲ Εὔρωπα γενέσθαι φασίν, Εὔρωπος δὲ Τελχῖνα, Τελχῖνος δὲ Ἆπιν.
And they say that from Aegialeus was born Europs, from Europs Telchis, and from Telchis Apis.
§2.5.7οὗτος ὁ Ἆπις ἐς τοσόνδε ηὐξήθη δυνάμεως, πρὶν ἢ Πέλοπα ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν ἀφικέσθαι, ὡς τὴν ἐντὸς Ἰσθμοῦ χώραν Ἀπίαν ἀπʼ ἐκείνου καλεῖσθαι.
This Apis grew to such a degree of power, before Pelops arrived at Olympia, that the land within the Isthmus was called Apia after him.
Ἄπιδος δὲ ἦν Θελξίων, Θελξίονος δὲ Αἴγυρος, τοῦ δὲ Θουρίμαχος, Θουριμάχου δὲ Λεύκιππος· Λευκίππῳ δὲ ἄρρενες παῖδες οὐκ ἐγένοντο, θυγάτηρ δὲ Καλχινία.
Of Apis was born Thelxion, of Thelxion Aegyrus, of him Thurimachus, and of Thurimachus Leucippus; Leucippus had no male children, but a daughter Calchinia.
ταύτῃ τῇ Καλχινίᾳ Ποσειδῶνα συγγενέσθαι φασὶ καὶ τὸν τεχθέντα ὑπʼ αὐτῆς ἔθρεψεν ὁ Λεύκιππος καὶ τελευτῶν παρέδωκέν οἱ τὴν ἀρχήν· §2.5.8ὄνομα δὲ ἦν Πέρατος τῷ παιδί.
They say Poseidon was united with this Calchinia, and Leucippus brought up the child born of her, and at his death handed over the rule to him; and the child's name was Peratus.
τὰ δὲ ἐς Πλημναῖον τὸν Περάτου μάλιστα ἐφαίνετό μοι θαύματος ἄξια· τὰ γάρ οἱ τικτόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτίκα ὁπότε πρῶτον κλαύσειεν ἠφίει τὴν ψυχήν, ἐς ὃ Δημήτηρ ἔλεον ἴσχει Πλημναίου, παραγενομένη δὲ ἐς τὴν Αἰγιάλειαν ὡς δὴ γυνὴ ξένη Πλημναίῳ παῖδα ἀνέθρεψεν Ὀρθόπολιν.
The events concerning Plemnaeus, the son of Peratus, seemed to me especially worthy of wonder; for the children born to him by his wife breathed their last as soon as they first cried, until Demeter took pity on Plemnaeus, and having come to Aegialea as a foreign woman, brought up for Plemnaeus a son Orthopolis.
Ὀρθοπόλιδι δὲ θυγάτηρ γίνεται Χρυσόρθη· ταύτην τεκεῖν νομίζουσιν ἐξ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ ὁ παῖς ὠνομάσθη Κόρωνος, Κορώνου δὲ γίνονται Κόραξ καὶ νεώτερος Λαμέδων.
To Orthopolis was born a daughter Chrysorthe; they believe that she bore a child to Apollo, and the child was named Coronus; of Coronus were born Corax and a younger Lamedon.