§2.7.1καὶ Δωριεῖς μὲν Σικυώνιοι γεγόνασιν ἀπὸ τούτου καὶ μοῖρα τῆς Ἀργείας· τὴν δὲ τοῦ Αἰγιαλέως ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ πόλιν Δημήτριος καθελὼν ὁ Ἀντιγόνου τῇ πάλαι ποτὲ ἀκροπόλει προσῴκισε τὴν νῦν πόλιν.
And from this the Dorians became Sicyonians and a part of the Argive territory; but Demetrius, the son of Antigonus, having destroyed the city of Aegialeus in the plain, resettled the present city upon what was once the ancient acropolis.
ἐχόντων δὲ ἀσθενῶς ἤδη τῶν Σικυωνίων—αἰτίαν δὲ οὐκ ὀρθῶς ποιοῖ τις ἂν ζητῶν, ἀποχρῷτο δὲ τῷ Ὁμήρῳ λεγομένῳ περὶ Διός,
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ὃς δὴ πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα—,
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διακειμένοις οὖν ἀδυνάτως ἐπιγενόμενος σεισμὸς ὀλίγου τὴν πόλιν ἐποίησεν ἀνδρῶν ἔρημον, πολλὰ δὲ σφᾶς καὶ τῶν ἐς ἐπίδειξιν ἀφείλετο.
When the Sicyonians were already in a weak state—and one would not rightly do so in seeking a cause, but should be satisfied with Homer's words concerning Zeus, "who indeed has destroyed the heads of many cities—, "An earthquake which came upon them while they were thus helpless almost left the city destitute of men, and also deprived them of many of their monumental works.
ἐκάκωσε δὲ καὶ περὶ Καρίαν καὶ Λυκίαν τὰς πόλεις καὶ Ῥοδίοις ἐσείσθη μάλιστα ἡ νῆσος, ὥστε καὶ τὸ λόγιον τετελέσθαι Σιβύλλῃ τὸ ἐς τὴν Ῥόδον ἔδοξεν.
It also damaged the cities around Caria and Lycia, and the island of the Rhodians was shaken most of all, so that the oracle of the Sibyl concerning Rhodes seemed to have been fulfilled.
§2.7.2ἐκ δὲ τῆς Κορινθίας ἐλθοῦσιν ἐς τὴν Σικυωνίαν Λύκου Μεσσηνίου μνῆμά ἐστιν, ὅστις δὴ οὗτος ὁ Λύκος· οὐ γάρ τινα Λύκον εὑρίσκω Μεσσήνιον ἀσκήσαντα πένταθλον οὐδὲ Ὀλυμπικὴν ἀνῃρημένον νίκην.
As one comes from the Corinthian territory into Sicyonia, there is the tomb of Lycus the Messenian, whoever this Lycus may be; for I can find no Messenian Lycus who either practiced the pentathlon or won an Olympic victory.
τοῦτο μὲν δὴ χῶμά ἐστι γῆς, αὐτοὶ δὲ Σικυώνιοι τὰ πολλὰ ἐοικότι τρόπῳ θάπτουσι.
This is indeed a mound of earth, but the Sicyonians themselves bury their dead for the most part in a similar manner.
τὸ μὲν σῶμα γῇ κρύπτουσι, λίθου δὲ ἐποικοδομήσαντες κρηπῖδα κίονας ἐφιστᾶσι καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἐπίθημα ποιοῦσι κατὰ τοὺς ἀετοὺς μάλιστα τοὺς ἐν τοῖς ναοῖς· ἐπίγραμμα δὲ ἄλλο μὲν ἐπιγράφουσιν οὐδέν, τὸ δὲ ὄνομα ἐφʼ αὑτοῦ καὶ οὐ πατρόθεν ὑπειπόντες κελεύουσι τὸν νεκρὸν χαίρειν.
They hide the body in the earth, and having built a foundation of stone they set up pillars upon it, and upon these they make a top resembling especially the pediments on temples; they write no other inscription, but having quietly added the name by itself and not with the father's name, they bid the dead farewell.
§2.7.3μετὰ δὲ τὸ μνῆμα τοῦ Λύκου διαβεβηκόσιν ἤδη τὸν Ἀσωπόν, ἔστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τὸ Ὀλύμπιον, ὀλίγον δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ τάφος Εὐπόλιδι Ἀθηναίῳ ποιήσαντι κωμῳδίαν.
After the tomb of Lycus, to those who have already crossed the Asopus, there is on the right the Olympieum, and a little further on the left of the road is the tomb of Eupolis the Athenian, who wrote comedies.
προελθοῦσι δὲ καὶ ἐπιστρέψασιν ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν Ξενοδίκης μνῆμά ἐστιν ἀποθανούσης ἐν ὠδῖσι· πεποίηται δὲ οὐ κατὰ τὸν ἐπιχώριον τρόπον, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἂν τῇ γραφῇ μάλιστα ἁρμόζοι· γραφὴ δὲ εἴπερ ἄλλη τις καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶ θέας ἀξία.
Continuing forward and turning back as if towards the city, there is the tomb of Xenodice, who died in childbirth; it has been made not in the local fashion, but in such a way as would best suit the painting; and this painting, if any other, is well worth seeing.
§2.7.4προελθοῦσι δὲ ἐντεῦθεν τάφος Σικυωνίοις ἐστίν, ὅσοι περὶ Πελλήνην καὶ Δύμην τὴν Ἀχαιῶν καὶ ἐν Μεγάλῃ πόλει καὶ περὶ Σελλασίαν ἐτελεύτησαν· τὰ δὲ ἐς αὐτοὺς σαφέστερον ἐν τοῖς ἐφεξῆς δηλώσω.
Going forward from here, there is a common grave for the Sicyonians who died around Pellene and Dyme of the Achaeans, and at Megalopolis, and around Sellasia; and the details concerning them I will make clearer in the subsequent parts.
πρὸς δὲ τῇ πύλῃ πηγή ἐστί σφισιν ἐν σπηλαίῳ, ἧς τὸ ὕδωρ οὐκ ἄνεισιν ἐκ γῆς, ἐπιρρεῖ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὀρόφου τοῦ σπηλαίου· καὶ καλεῖται διʼ αὐτὸ Στάζουσα ἡ πηγή.
By the gate there is a spring in a cave, the water of which does not rise up from the earth, but flows down from the roof of the cave; and for this reason the spring is called Stazousa (the Dripping).
§2.7.5ἐν δὲ τῇ νῦν ἀκροπόλει Τύχης ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀκραίας, μετὰ δὲ αὐτὸ Διοσκούρων· ξόανα δὲ οὗτοί τε καὶ τὸ ἄγαλμα τῆς Τύχης ἐστί.
On the present acropolis is a temple of Fortune of the Height, and after it one of the Dioscuri; these and the image of Fortune are wooden statues.
τοῦ θεάτρου δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ᾠκοδομημένου τὸν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ πεποιημένον ἄνδρα ἀσπίδα ἔχοντα Ἄρατόν φασιν εἶναι τὸν Κλεινίου.
The theater being built under the acropolis, they say that the man represented on the stage holding a shield is Aratus, the son of Clinias.
μετὰ δὲ τὸ θέατρον Διονύσου ναός ἐστι· χρυσοῦ μὲν καὶ ἐλέφαντος ὁ θεός, παρὰ δὲ αὐτὸν Βάκχαι λίθου λευκοῦ.
After the theater is a temple of Dionysus; the god is of gold and ivory, and beside him are Bacchae of white stone.
ταύτας τὰς γυναῖκας ἱερὰς εἶναι καὶ Διονύσῳ μαίνεσθαι λέγουσιν.
These women they say are sacred and run mad for Dionysus.
ἄλλα δὲ ἀγάλματα ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ Σικυωνίοις ἐστί· ταῦτα μιᾷ καθʼ ἕκαστον ἔτος νυκτὶ ἐς τὸ Διονύσιον ἐκ τοῦ καλουμένου κοσμητηρίου κομίζουσι, κομίζουσι δὲ μετὰ δᾴδων τε ἡμμένων καὶ ὕμνων ἐπιχωρίων.
The Sicyonians have also other images in secret; these they carry on one night in each year from what is called the Kosmeterion to the temple of Dionysus, carrying them with lighted torches and local hymns.