§3.14.1ἐκ δὲ τῆς ἀγορᾶς πρὸς ἥλιον ἰόντι δυόμενον τάφος κενὸς Βρασίδᾳ τῷ Τέλλιδος πεποίηται·
For one going from the marketplace towards the setting sun, a cenotaph has been made for Brasidas the son of Tellis.
ἀπέχει δὲ οὐ πολὺ τοῦ τάφου τὸ θέατρον, λίθου λευκοῦ, θέας ἄξιον.
Not far from the tomb is the theater, of white stone, well worth seeing.
τοῦ θεάτρου δὲ ἀπαντικρὺ Παυσανίου τοῦ Πλαταιᾶσιν ἡγησαμένου μνῆμά ἐστι, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον Λεωνίδου— καὶ λόγους κατὰ ἔτος ἕκαστον ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς λέγουσι καὶ τιθέασιν ἀγῶνα, ἐν ᾧ πλὴν Σπαρτιατῶν ἄλλῳ γε οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγωνίζεσθαι—, τὰ ὀστᾶ τοῦ Λεωνίδου τεσσαράκοντα ἔτεσιν ὕστερον ἀνελομένου ἐκ Θερμοπυλῶν τοῦ Παυσανίου.
Opposite the theater is the monument of Pausanias, who commanded at Plataea, and the other is of Leonidas—and they deliver speeches over them every year and hold a contest, in which it is not permitted for anyone else to compete except the Spartans—the bones of Leonidas having been brought back by Pausanias forty years later from Thermopylae.
κεῖται δὲ καὶ στήλη πατρόθεν τὰ ὀνόματα ἔχουσα οἳ πρὸς Μήδους τὸν ἐν Θερμοπύλαις ἀγῶνα ὑπέμειναν.
There also stands a stele containing the names, with those of their fathers, of those who endured the contest at Thermopylae against the Medes.
§3.14.2καλεῖται δὲ ἐν τῇ Σπάρτῃ Θεομηλίδα χωρίον· κατὰ τοῦτο τῆς πόλεως τάφοι τῶν Ἀγιαδῶν βασιλέων εἰσὶ καὶ πλησίον ὀνομαζομένη λέσχη Κροτανῶν· εἰσὶ δὲ οἱ Κροτανοὶ Πιτανατῶν μοῖρα.
In Sparta there is a place called Theomelida; in this part of the city are the tombs of the Agiad kings, and near them is the so-called lounge of the Krotanoi; and the Krotanoi are a division of the Pitanatae.
Ἀσκληπιοῦ δὲ οὐ πόρρω τῆς λέσχης ἐστὶν ἱερὸν, ἐν Ἀγιαδῶν καλούμενον.
Not far from the lounge is a sanctuary of Asclepius, called the one in the quarters of the Agiadae.
προελθοῦσι δὲ Ταινάρου μνῆμά ἐστι, καὶ τὴν ἄκραν τὴν ἐς θάλασσαν ἐσέχουσαν ἀπὸ τούτου φασὶν ὀνομασθῆναι· θεῶν δὲ ἱερὰ Ποσειδῶνός ἐστιν Ἱπποκουρίου καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος Αἰγιναίας.
For those who go forward, there is the monument of Taenarus, and they say that the cape stretching out into the sea was named after him; and there are sanctuaries of the gods, namely of Poseidon Hippokourios and of Artemis Aeginaea.
ἐπανελθοῦσι δὲ ὀπίσω πρὸς τὴν λέσχην ἐστὶν Ἀρτέμιδος Ἰσσωρίας ἱερόν· ἐπονομάζουσι δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ Λιμναίαν, οὖσαν οὐκ Ἄρτεμιν, Βριτόμαρτιν δὲ τὴν Κρητῶν· τὰ δὲ ἐς αὐτὴν ὁ Αἰγιναῖος ἔχει μοι λόγος.
For those who return back towards the lounge, there is a sanctuary of Artemis Issoria; and they also surname her Limnaea, she being not Artemis, but Britomartis of the Cretans; and my Aeginaean account contains the things concerning her.
§3.14.3ἐγγυτάτω δὲ τῶν μνημάτων ἃ τοῖς Ἀγιάδαις πεποίηται στήλην ὄψει, γεγραμμέναι δέ εἰσιν ἃς Χίονις ἀνὴρ Λακεδαιμόνιος δρόμου νίκας ἀνείλετο ἄλλας τε καὶ Ὀλυμπίασιν· ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἑπτὰ ἐγένοντό οἱ νῖκαι, τέσσαρες μὲν σταδίου, διαύλου δὲ αἱ λοιπαί· τὸν δὲ σὺν τῇ ἀσπίδι δρόμον ἐπὶ ἀγῶνι λήγοντι οὐ συνέβαινεν εἶναί πω.
Very near the monuments made for the Agiadae you will see a stele, and on it are recorded the victories in the race which Chionis, a Lacedaemonian man, carried off, especially at Olympia; here he had seven victories, four in the stadion, and the rest in the diaulos; but it did not yet happen that the race with the shield existed at the end of the contest.
Χίονιν δὲ καὶ τοῦ στόλου μετασχεῖν τῷ Θηραίῳ Βάττῳ καὶ Κυρήνην οἰκίσαι σὺν ἐκείνῳ καὶ Λιβύων καταστρέψασθαι τοὺς προσχώρους λέγουσιν.
And they say that Chionis also shared in the expedition with Battus of Thera, and founded Cyrene with him, and subdued the neighboring Libyans.
§3.14.4τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν τῆς Θέτιδος κατασκευασθῆναί φασιν ἐπʼ αἰτίᾳ τοιαύτῃ· πολεμεῖν μὲν πρὸς Μεσσηνίους ἀφεστηκότας, τὸν δὲ βασιλέα σφῶν Ἀνάξανδρον ἐσβαλόντα ἐς τὴν Μεσσηνίαν λαβεῖν αἰχμαλώτους γυναῖκας, ἐν δὲ αὐταῖς εἶναι Κλεώ, Θέτιδος δὲ αὐτὴν ἱέρειαν εἶναι.
They say that the sanctuary of Thetis was built for the following reason: when they were at war with the revolted Messenians, and their king Anaxander had invaded Messenia and taken captive women, among them was Cleo, and she was a priestess of Thetis.
ταύτην ἡ τοῦ Ἀναξάνδρου γυνὴ τὴν Κλεὼ παρὰ τοῦ Ἀναξάνδρου αἰτεῖ, καὶ τό τε ξόανον τῆς Θέτιδος ἀνεῦρεν ἔχουσαν καὶ ναὸν μετʼ αὐτῆς ἱδρύσατο τῇ θεῷ· ἐποίει δὲ ταῦτα ἡ Λεανδρὶς κατὰ ὄψιν ὀνείρατος.
The wife of Anaxander begged this Cleo from Anaxander, and having found that she had the wooden image of Thetis, she established a temple with her for the goddess; and Leandris did these things according to a vision in a dream.
§3.14.5τὸ μὲν δὴ ξόανον τῆς Θέτιδος ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ φυλάσσουσι· Δήμητρα δὲ Χθονίαν Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν σέβειν φασὶ παραδόντος σφίσιν Ὀρφέως, δόξῃ δὲ ἐμῇ διὰ τὸ ἱερὸν τὸ ἐν Ἑρμιόνῃ κατέστη καὶ τούτοις Χθονίαν νομίζειν Δήμητρα.
The wooden image of Thetis they indeed keep in secret; and the Lacedaemonians say they worship Demeter Chthonia because Orpheus delivered it to them, but in my opinion it was established for them too to believe in Demeter as Chthonia because of the sanctuary in Hermione.
ἔστι δὲ καὶ Σαράπιδος νεώτατον τοῦτο Σπαρτιάταις ἱερὸν καὶ Διὸς ἐπίκλησιν Ὀλυμπίου.
There is also this most recent sanctuary of Sarapis for the Spartans, and one of Zeus surnamed Olympius.