§3.15.1πρὸς δὲ τῷ Πλατανιστᾷ καὶ Κυνίσκας ἐστὶν ἡρῷον, θυγατρὸς Ἀρχιδάμου βασιλεύοντος Σπαρτιατῶν· πρώτη δὲ ἱπποτρόφησε γυναικῶν καὶ Ὀλυμπίασι πρώτη νίκην ἀνείλετο ἅρματι.
Near the Platanistas there is also a hero-shrine of Cynisca, daughter of Archidamus who was king of the Spartans; she was the first of women to breed horses and the first to win a victory with a chariot at Olympia.
ἔστι δὲ τῆς στοᾶς, ἣ παρὰ τὸν Πλατανιστᾶν πεποίηται, ταύτης ὄπισθεν ἡρῷα, τὸ μὲν Ἀλκίμου, τὸ δὲ Ἐναρσφόρου καὶ ἀφεστηκὸς οὐ πολὺ Δορκέως, τὸ δὲ ἐπὶ τούτῳ Σεβροῦ· παῖδας δὲ Ἱπποκόωντος εἶναι λέγουσιν.
Behind the portico which has been built beside the Platanistas, there are hero-shrines: one of Alcimus, one of Enarsphorus—situated not far from that of Dorceus—and the one next to this of Sebrus; and they say these are sons of Hippocoon.
§3.15.2ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Δορκέως κρήνην τὴν πλησίον τοῦ ἡρῴου Δορκείαν, τὸ δὲ χωρίον τὸ Σέβριον καλοῦσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Σεβροῦ.
And from Dorceus they call the spring near his hero-shrine Dorceia, and they call the place Sebrion from Sebrus.
τοῦ Σεβρίου δέ ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ μνῆμα Ἀλκμᾶνος, ᾧ ποιήσαντι ᾄσματα οὐδὲν ἐς ἡδονὴν αὐτῶν ἐλυμήνατο τῶν Λακώνων ἡ γλῶσσα, ἥκιστα παρεχομένη τὸ εὔφωνον.
On the right of the Sebrion is the monument of Alcman, whose pleasure in composing songs was not at all harmed by the tongue of the Laconians, though it is least of all gifted with sweet sound.
§3.15.3Ἑλένης δὲ ἱερὰ καὶ Ἡρακλέους, τῆς μὲν πλησίον τοῦ τάφου τοῦ Ἀλκμᾶνος, τῷ δὲ ἐγγυτάτω τοῦ τείχους, ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ ἄγαλμα Ἡρακλέους ἐστὶν ὡπλισμένον· τὸ δὲ σχῆμα τοῦ ἀγάλματος διὰ τὴν πρὸς Ἱπποκόωντα καὶ τοὺς παῖδας μάχην γενέσθαι λέγουσι.
There are sanctuaries of Helen and of Heracles, the former near the tomb of Alcman, the latter closest to the wall, and in it is a statue of Heracles in arms; and they say that the fashion of the statue was made such because of his battle against Hippocoon and his sons.
τὸ δὲ ἔχθος Ἡρακλεῖ φασιν ἐς οἶκον ὑπάρξαι τὸν Ἱπποκόωντος, ὅτι μετὰ τὸν Ἰφίτου θάνατον καθαρσίων ἕνεκα ἐλθόντα αὐτὸν ἐν Σπάρτῃ ἀπηξίωσαν καθῆραι· §3.15.4προσεγένετο δὲ ἐς τοῦ πολέμου τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ ἄλλο τοιόνδε.
And they say that the hatred for Heracles against the house of Hippocoon arose because, when he came to Sparta after the death of Iphitus for purification, they disdained to purify him; and there was also added to the beginning of the war another such event.
Οἰωνὸς ἡλικίαν μὲν μειράκιον, ἀνεψιὸς δὲ Ἡρακλεῖ—Λικυμνίου γὰρ παῖς ἦν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ Ἀλκμήνης—ἀφίκετο ἐς Σπάρτην ἅμα Ἡρακλεῖ· περιιόντι δὲ καὶ θεωμένῳ τὴν πόλιν, ὡς ἐγίνετο κατὰ τοῦ Ἱπποκόωντος τὴν οἰκίαν, ἐνταῦθά οἱ κύων ἐπεφέρετο οἰκουρός.
Oeonus, in age a mere youth, and a cousin to Heracles—for he was the son of Licymnius, the brother of Alcmene—arrived in Sparta together with Heracles; and as he was walking about and viewing the city, when he came opposite the house of Hippocoon, there a watchdog rushed out at him.
ὁ δὲ τυγχάνει τε ἀφεὶς λίθον ὁ Οἰωνὸς καὶ καταβάλλει τὴν κύνα· ἐπεκθέουσιν οὖν τοῦ Ἱπποκόωντος οἱ παῖδες καὶ ῥοπάλοις τύπτοντες κατεργάζονται τὸν Οἰωνόν.
And Oeonus happened to throw a stone and struck down the dog; so the sons of Hippocoon ran out and, beating him with clubs, made an end of Oeonus.
§3.15.5τοῦτο Ἡρακλέα μάλιστα ἐξηγρίωσεν ἐς Ἱπποκόωντα καὶ τοὺς παῖδας· αὐτίκα δὲ ὡς ὀργῆς εἶχε χωρεῖ σφισιν ἐς μάχην.
This especially enraged Heracles against Hippocoon and his sons; and immediately, in the anger he felt, he went to battle against them.
τότε μὲν δὴ τιτρώσκεται καὶ λαθὼν ἀπεχώρησεν· ὕστερον δὲ ἐξεγένετό οἱ στρατεύσαντι ἐς Σπάρτην τιμωρήσασθαι μὲν Ἱπποκόωντα, τιμωρήσασθαι δὲ καὶ τοὺς παῖδας τοῦ Οἰωνοῦ φόνου.
At that time indeed he was wounded and withdrew secretly; but later it was granted to him, having campaigned against Sparta, to take vengeance on Hippocoon, and also to take vengeance on his sons for the murder of Oeonus.
τὸ δὲ μνῆμα τῷ Οἰωνῷ πεποίηται παρὰ τὸ Ἡρακλεῖον.
And the monument to Oeonus is made beside the sanctuary of Heracles.
§3.15.6ἰόντι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ Δρόμου πρὸς ἀνίσχοντα ἥλιον ἀτραπός ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς Ἀξιοποίνου καλουμένης ἱερόν.
For one going from the Dromos toward the rising sun, there is a path on the right and a sanctuary of Athena called Axiopoinos.
ὡς γὰρ δὴ ἀμυνόμενος Ἡρακλῆς Ἱπποκόωντα καὶ τοὺς παῖδας μετῆλθε κατʼ ἀξίαν ὧν προυπῆρξεν, ἱερὸν Ἀθηνᾶς ἱδρύεται, Ἀξιοποίνου δὲ ἐπίκλησιν, ὅτι τὰς τιμωρίας οἱ παλαιοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὠνόμαζον ποινάς.
For when Heracles, defending himself, pursued Hippocoon and his sons with a vengeance worthy of what they had begun, he founded a sanctuary of Athena, and gave her the surname Axiopoinos, because the men of old used to call punishments 'poinai'.
ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλο ἱερὸν Ἀθηνᾶς ἰόντι ἑτέραν ὁδὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Δρόμου· Θήραν δὲ ἀναθεῖναι τὸν Αὐτεσίωνος τοῦ Τισαμενοῦ τοῦ Θερσάνδρου φασίν, ἡνίκα ἀποικίαν ἔστελλεν ἐπὶ τὴν νῆσον ἣ νῦν ἀπὸ Θήρα τούτου τὸ ὄνομα ἔσχηκε, τὸ δὲ ἀρχαῖον ἐκαλεῖτο Καλλίστη.
And there is also another sanctuary of Athena for one going by another road from the Dromos; and they say that Theras, the son of Autesion, the son of Tisamenus, the son of Thersander, dedicated it when he was leading a colony to the island which now has its name from this Theras, but anciently was called Kalliste.