§3.17.1οὐ πόρρω δὲ τῆς Ὀρθίας ἐστὶν Εἰλειθυίας ἱερόν· οἰκοδομῆσαι δέ φασιν αὐτὸ καὶ Εἰλείθυιαν νομίσαι θεὸν γενομένου σφίσιν ἐκ Δελφῶν μαντεύματος.
Not far from the sanctuary of Orthia is a sanctuary of Eileithyia; and they say that they built it and came to worship Eileithyia as a goddess because of an oracle that came to them from Delphi.
Λακεδαιμονίοις δὲ ἀκρόπολις μὲν ἐς ὕψος περιφανὲς ἐξίσχουσα οὐκ ἔστι, καθὰ δὴ Θηβαίοις τε ἡ Καδμεία καὶ ἡ Λάρισα Ἀργείοις· ὄντων δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει λόφων καὶ ἄλλων, τὸ μάλιστα ἐς μετέωρον ἀνῆκον ὀνομάζουσιν ἀκρόπολιν.
The Lacedaemonians do not have an acropolis rising to a conspicuous height, such as the Cadmea is for the Thebans and Larissa for the Argives; but as there are various hills in the city, the one that rises highest they call the acropolis.
§3.17.2ἐνταῦθα Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερὸν πεποίηται Πολιούχου καλουμένης καὶ Χαλκιοίκου τῆς αὐτῆς.
There is built here a sanctuary of Athena, who is called Poliouchos (Guardian of the City) and also Chalcioecos (Of the Bronze House).
τοῦ δὲ ἱεροῦ τῆς κατασκευῆς Τυνδάρεως καθὰ λέγουσιν ἤρξατο· ἀποθανόντος δὲ ἐκείνου δεύτερα οἱ παῖδες ἐξεργάσασθαι τὸ οἰκοδόμημα ἤθελον, ἀφορμὴ δέ σφισιν ἔμελλε τὰ ἐξ Ἀφιδναίων ἔσεσθαι λάφυρα.
Tyndareus, as they say, began the construction of the sanctuary; but when he died, his sons wished to complete the building, and their funds were to be the spoils from Aphidnae.
προαπολιπόντων δὲ καὶ τούτων, Λακεδαιμόνιοι πολλοῖς ἔτεσιν ὕστερον τόν τε ναὸν ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ ἄγαλμα ἐποιήσαντο Ἀθηνᾶς χαλκοῦν· Γιτιάδας δὲ εἰργάσατο ἀνὴρ ἐπιχώριος.
But they too died before finishing it, and many years later the Lacedaemonians made both the temple and the bronze statue of Athena in the same manner; and Gitiadas, a local man, fashioned it.
ἐποίησε δὲ καὶ ᾄσματα Δώρια ὁ Γιτιάδας ἄλλα τε καὶ ὕμνον ἐς τὴν θεόν.
Gitiadas also composed Dorian songs, including a hymn to the goddess.
§3.17.3ἐπείργασται δὲ τῷ χαλκῷ πολλὰ μὲν τῶν ἄθλων Ἡρακλέους, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ὧν ἐθελοντὴς κατώρθωσε, Τυνδάρεω δὲ τῶν παίδων ἄλλα τε καὶ ἡ τῶν Λευκίππου θυγατέρων ἁρπαγή· καὶ Ἥφαιστος τὴν μητέρα ἐστὶν ἀπολύων τῶν δεσμῶν.
There are wrought on the bronze many of the labors of Heracles, and many also of the deeds he achieved of his own accord, and among other things of the sons of Tyndareus, the rape of the daughters of Leucippus; and Hephaestus is releasing his mother from her bonds.
ἐδήλωσα δὲ καὶ ταῦτα, ὁποῖα λέγεται, πρότερον ἔτι ἐν τῇ Ἀτθίδι συγγραφῇ.
These things, as they are told, I have already explained before in my Attic description.
Περσεῖ δʼ ἐς Λιβύην καὶ ἐπὶ Μέδουσαν ὡρμημένῳ διδοῦσαι νύμφαι δῶρά εἰσι κυνῆν καὶ τὰ ὑποδήματα, ὑφʼ ὧν οἰσθήσεσθαι διὰ τοῦ ἀέρος ἔμελλεν.
There are also the nymphs giving gifts to Perseus as he is starting for Libya against Medusa: a helmet and the sandals by which he was to be carried through the air.
ἐπείργασται δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶς γένεσιν καὶ Ἀμφιτρίτη καὶ Ποσειδῶν, ἃ δὴ μέγιστα καὶ μάλιστα ἦν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν θέας ἄξια.
There are also wrought the birth of Athena, and Amphitrite and Poseidon, which were indeed the largest and, in my opinion, the most worthy of being seen.
§3.17.4ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἕτερον αὐτόθι Ἀθηνᾶς Ἐργάνης ἱερόν.
There is also another sanctuary of Athena Ergane (the Worker) there.
ἐς δὲ τὴν πρὸς μεσημβρίαν ἰόντι στοὰν Κοσμητᾶ τε ἐπίκλησιν Διὸς ναὸς καὶ Τυνδάρεω πρὸ αὐτοῦ μνῆμά ἐστιν· ἡ δὲ πρὸς δυσμὰς ἔχει τῶν στοῶν ἀετούς τε δύο τοὺς ὄρνιθας καὶ ἴσας ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς Νίκας, Λυσάνδρου μὲν ἀνάθημα, τῶν δὲ ἔργων ὑπόμνημα ἀμφοτέρων, τοῦ τε περὶ Ἔφεσον, ὅτε Ἀντίοχον τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδου κυβερνήτην καὶ Ἀθηναίων τριήρεις ἐνίκησε, καὶ ὕστερον ἐν Αἰγὸς ποταμοῖς καθεῖλεν Ἀθηναίων τὸ ναυτικόν.
As you go to the portico that faces south, there is a temple of Zeus with the surname Cosmetas (the Orderer), and before it the tomb of Tyndareus; and the portico facing west has two eagles, the birds, and equal numbers of Nikes upon them, a dedication of Lysander, a monument of both his achievements: the one near Ephesus, when he defeated Antiochus, the pilot of Alcibiades, and the Athenian triremes, and later at Aegospotami, when he destroyed the naval force of the Athenians.
§3.17.5ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τῆς Χαλκιοίκου Μουσῶν ἱδρύσαντο ἱερόν, ὅτι οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὰς ἐξόδους ἐπὶ τὰς μάχας οὐ μετὰ σαλπίγγων ἐποιοῦντο ἀλλὰ πρός τε αὐλῶν μέλη καὶ ὑπὸ λύρας καὶ κιθάρας κρούσμασιν.
On the left of the Chalcioecos they established a sanctuary of the Muses, because the Lacedaemonians did not make their marches into battle with trumpets, but to the music of flutes and to the playing of the lyre and cithara.
ὄπισθεν δὲ τῆς Χαλκιοίκου ναός ἐστιν Ἀφροδίτης Ἀρείας· τὰ δὲ ξόανα ἀρχαῖα εἴπερ τι ἄλλο ἐν Ἕλλησιν.
Behind the Chalcioecos is a temple of Aphrodite Areia (the Warlike); and the wooden images are as ancient as any others among the Greeks.
§3.17.6τῆς Χαλκιοίκου δὲ ἐν δεξιᾷ Διὸς ἄγαλμα Ὑπάτου πεποίηται, παλαιότατον πάντων ὁπόσα ἐστὶ χαλκοῦ· διʼ ὅλου γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰργασμένον, ἐληλασμένου δὲ ἰδίᾳ τῶν μερῶν καθʼ αὑτὸ ἑκάστου συνήρμοσταί τε πρὸς ἄλληλα καὶ ἧλοι συνέχουσιν αὐτὰ μὴ διαλυθῆναι.
On the right of the Chalcioecos is a statue of Zeus Hypatos (the Highest), the oldest of all things made of bronze; for it is not wrought in one piece, but each of the parts having been hammered out separately on its own, they have been fitted together and nails hold them so they do not fall apart.
Κλέαρχον δὲ ἄνδρα Ῥηγῖνον τὸ ἄγαλμα ποιῆσαι λέγουσιν, ὃν Διποίνου καὶ Σκύλλιδος, οἱ δὲ αὐτοῦ Δαιδάλου φασὶν εἶναι μαθητήν.
They say that Clearchus, a man of Rhegium, made the statue, who they say was a disciple of Dipoinus and Scyllis, or some say of Daedalus himself.
πρὸς δὲ τῷ Σκηνώματι ὀνομαζομένῳ γυναικός ἐστιν εἰκών, Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ Εὐρυλεωνίδα λέγουσιν εἶναι· νίκην δὲ ἵππων συνωρίδι ἀνείλετο Ὀλυμπικήν.
Near the place called the Scenoma (the Tent) is an image of a woman, and the Lacedaemonians say it is Euryleonis; she won an Olympic victory with a pair of horses.
§3.17.7παρὰ δὲ τῆς Χαλκιοίκου τὸν βωμὸν ἑστήκασι δύο εἰκόνες Παυσανίου τοῦ περὶ Πλάταιαν ἡγησαμένου.
Beside the altar of the Chalcioecos stand two images of Pausanias, who commanded at Plataea.
τὰ δὲ ἐς αὐτὸν ὁποῖα ἐγένετο εἰδόσιν οὐ διηγήσομαι· τὰ γὰρ τοῖς πρότερον συγγραφέντα ἐπʼ ἀκριβὲς ἀποχρῶντα ἦν· ἐπεξελθεῖν δέ σφισιν ἀρκέσομαι.
What kind of things happened to him I will not relate to those who know them; for what has been written by earlier writers was accurate and sufficient; it will be enough for me to supplement them.
ἤκουσα δὲ ἀνδρὸς Βυζαντίου Παυσανίαν φωραθῆναί τε ἐφʼ οἷς ἐβουλεύετο καὶ μόνον τῶν ἱκετευσάντων τὴν Χαλκίοικον ἁμαρτεῖν ἀδείας κατʼ ἄλλο μὲν οὐδέν, φόνου δὲ ἄγος ἐκνίψασθαι μὴ δυνηθέντα.
I heard from a man of Byzantium that Pausanias was detected in his designs and was the only one of those who fled to the Chalcioecos for refuge to fail to obtain safety, for no other reason than that he was unable to wash away the pollution of murder.
§3.17.8ὡς γὰρ δὴ διέτριβε περὶ Ἑλλήσποντον ναυσὶ τῶν τε ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων καὶ αὐτῶν Λακεδαιμονίων, παρθένου Βυζαντίας ἐπεθύμησε· καὶ αὐτίκα νυκτὸς ἀρχομένης τὴν Κλεονίκην—τοῦτο γὰρ ὄνομα ἦν τῇ κόρῃ—κομίζουσιν οἷς ἐπετέτακτο.
For indeed while he was spending time around the Hellespont with the ships of the other Greeks and of the Lacedaemonians themselves, he desired a Byzantine maiden; and immediately at the beginning of the night, those who had been ordered brought Cleonice—for this was the name of the girl.
ἐν τούτῳ δὲ ὑπνωμένον τὸν Παυσανίαν ἐπήγειρεν ὁ ψόφος· ἰοῦσα γὰρ παρʼ αὐτὸν τὸν καιόμενον λύχνον κατέβαλεν ἄκουσα.
In the meantime, the noise woke Pausanias who was asleep; for as she came to him, she accidentally knocked over the burning lamp.
ἅτε δὲ ὁ Παυσανίας συνειδὼς αὑτῷ προδιδόντι τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ διʼ αὐτὸ ἐχόμενος ταραχῇ τε ἀεὶ καὶ δείματι, ἐξέστη καὶ τότε καὶ τὴν παῖδα τῷ ἀκινάκῃ παίει.
And Pausanias, being conscious of his betrayal of Greece and because of this always held in confusion and fear, started up then also and struck the girl with his akinakes.
§3.17.9τοῦτο τὸ ἄγος οὐκ ἐξεγένετο ἀποφυγεῖν Παυσανίᾳ, καθάρσια παντοῖα καὶ ἱκεσίας δεξαμένῳ Διὸς Φυξίου καὶ δὴ ἐς Φιγαλίαν ἐλθόντι τὴν Ἀρκάδων παρὰ τοὺς ψυχαγωγούς· δίκην δὲ ἣν εἰκὸς ἦν Κλεονίκῃ τε ἀπέδωκε καὶ τῷ θεῷ.
Pausanias was not able to escape this pollution, though he received all kinds of purifications and made supplications to Zeus Phyxios (God of Flight), and indeed went to Phigalia of the Arcadians to the summoners of souls (psychagogoi); and he paid the penalty that was fitting to Cleonice and to the god.
Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ ἐκτελοῦντες πρόσταγμα ἐκ Δελφῶν τάς τε εἰκόνας ἐποιήσαντο τὰς χαλκᾶς καὶ δαίμονα τιμῶσιν Ἐπιδώτην, τὸ ἐπὶ Παυσανίᾳ τοῦ Ἱκεσίου μήνιμα ἀποτρέπειν τὸν Ἐπιδώτην λέγοντες τοῦτον.
The Lacedaemonians, fulfilling a command from Delphi, made the bronze statues and worship a spirit called Epidotes (the Giver of Blessings), saying that this Epidotes averts the anger of the God of Suppliants (Hikesios) incurred on account of Pausanias.