§5.15.1ἔστι δὲ οἴκημα ἐκτὸς τῆς Ἄλτεως, καλεῖται δὲ ἐργαστήριον Φειδίου, καὶ ὁ Φειδίας καθʼ ἕκαστον τοῦ ἀγάλματος ἐνταῦθα εἰργάζετο· ἔστιν οὖν βωμὸς ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι θεοῖς πᾶσιν ἐν κοινῷ.
There is a building outside the Altis, and it is called the workshop of Pheidias, and here Pheidias worked on each part of the statue; so there is an altar in the building in common to all the gods.
ὀπίσω δὲ ἀναστρέψαντι αὖθις ἐς τὴν Ἄλτιν ἐστὶν ἀπαντικρὺ τοῦ Λεωνιδαίου— §5.15.2τὸ δὲ ἐκτὸς μὲν τοῦ περιβόλου τοῦ ἱεροῦ τὸ Λεωνίδαιον, τῶν δὲ ἐσόδων πεποίηται τῶν ἐς τὴν Ἄλτιν κατὰ τὴν πομπικήν, ἣ μόνη τοῖς πομπεύουσίν ἐστιν ὁδός· τοῦτο δὲ ἀνδρὸς μὲν τῶν ἐπιχωρίων ἐστὶν ἀνάθημα Λεωνίδου, κατʼ ἐμὲ δὲ ἐς αὐτὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐσῳκίζοντο οἱ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐπιτροπεύοντες· διέστηκε δὲ ἀγυιὰν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐσόδου τῆς πομπικῆς, τοὺς γὰρ δὴ ὑπὸ Ἀθηναίων καλουμένους στενωποὺς ἀγυιὰς ὀνομάζουσιν οἱ Ἠλεῖοι— §5.15.3ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῇ Ἄλτει τοῦ Λεωνιδαίου περᾶν μέλλοντι ἐς ἀριστερὰν Ἀφροδίτης βωμὸς καὶ Ὡρῶν μετʼ αὐτόν.
For one turning back again into the Altis, there is, right opposite the Leonidaeum— —now the Leonidaeum is outside the precinct of the sanctuary, but it is built at the entrance into the Altis along the processional way, which is the only way for those in procession; this is an offering of a local man, Leonidas, and in my time the Romans who governed Greece resided in it; and it is separated by a street from the processional entrance, for indeed the Eleans call "agyiae" what are called "stenopoi" by the Athenians— —inside the Altis, on the left for one intending to pass by the Leonidaeum, there is an altar of Aphrodite, and after it of the Horae.
κατὰ δὲ τὸν ὀπισθόδομον μάλιστά ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ πεφυκὼς κότινος· καλεῖται δὲ ἐλαία Καλλιστέφανος, καὶ τοῖς νικῶσι τὰ Ὀλύμπια καθέστηκεν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς δίδοσθαι τοὺς στεφάνους.
Right on the right of the opisthodomos there is a wild olive tree growing; it is called the olive of the Beautiful Crown (Callistephanus), and it is established that the crowns are given to the victors of the Olympic games from it.
τούτου πλησίον τοῦ κοτίνου πεποίηται Νύμφαις βωμός· §5.15.4Καλλιστεφάνους ὀνομάζουσι καὶ ταύτας.
Near this wild olive, an altar has been made for the Nymphs; these too they call Nymphs of the Beautiful Crown.
ἔστι δὲ ἐκτὸς τῆς Ἄλτεως μὲν Ἀρτέμιδος Ἀγοραίας βωμός, ἐν δεξιᾷ δὲ τοῦ Λεωνιδαίου, πεποίηται δὲ καὶ Δεσποίναις —τὰ δὲ ἐς τὴν θεὸν ἥντινα ὀνομάζουσι Δέσποιναν διδάξει μοι τοῦ λόγου τὰ ἐς Ἀρκάδας—, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἔστιν Ἀγοραίου Διὸς βωμός, πρὸ δὲ τῆς καλουμένης Προεδρίας Ἀπόλλωνος ἐπωνυμίαν Πυθίου καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸν Διονύσου· τοῦτον οὔτε πάλαι τὸν βωμὸν καὶ ὑπὸ ἀνδρῶν ἰδιωτῶν ἀνατεθῆναι λέγουσιν.
Outside the Altis, and on the right of the Leonidaeum, there is an altar of Artemis Agoraea, and one has also been made to the Mistresses (Despoinae)—as to who the goddess is whom they call Mistress, the Arcadian part of my account will instruct me—; and after this, there is an altar of Zeus Agoraeus, and in front of the so-called Proedria, one of Apollo surnamed Pythius, and after it, one of Dionysus; they say this altar is not ancient and was dedicated by private individuals.
§5.15.5ἰόντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν ἵππων ἔστι βωμός, ἐπίγραμμα δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ Μοιραγέτα· δῆλα οὖν ἐστιν ἐπίκλησιν εἶναι Διὸς ὃς τὰ ἀνθρώπων οἶδεν, ὅσα διδόασιν αἱ Μοῖραι καὶ ὅσα μὴ πέπρωταί σφισι.
For one going to the starting-point of the horses, there is an altar, and on it the inscription "Moiragetes"; it is clear, then, that this is a surname of Zeus, who knows the affairs of men, both what the Fates (Moirae) give and what is not destined for them.
πλησίον δὲ καὶ Μοιρῶν βωμός ἐστιν ἐπιμήκης, μετὰ δὲ αὐτὸν Ἑρμοῦ καὶ δύο ἐφεξῆς Διὸς Ὑψίστου· ἐν δὲ τῶν ἵππων τῇ ἀφέσει ἐν μὲν τῷ ὑπαίθρῳ, τῆς ἀφέσεως κατὰ μέσον που μάλιστα, Ποσειδῶνος Ἱππίου καὶ Ἥρας εἰσὶν Ἱππίας βωμοί, πρὸς δὲ τῷ κίονι Διοσκούρων.
And nearby is also a long altar of the Fates, and after it of Hermes, and two in succession of Most High Zeus; and in the starting-point of the horses, in the open air, at about the middle of the starting-point, there are altars of Poseidon Hippius and of Hera Hippia, and near the pillar, one of the Dioscuri.
§5.15.6τῆς δὲ πρὸς τὸν Ἔμβολον καλούμενον ἐσόδου τῇ μὲν Ἄρεως Ἱππίου, τῇ δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς Ἱππίας βωμός, ἐς δὲ αὐτὸν τὸν Ἔμβολον ἐσελθόντων Τύχης ἐστὶν ἀγαθῆς βωμὸς καὶ Πανός τε καὶ Ἀφροδίτης, ἐνδοτάτω δὲ τοῦ Ἐμβόλου Νυμφῶν ἃς Ἀκμηνὰς καλοῦσιν.
And at the entrance to the so-called Embolus, on the one side is an altar of Ares Hippius, and on the other of Athena Hippia; and for those who have entered into the Embolus itself, there is an altar of Good Fortune (Agathe Tyche) and of Pan and of Aphrodite, and in the innermost part of the Embolus, of the Nymphs whom they call Acmenae.
ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς στοᾶς ἣν οἱ Ἠλεῖοι καλοῦσιν Ἀγνάπτου, τὸν ἀρχιτέκτονα ἐπονομάζοντες τῷ οἰκοδομήματι, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἐπανιόντι ἐστὶν ἐν δεξιᾷ βωμὸς Ἀρτέμιδος.
And for one returning from the portico (stoa) which the Eleans call that of Agnaptus, naming the building after the architect, there is on the right an altar of Artemis.
§5.15.7ἐσελθόντων δὲ αὖθις διὰ τῆς πομπικῆς ἐς τὴν Ἄλτιν, εἰσὶν ὄπισθεν τοῦ Ἡραίου Κλαδέου τε τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος βωμοί, ὁ δὲ μετʼ αὐτοὺς Ἀπόλλωνος, τέταρτος δὲ Ἀρτέμιδος ἐπίκλησιν Κοκκώκας, καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος πέμπτος Θερμίου.
For those who have entered again through the processional way into the Altis, there are behind the Heraeum altars of the river Cladeus and of Artemis; the one after them is of Apollo, the fourth is of Artemis surnamed Coccoca, and the fifth of Apollo Thermius.
τὸν μὲν δὴ παρὰ Ἠλείοις Θέρμιον καὶ αὐτῷ μοι παρίστατο εἰκάζειν ὡς κατὰ Ἀτθίδα γλῶσσαν εἴη θέσμιος· ἀνθʼ ὅτου δὲ Ἄρτεμιν ἐπονομάζουσι Κοκκώκαν, οὐχ οἷά τε ἦν μοι διδαχθῆναι.
As for the "Thermius" among the Eleans, it occurred to me myself to conjecture that it would be "theasmius" (legislative) according to the Attic tongue; but for what reason they surname Artemis "Coccoca," it was not possible for me to find out.