§5.24.1παρὰ δὲ τοῦ Λαοίτα Διὸς καὶ Ποσειδῶνος Λαοίτα, παρὰ τούτων τὸν βωμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπὶ χαλκοῦ βάθρου δῶρον μὲν τοῦ Κορινθίων δήμου, Μούσου δέ ἐστι ποίημα, ὅστις δὴ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Μοῦσος.
Beside the altar of Zeus Laoitas and Poseidon Laoitas, and past these, stands a Zeus on a bronze pedestal, a gift of the Corinthian people and a work of Musus, whoever this Musus may be.
ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ βουλευτηρίου πρὸς τὸν ναὸν ἐρχομένῳ τὸν μέγαν ἔστιν ἄγαλμα ἐν ἀριστερᾷ Διός, ἐστεφανωμένον δὲ οἷα δὴ ἄνθεσι, καὶ ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ κεραυνὸς πεποίηται.
To one going from the Council House to the great temple, there is on the left a statue of Zeus, crowned as it were with flowers, and in his right hand a thunderbolt has been fashioned.
τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν Ἀσκάρου τέχνη Θηβαίου, διδαχθέντος παρὰ τῷ Σικυωνίῳ Κανάχῳ· τὸ δὲ ἐπίγραμμα τὸ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ δεκάτην ἀπὸ τοῦ πολέμου Φωκέων καὶ Θεσσαλῶν φησιν εἶναι.
This is the work of Ascarus of Thebes, who was taught by Canachus of Sicyon; and the inscription upon it says that it is a tithe from the war between the Phocians and the Thessalians.
§5.24.2εἰ δὲ Φωκεῦσιν ἐς πόλεμόν τινα οὗτοι κατέστησαν καὶ ἔστιν ἀπὸ Φωκέων αὐτοῖς τὸ ἀνάθημα, οὐκ ἂν ὅ γε ἱερὸς καλούμενος εἴη πόλεμος, ὃν δὲ πρότερον ἔτι ἐπολέμησαν πρὶν ἢ Μήδους καὶ βασιλέα ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα διαβῆναι.
But if these entered into some war with the Phocians, and the dedication is from the Phocians, it would not be the so-called Sacred War, but the one they fought even earlier, before the Medes and the King crossed over into Greece.
τούτου δὲ οὐ πόρρω Ζεύς ἐστιν, ὅντινα ἀναθεῖναι Ψωφιδίους ἐπὶ πολέμου κατορθώματι τὸ ἔπος τὸ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ γεγραμμένον δηλοῖ.
Not far from this is a Zeus, which the Psophidians dedicated for success in war, as the verse written upon it declares.
§5.24.3τοῦ ναοῦ δέ ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ μεγάλου Ζεὺς πρὸς ἀνατολὰς ἡλίου, μέγεθος μὲν δυόδεκα ποδῶν, ἀνάθημα δὲ λέγουσιν εἶναι Λακεδαιμονίων, ἡνίκα ἀποστᾶσι Μεσσηνίοις δεύτερα τότε ἐς πόλεμον κατέστησαν· ἔπεστι δὲ καὶ ἐλεγεῖον ἐπʼ αὐτῷ,
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Δέξο ἄναξ Κρονίδα Ζεῦ Ὀλύμπιε καλὸν ἄγαλμα
ἱλάῳ θυμῷ τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις. "
To the right of the great temple is a Zeus facing the rising sun, twelve feet in height, said to be a dedication of the Lacedaemonians when they entered into war for the second time against the revolted Messenians; and there is also an elegy upon it: "Accept, O Lord, son of Cronus, Olympian Zeus, this beautiful statue with a gracious heart towards the Lacedaemonians.
§5.24.4Ῥωμαίων δὲ οὔτε ἄνδρα ἰδιώτην οὔτε ὁπόσοι τῆς βουλῆς οὐδένα Μομμίου πρότερον ἀνάθημα ἴσμεν ἐς ἱερὸν ἀναθέντα Ἑλληνικόν, Μόμμιος δὲ ἀπὸ λαφύρων ἀνέθηκε τῶν ἐξ Ἀχαΐας Δία ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν χαλκοῦν· οὗτος ἕστηκεν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίων ἀναθήματος, παρὰ τὸν πρῶτον ταύτῃ τοῦ ναοῦ κίονα.
"Of the Romans, we know of no one, whether a private person or of the senate, who dedicated an offering in a Greek sanctuary before Mummius, but Mummius dedicated from the spoils of Achaea a bronze Zeus at Olympia; this stands to the left of the Lacedaemonian dedication, beside the first pillar of the temple on this side.
ὃ δὲ ἐν τῇ Ἄλτει μέγιστον τῶν χαλκῶν ἐστιν ἀγαλμάτων τοῦ Διός, ἀνετέθη μὲν ὑπὸ αὐτῶν Ἠλείων ἀπὸ τοῦ πρὸς Ἀρκάδας πολέμου, μέγεθος δὲ ἑπτὰ καὶ εἴκοσι ποδῶν ἐστι.
The largest of the bronze statues of Zeus in the Altis was dedicated by the Eleans themselves after the war against the Arcadians, and its height is twenty-seven feet.
§5.24.5παρὰ δὲ τῷ Πελοπίῳ κίων τε οὐχ ὑψηλὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα Διός ἐστιν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ μικρόν, τὴν ἑτέραν τῶν χειρῶν προτεῖνον.
Beside the Pelopium is a pillar of no great height and on it a small statue of Zeus, stretching out one of his hands.
τούτου δὲ ἀπαντικρὺ ἄλλα ἐστὶν ἀναθήματα ἐπὶ στοίχου, ὡς δὲ αὔτως Διὸς καὶ Γανυμήδους ἀγάλματα· ἔστι δὲ Ὁμήρῳ πεποιημένα ὡς ἁρπασθείη τε ὑπὸ θεῶν Γανυμήδης οἰνοχοεῖν Διὶ καὶ ὡς Τρωὶ δῶρα ἵπποι δοθεῖεν ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.
Opposite this are other dedications in a row, and likewise statues of Zeus and Ganymede; and it has been composed by Homer how Ganymede was carried off by the gods to pour wine for Zeus, and how horses were given to Tros as a gift in exchange for him.
τοῦτο ἀνέθηκε μὲν Γνᾶθις Θεσσαλός, ἐποίησε δὲ Ἀριστοκλῆς μαθητής τε καὶ υἱὸς Κλεοίτα.
This was dedicated by Gnathis the Thessalian, and made by Aristocles, a pupil and son of Cleoitas.
§5.24.6ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλος Ζεὺς οὐκ ἔχων πω γένεια, κεῖται δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἀναθήμασι τοῖς Μικύθου.
There is also another Zeus, not yet having a beard, and it lies among the dedications of Micythus.
τὰ δὲ ἐς Μίκυθον, γένος τε ὁποῖον ἦν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀνθʼ ὅτου τὰ ἀναθήματα ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν τὰ πολλὰ ἀνέθηκεν, ὁ ἐφεξῆς μοι λόγος δηλώσει.
The facts concerning Micythus, what kind of birth he had, and for what reason he dedicated so many offerings at Olympia, my next account will show.
ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀγάλματος τοῦ εἰρημένου προελθόντι ὀλίγον κατʼ εὐθεῖαν ἄγαλμά ἐστι Διὸς οὐκ ἔχον γένεια οὐδὲ αὐτό, Ἐλαϊτῶν δὲ ἀνάθημα, οἳ καταβάντι ἐκ Καΐκου πεδίου ἐς θάλασσαν πρῶτοι ἐν τῇ Αἰολίδι οἰκοῦσι.
Proceeding a little in a straight line from the aforesaid statue, there is a statue of Zeus, itself also without a beard, a dedication of the Elaeans, who are the first to dwell in Aeolis as one goes down to the sea from the plain of Caicus.