§5.27.1τούτων δὲ ἀντικρὺ τῶν κατειλεγμένων ἔστιν ἄλλα ἀναθήματα ἐπὶ στοίχου, τετραμμένα μὲν πρὸς μεσημβρίαν, τοῦ τεμένους δὲ ἐγγύτατα ὃ τῷ Πέλοπι ἀνεῖται.
Opposite these things which have been enumerated, there are other dedications in a row, facing south, and very close to the precinct which is dedicated to Pelops.
ἐν δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ τὰ ἀνατεθέντα ἐστὶν ὑπὸ τοῦ Μαιναλίου Φόρμιδος, ὃς ἐκ Μαινάλου διαβὰς ἐς Σικελίαν παρὰ Γέλωνα τὸν Δεινομένους καὶ ἐκείνῳ τε αὐτῷ καὶ Ἱέρωνι ὕστερον ἀδελφῷ τοῦ Γέλωνος ἐς τὰς στρατείας ἀποδεικνύμενος λαμπρὰ ἔργα ἐς τοσοῦτο προῆλθεν εὐδαιμονίας, ὡς ἀναθεῖναι μὲν ταῦτα ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν, ἀναθεῖναι δὲ καὶ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἄλλα ἐς Δελφούς.
Among them are those dedicated by Phormis the Maenalian, who crossed over from Maenalus to Sicily to Gelon the son of Deinomenes, and by displaying brilliant deeds in the campaigns both of Gelon himself and later of his brother Hieron, advanced to such a degree of prosperity as to dedicate these at Olympia, and to dedicate also other things to Apollo at Delphi.
§5.27.2τὰ δὲ ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν δύο τέ εἰσιν ἵπποι καὶ ἡνίοχοι δύο, ἑκατέρῳ τῶν ἵππων παρεστὼς ἀνὴρ ἡνίοχος· ὁ μὲν δὴ πρότερος τῶν ἵππων καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ Διονυσίου τοῦ Ἀργείου, τὰ δεύτερα δὲ ἔργα ἐστὶν Αἰγινήτου Σίμωνος.
The dedications at Olympia are two horses and two charioteers, a man acting as charioteer standing by each of the horses; the first of the horses and the man are by Dionysius the Argive, while the second works are by Simon the Aeginetan.
τῷ προτέρῳ δὲ τῶν ἵππων ἐπίγραμμα ἔπεστιν ἐπὶ τῇ πλευρᾷ, τὰ πρῶτα οὐ σὺν μέτρῳ· λέγει γὰρ δὴ οὕτω· "
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Ἀρκὰς Μαινάλιος, νῦν δὲ Συρακόσιος. " §5.27.3οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἵππος ὅτῳ καὶ τὸ ἱππομανὲς λόγῳ τῷ Ἠλείων ἔγκειται· δῆλα δὲ καὶ ἄλλως ἐστὶν ἀνδρὸς μάγου σοφίᾳ γενέσθαι τὰ συμβαίνοντα τῷ ἵππῳ.
On the first of the horses there is an inscription on its flank, the first part of which is not in meter; for it says as follows: "Phormis dedicated this, an Arcadian of Maenalus, but now a Syracusan." This is the horse in which, according to the story of the Eleans, the hippomanes resides; and it is clear also in other ways that what happens to the horse is due to the skill of a magician.
μέγεθος μὲν ἢ εἶδος ἵππων ἀποδεῖ πολλῷ, ὅσοι τῆς Ἄλτεως ἐντὸς ἑστήκασι, πρὸς δὲ ἀποκέκοπταί τε τὴν οὐρὰν καὶ ἔστιν ἐπὶ τῷ τοιῷδε ἔτι αἰσχίων· οἱ δὲ ἵπποι οἱ ἄρσενες οὔτι που τοῦ ἦρος μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὀργῶσιν ἡμέραν.
In size or beauty it falls far short of all the horses that stand inside the Altis, and besides, its tail has been cut off, which makes it even ugluer on that account; yet the male horses are lustful toward it, not only during the spring but indeed every day.
§5.27.4καὶ γὰρ ἐσθέουσιν ἐς τὴν Ἄλτιν ἀπορρηγνύοντες τὰ δεσμὰ ἢ καὶ ἐκφεύγοντες τοὺς ἄγοντας καὶ ἐπιπηδῶσιν αὐτῷ πολλῷ δή τι ἐμμανέστερον ἢ ἐπὶ τὴν καλλίστην ἵππον ζῶσάν τε καὶ ἠθάδα ἀναβαίνεσθαι· ἀπολισθάνουσί τε δὴ αὐτοῖς αἱ ὁπλαὶ καὶ ὅμως οὐκ ἀπαγορεύουσι χρεμετίζοντές τε μᾶλλον καὶ ἐπιπηδῶντες μετὰ βιαιοτέρας τῆς ὁρμῆς, πρὶν ἂν ὑπὸ μαστίγων καὶ ἀνάγκης ἰσχυρᾶς ἀφελκυσθῶσι· πρότερον δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπαλλαγή σφισιν οὐδεμία ἀπὸ τοῦ χαλκοῦ.
For they rush into the Altis, breaking their tethers or escaping from those who lead them, and leap upon it far more madly than upon the most beautiful living mare accustomed to being mounted; and though their hooves slip off, they nevertheless do not give up, neighing louder and leaping with a more violent impulse, until they are dragged away by whips and strong force; and before this, they have no escape from the bronze.
§5.27.5καὶ ἄλλο ἐν Λυδίᾳ θεασάμενος οἶδα διάφορον μὲν θαῦμα ἢ κατὰ τὸν ἵππον τὸν Φόρμιδος, μάγων μέντοι σοφίας οὐδὲ αὐτὸ ἀπηλλαγμένον.
And I know of another different wonder which I witnessed in Lydia, different indeed from that concerning the horse of Phormis, but yet itself not free from the skill of magicians.
ἔστι γὰρ Λυδοῖς ἐπίκλησιν Περσικοῖς ἱερὰ ἔν τε Ἱεροκαισαρείᾳ καλουμένῃ πόλει καὶ ἐν Ὑπαίποις, ἐν ἑκατέρῳ δὲ τῶν ἱερῶν οἴκημά τε καὶ ἐν τῷ οἰκήματί ἐστιν ἐπὶ βωμοῦ τέφρα· χρόα δὲ οὐ κατὰ τέφραν ἐστὶν αὐτῇ τὴν ἄλλην.
For the Lydians have sanctuaries called Persian, in the city called Hierocaesarea and in Hypaepa, and in each of the sanctuaries there is a chamber, and in the chamber there is ashes on an altar; and its color is not like other ashes.
§5.27.6ἐσελθὼν δὲ ἐς τὸ οἴκημα ἀνὴρ μάγος καὶ ξύλα ἐπιφορήσας αὖα ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν πρῶτα μὲν τιάραν ἐπέθετο ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ, δεύτερα δὲ ἐπίκλησιν ὅτου δὴ θεῶν ἐπᾴδει βάρβαρα καὶ οὐδαμῶς συνετὰ Ἕλλησιν· ἐπᾴδει δὲ ἐπιλεγόμενος ἐκ βιβλίου· ἄνευ τε δὴ πυρὸς ἀνάγκη πᾶσα ἁφθῆναι τὰ ξύλα καὶ περιφανῆ φλόγα ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐκλάμψαι.
A magician enters into the chamber, and having piled dry wood upon the altar, first places a tiara upon his head, and secondly chants an invocation to some god in a barbarian tongue and in no way intelligible to Greeks; and he chants while reading from a book; and without fire, it is an absolute necessity for the wood to catch fire and a bright flame to blaze forth from it.