§7.26.1ἐς δὲ τὸ ἐπίνειον τὸ Αἰγειρατῶν—ὄνομα τὸ αὐτὸ ἥ τε πόλις καὶ τὸ ἐπίνειον ἔχει—, ἐς οὖν τὸ ἐπίνειον Αἰγειρατῶν δύο καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα ἀπὸ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν Βουραϊκήν εἰσιν Ἡρακλέους στάδιοι.
To the harbor-town of the Aegeirates—the city and the harbor-town have the same name—to the harbor-town of the Aegeirates, then, it is seventy-two stades from the Heracles along the road to Bura.
ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ μὲν δὴ Αἰγειράταις οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐς μνήμην, ὁδὸς δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἐπινείου δύο σταδίων καὶ δέκα ἐς τὴν ἄνω πόλιν.
By the sea, indeed, there is nothing worthy of mention for the Aegeirates, but there is a road of twelve stades from the harbor-town to the upper city.
§7.26.2Ὁμήρου δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσιν Ὑπερησία ὠνόμασται· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τὸ νῦν ἐγένετο Ἰώνων ἐποικούντων, ἐγένετο δὲ ἐπʼ αἰτίᾳ τοιᾷδε.
In the verses of Homer it is named Hyperesia; but the present name arose when the Ionians settled there, and it arose for the following reason.
Σικυωνίων ἀφίξεσθαι στρατὸς ἔμελλεν αὐτοῖς πολέμιος ἐς τὴν γῆν· οἱ δὲ —οὐ γὰρ ἐδόκουν ἀξιόμαχοι τοῖς Σικυωνίοις εἶναι— ἀθροίζουσιν αἶγας, ὁπόσαι σφίσιν ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ, συλλέξαντες δὲ ἔδησαν πρὸς τοῖς κέρασιν αὐτῶν δᾷδας, καὶ ὡς πρόσω νυκτὸς ἦν, ἐξάπτουσι τὰς δᾷδας.
A hostile army of Sicyonians was about to invade their land; and they—for they did not think themselves a match in battle for the Sicyonians—gathered all the goats they had in the country, and having collected them, they tied torches to their horns, and when the night was far advanced, they set fire to the torches.
§7.26.3Σικυώνιοι δὲ—ἰέναι γὰρ συμμάχους τοῖς Ὑπερησιεῦσιν ἤλπιζον καὶ εἶναι τὴν φλόγα ἐκ τοῦ ἐπικουρικοῦ πυρός—οἱ μὲν οἴκαδε ἐπανήρχοντο, Ὑπερησιεῖς δὲ τῇ τε πόλει τὸ ὄνομα τὸ νῦν μετέθεντο ἀπὸ τῶν αἰγῶν, καὶ καθότι αὐτῶν ἡ καλλίστη καὶ ἡγουμένη τῶν ἄλλων ὤκλασεν, Ἀρτέμιδος Ἀγροτέρας ἐποιήσαντο ἱερόν, τὸ σόφισμα ἐς τοὺς Σικυωνίους οὐκ ἄνευ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδός σφισιν ἐπελθεῖν νομίζοντες.
The Sicyonians—for they expected that allies were coming to the Hyperesians and that the flame was from the auxiliary fire—returned home; and the Hyperesians changed the name of their city to the present one from the goats (aiges), and at the spot where the most beautiful of them, which led the others, crouched down, they built a sanctuary of Artemis Agrotera, believing that the stratagem against the Sicyonians had not occurred to them without the aid of Artemis.
§7.26.4οὐ μὴν καὶ αὐτίκα γε ἐξενίκησεν Αἴγειραν ἀντὶ Ὑπερησίας καλεῖσθαι, ἐπεὶ κατʼ ἐμὲ ἦσαν ἔτι οἳ Ὠρεὸν τὴν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἑστίαιαν ἐκάλουν τῷ ἀρχαίῳ.
However, the custom of calling it Aegeira instead of Hyperesia did not prevail immediately, since even in my time there were still some who called Oreus in Euboea by its ancient name of Hestiaea.
παρείχετο δὲ ἡ Αἴγειρα ἐς συγγραφὴν ἱερὸν Διὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα καθήμενον λίθου τοῦ Πεντελησίου, Ἀθηναίου δὲ ἔργον Εὐκλείδου.
Aegeira offered for description a sanctuary of Zeus and a seated image of Pentelic marble, the work of the Athenian Euclides.
ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ἕστηκε· πρόσωπόν τε καὶ ἄκραι χεῖρες ἐλέφαντος καὶ οἱ πόδες, τὸ δὲ ἄλλο ξόανον χρυσῷ τε ἐπιπολῆς διηνθισμένον ἐστὶ καὶ φαρμάκοις.
In this sanctuary there also stands an image of Athena; the face, the extremities of the hands, and the feet are of ivory, while the rest of the wooden image is adorned on the surface with gold and colors.
§7.26.5Ἀρτέμιδός τε ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα τέχνης τῆς ἐφʼ ἡμῶν· ἱερᾶται δὲ παρθένος, ἔστʼ ἂν ἐς ὥραν ἀφίκηται γάμου.
There is also a temple of Artemis and an image of the workmanship of our own day; a virgin serves as priestess until she reaches the age for marriage.
ἕστηκε δὲ καὶ ἄγαλμα ἐνταῦθα ἀρχαῖον, Ἰφιγένεια ἡ Ἀγαμέμνονος, ὡς οἱ Αἰγειρᾶταί φασιν· εἰ δὲ ἀληθῆ λέγουσιν οὗτοι, δῆλός ἐστιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς Ἰφιγενείᾳ ποιηθεὶς ὁ ναός.
An ancient image also stands here, Iphigenia the daughter of Agamemnon, as the Aegeirates say; and if they speak the truth, it is clear that the temple was originally made for Iphigenia.
§7.26.6ἔστι καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος ἱερὸν ἐς τὰ μάλιστα ἀρχαῖον τό τε ἱερὸν αὐτὸ καὶ ὁπόσα ἐν τοῖς ἀετοῖς, ἀρχαῖον δὲ καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ ξόανον, γυμνός, μεγέθει μέγας· τὸν ποιήσαντα δὲ εἶχεν οὐδεὶς τῶν ἐπιχωρίων εἰπεῖν· ὅστις δὲ ἤδη τὸν Ἡρακλέα τὸν ἐν Σικυῶνι ἐθεάσατο, τεκμαίροιτο ἂν καὶ ἐν Αἰγείρᾳ τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ἔργον εἶναι τοῦ αὐτοῦ Φλιασίου Λαφάους.
There is also a sanctuary of Apollo which is ancient in the highest degree, both the sanctuary itself and all that is on the pediments, and the wooden image of the god is also ancient, naked and of great size; none of the locals could say who made it; but anyone who has already seen the Heracles in Sicyon would infer that the Apollo in Aegeira is also the work of the same Laphaes, a Phliasian.
§7.26.7Ἀσκληπιοῦ δὲ ἀγάλματα ὀρθά ἐστιν ἐν ναῷ καὶ Σαράπιδος ἑτέρωθι καὶ Ἴσιδος, λίθου καὶ ταῦτα Πεντελησίου.
There are standing images of Asclepius in a temple, and elsewhere of Sarapis and Isis, these too being of Pentelic marble.
τὴν δὲ Οὐρανίαν σέβουσι μὲν τὰ μάλιστα, ἐσελθεῖν δὲ ἐς τὸ ἱερὸν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνθρώποις.
They worship Urania in the highest degree, but it is not permitted for humans to enter her sanctuary.
θεοῦ δὲ ἣν Συρίαν ἐπονομάζουσιν, ἐς ταύτης τὸ ἱερὸν ἐσίασιν ἐν ἡμέραις ῥηταῖς, ἄλλα τε ὅσα νομίζουσι προκαθαριεύσαντες καὶ ἐς τὴν δίαιταν.
And into the sanctuary of the goddess whom they surname Syrian, they enter on appointed days, having purified themselves beforehand in other customary matters and especially in their diet.