§7.27.6λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὡς Κορινθίου συνεστῶτος πολέμου Πελληνεῦσιν ἀποκτείνειεν ὁ Πρόμαχος πλείστους τῶν ἀντιτεταγμένων.
It is also said that when the Corinthian war arose, Promachus killed very many of his opponents.
λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὡς Πουλυδάμαντος τοῦ Σκοτουσσαίου κρατήσειεν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ· τὸν δὲ Πουλυδάμαντα δεύτερα τότε ἐς τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀφῖχθαι τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν παρὰ βασιλέως τοῦ Περσῶν ἀνασωθέντα οἴκαδε.
And it is also said that he defeated Poulydamas of Scotoussa at Olympia; and that Poulydamas had come for the second time then to the Olympic games, having returned safely home from the King of the Persians.
Θεσσαλοὶ δὲ ἡσσηθῆναι Πουλυδάμαντα οὐχ ὁμολογοῦντες παρέχονται καὶ ἄλλα ἐς πίστιν καὶ ἐλεγεῖον ἐπὶ τῷ Πουλυδάμαντι· "
ὦ τροφὲ Πουλυδάμαντος ἀνικάτου Σκοτόεσσα. " §7.27.7Πελληνεῖς δʼ οὖν Πρόμαχον τὰ μάλιστα ἄγουσιν ἐν τιμῇ.
But the Thessalians, not admitting that Poulydamas was defeated, offer among other proofs an elegiac couplet on Poulydamas: "O Scotoussa, nurse of the undefeated Poulydamas." The Pellenians, then, hold Promachus in the highest honor.
Χαίρωνα δὲ δύο ἀνελόμενον πάλης νίκας Ἰσθμικὰς καὶ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ τέσσαρας οὐδὲ ἀρχὴν ἐθέλουσιν ὀνομάζειν, ὅτι κατέλυσε πολιτείαν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν τὴν ἐν Πελλήνῃ, δῶρον τὸ ἐπιφθονώτατον παρὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Φιλίππου λαβών, τύραννος πατρίδος τῆς αὑτοῦ καταστῆναι.
But Chaeron, who won two Isthmian victories in wrestling and four at Olympia, they do not wish even to name at all, because, as it seems to me, he destroyed the constitution in Pellene, having received from Alexander, son of Philip, that most enviable gift, to be established as tyrant of his own fatherland.
§7.27.8ἔστι δὲ καὶ Εἰλειθυίας Πελληνεῦσιν ἱερόν· τοῦτο ἐν μοίρᾳ τῆς πόλεως τῇ ἐλάσσονί ἐστιν ἱδρυμένον.
There is also a sanctuary of Eileithyia for the Pellenians; this is established in the smaller portion of the city.
τὸ δὲ ὀνομαζόμενον Ποσείδιον τὰ μὲν ἀρχαιότερα ἦν δῆμος, ἔρημον δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν.
The place called Poseidion was in older times a deme, but in our day it is deserted.
ἔστι μὲν δὴ τὸ Ποσείδιον τοῦτο ὑπὸ τὸ γυμνάσιον, διαμεμένηκε δὲ καὶ ἐς τόδε ἔτι αὐτῷ Ποσειδῶνος ἱερὸν νομίζεσθαι.
This Poseidion is below the gymnasium, and even to this day it has continued to be regarded as a sanctuary of Poseidon.
§7.27.9Πελλήνης δὲ ὅσον στάδια ἑξήκοντα ἀπέχει τὸ Μύσαιον, ἱερὸν Δήμητρος Μυσίας· ἱδρύσασθαι δὲ αὐτὸ Μύσιόν φασιν ἄνδρα Ἀργεῖον, ἐδέξατο δὲ οἴκῳ Δήμητρα καὶ ὁ Μύσιος λόγῳ τῷ Ἀργείων.
About sixty stades away from Pellene is the Mysaeum, a sanctuary of Demeter Mysia; they say that it was founded by Mysius, an Argive man, and according to the account of the Argives, Mysius also received Demeter in his home.
ἔστι δὲ ἄλσος ἐν τῷ Μυσαίῳ, δένδρα ὁμοίως τὰ πάντα, καὶ ὕδωρ ἄφθονον ἄνεισιν ἐκ πηγῶν.
There is a grove in the Mysaeum, containing all kinds of trees alike, and abundant water rises from springs.
ἄγουσι δὲ καὶ ἑορτὴν τῇ Δήμητρι ἐνταῦθα ἡμερῶν ἑπτά·
Here they also celebrate a festival of seven days for Demeter.
§7.27.10τρίτῃ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἑορτῆς ὑπεξίασιν οἱ ἄνδρες ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, καταλειπόμεναι δὲ αἱ γυναῖκες δρῶσιν ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ὁπόσα νόμος ἐστὶν αὐταῖς· ἀπελαύνονται δὲ οὐχ οἱ ἄνδρες μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν κυνῶν τὸ ἄρρεν.
On the third day of the festival, the men withdraw from the sanctuary, and the women left behind perform in the night whatever is customary for them; not only the men are excluded, but also the male of the dogs.
ἐς δὲ τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ἀφικομένων ἐς τὸ ἱερὸν τῶν ἀνδρῶν, αἱ γυναῖκές τε ἐς αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀνὰ μέρος ἐς τὰς γυναῖκας οἱ ἄνδρες γέλωτί τε ἐς ἀλλήλους χρῶνται καὶ σκώμμασιν.
On the following day, when the men have arrived at the sanctuary, the women toward them, and the men in turn toward the women, engage in laughter and jesting with one another.
§7.27.11ἀπωτέρω δὲ οὐ πολὺ ἀπὸ τοῦ Μυσαίου ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀσκληπιοῦ καλούμενον Κῦρος, καὶ ἰάματα ἀνθρώποις παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ γίνεται.
Not far from the Mysaeum is a sanctuary of Asclepius called Kyros, and healings for humans come from the god.
ὕδωρ δὲ καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἀνέδην ἐστί, καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ μεγίστῃ τῶν πηγῶν τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ τὸ ἄγαλμα ἵδρυται.
Water is abundant here as well, and the image of Asclepius is established over the largest of the springs.
ποταμοὶ δὲ ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν κατέρχονται τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν Πελλήνην, πρὸς μὲν Αἰγείρας καλούμενος Κριός· ἔχειν δὲ αὐτὸν τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ Τιτᾶνος Κριοῦ·
Rivers come down from the mountains above Pellene, the one toward Aegeira being called Krios; and they say it has its name from the Titan Krios.
§7.27.12Κριὸς δὲ καὶ ἄλλος ὠνόμασται ποταμός, ὃς ἀρχόμενος ἐκ Σιπύλου τοῦ ὄρους ἐς τὸν Ἕρμον κάτεισι.
And another river has been named Krios, which, beginning from Mount Sipylos, goes down into the Hermus.
καθότι δὲ Πελληνεῦσιν ὅροι τῆς χώρας πρὸς Σικυωνίους εἰσί, κατὰ τοῦτο ποταμός σφισι Σύθας, ἔσχατος ποταμῶν τῶν Ἀχαϊκῶν, ἐς τὴν Σικυωνίαν ἐκδίδωσι θάλασσαν.
But where the boundary of the land is for the Pellenians toward the Sicyonians, there a river Sythas, the last of the Achaean rivers, flows out into the Sicyonian sea.