§8.9.1ἔστι δὲ Μαντινεῦσι ναὸς διπλοῦς μάλιστά που κατὰ μέσον τοίχῳ διειργόμενος· τοῦ ναοῦ δὲ τῇ μὲν ἄγαλμά ἐστιν Ἀσκληπιοῦ, τέχνη Ἀλκαμένους, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον Λητοῦς ἐστιν ἱερὸν καὶ τῶν παίδων· Πραξιτέλης δὲ τὰ ἀγάλματα εἰργάσατο τρίτῃ μετὰ Ἀλκαμένην ὕστερον γενεᾷ.
And the Mantineans have a double temple, divided almost in the middle by a wall; in one part of the temple there is an image of Asclepius, the work of Alcamenes, and the other part is a sanctuary of Leto and her children; and Praxiteles made the images in the third generation after Alcamenes.
τούτων πεποιημένα ἐστὶν ἐπὶ τῷ βάθρῳ Μοῦσαι καὶ Μαρσύας αὐλῶν.
On the pedestal of these are represented the Muses and Marsyas playing the flute.
ἐνταῦθα ἀνὴρ ἐπείργασται στήλῃ Πολύβιος ὁ Λυκόρτα· §8.9.2καὶ τοῦ μὲν ἐπιμνησθησόμεθα καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔπειτα, Μαντινεῦσι δέ ἐστι καὶ ἄλλα ἱερά, τὸ μὲν Σωτῆρος Διός, τὸ δὲ Ἐπιδώτου καλουμένου· ἐπιδιδόναι γὰρ δὴ ἀγαθὰ αὐτὸν ἀνθρώποις.
There, on a stele, Polybius the son of Lycortas is represented in relief; and of him we shall make mention also in what follows, and the Mantineans have also other sanctuaries, one of Zeus the Savior, and another of him who is called Epidotes; for they say he gives good things to men.
ἔστι δὲ καὶ Διοσκούρων καὶ ἑτέρωθι Δήμητρος καὶ Κόρης ἱερόν· πῦρ δὲ ἐνταῦθα καίουσι, ποιούμενοι φροντίδα μὴ λάθῃ σφίσιν ἀποσβεσθέν.
And there is also a sanctuary of the Dioscuri, and in another place one of Demeter and Core; and there they keep a fire burning, taking care lest it should go out without their noticing.
καὶ Ἥρας πρὸς τῷ θεάτρῳ ναὸν ἐθεασάμην· §8.9.3Πραξιτέλης δὲ τὰ ἀγάλματα αὐτήν τε καθημένην ἐν θρόνῳ καὶ παρεστώσας ἐποίησεν Ἀθηνᾶν καὶ Ἥβην παῖδα Ἥρας.
I also saw a temple of Hera near the theater; and Praxiteles made the images of her seated on a throne, and of Athena and Hebe, the daughter of Hera, standing beside her.
πρὸς δὲ τῆς Ἥρας τῷ βωμῷ καὶ Ἀρκάδος τάφος τοῦ Καλλιστοῦς ἐστι· τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ τοῦ Ἀρκάδος ἐπηγάγοντο ἐκ Μαινάλου, χρησμοῦ σφισιν ἐλθόντος ἐκ Δελφῶν· §8.9.4"
ἔστι δὲ Μαιναλίη δυσχείμερος, ἔνθα τε κεῖται
Ἀρκάς, ἀφʼ οὗ δὴ πάντες ἐπίκλησιν καλέονται,
οὗ τρίοδος καὶ τετράοδος καὶ πεντακέλευθος.
And near the altar of Hera is also the tomb of Arcas, the son of Callisto; and they brought the bones of Arcas from Maenalus, an oracle having come to them from Delphi: "There is a Maenalia cold with storms, where lies Arcas, from whom indeed all call themselves by name, where there is a three-way, a four-way, and a five-way road.
ἔνθα σʼ ἐγὼ κέλομαι στείχειν καὶ ἐύφρονι θυμῷ
Ἀρκάδʼ ἀειραμένους κατάγειν εἰς ἄστυ ἐραννόν· ἔνθα τε δὴ τέμενός τε θυηλάς τʼ Ἀρκάδι τεύχειν.
There I bid you go, and with glad heart raising Arcas, bring him down to your lovely city; there indeed make a sacred precinct and sacrifices for Arcas.
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τὸ δὲ χωρίον τοῦτο, ἔνθα ὁ τάφος ἐστὶ τοῦ Ἀρκάδος, καλοῦσιν Ἡλίου βωμούς.
"And this place, where the tomb of Arcas is, they call the Altars of the Sun.
§8.9.5τοῦ θεάτρου δὲ οὐ πόρρω μνήματα προήκοντά ἐστιν ἐς δόξαν, τὸ μὲν Ἑστία καλουμένη κοινή, περιφερὲς σχῆμα ἔχουσα· Ἀντινόην δὲ αὐτόθι ἐλέγετο κεῖσθαι τὴν Κηφέως·
And not far from the theater are monuments outstanding in fame, one called the Common Hearth, which has a circular shape; and they said Antinoe, the daughter of Cepheus, lay buried there.
τῷ δὲ στήλη τε ἐφέστηκε καὶ ἀνὴρ ἱππεὺς ἐπειργασμένος ἐστὶν ἐπὶ τῇ στήλῃ, Γρύλος ὁ Ξενοφῶντος.
Over the other stands a stele, and a horseman is represented on the stele, Grylus the son of Xenophon.
§8.9.6τοῦ θεάτρου δὲ ὄπισθεν ναοῦ τε Ἀφροδίτης ἐπίκλησιν Συμμαχίας ἐρείπια καὶ ἄγαλμα ἐλείπετο· τὸ δὲ ἐπίγραμμα τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ βάθρῳ τὴν ἀναθεῖσαν τὸ ἄγαλμα ἐδήλου θυγατέρα εἶναι Πασέου Νικίππην.
And behind the theater there remained the ruins of a temple of Aphrodite, surnamed Alliance, and an image; and the inscription on the pedestal showed that she who dedicated the image was Nicippe, the daughter of Paseas.
τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν κατεσκευάσαντο τοῦτο οἱ Μαντινεῖς ὑπόμνημα ἐς τοὺς ἔπειτα τῆς ὁμοῦ Ῥωμαίοις ἐπʼ Ἀκτίῳ ναυμαχίας.
And the Mantineans built this sanctuary as a memorial for posterity of the naval battle they fought together with the Romans at Actium.
σέβουσι δὲ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶν Ἀλέαν, καὶ ἱερόν τε καὶ ἄγαλμα Ἀθηνᾶς ἐστιν Ἀλέας αὐτοῖς.
They also worship Athena Alea, and they have both a sanctuary and an image of Athena Alea.
§8.9.7ἐνομίσθη δὲ καὶ Ἀντίνους σφίσιν εἶναι θεός· τῶν δὲ ἐν Μαντινείᾳ νεώτατός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ Ἀντίνου ναός.
And Antinous also came to be regarded by them as a god; and of the temples in Mantinea, the temple of Antinous is the newest.
οὗτος ἐσπουδάσθη περισσῶς δή τι ὑπὸ βασιλέως Ἀδριανοῦ· ἐγὼ δὲ μετʼ ἀνθρώπων μὲν ἔτι αὐτὸν ὄντα οὐκ εἶδον, ἐν δὲ ἀγάλμασιν εἶδον καὶ ἐν γραφαῖς.
This was built with exceptional zeal by the Emperor Hadrian; and though I did not see him while he was still among men, I saw him in images and in paintings.
ἔχει μὲν δὴ γέρα καὶ ἑτέρωθι, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ Νείλῳ πόλις Αἰγυπτίων ἐστὶν ἐπώνυμος Ἀντίνου· τιμὰς δὲ ἐν Μαντινείᾳ κατὰ τοιόνδε ἔσχηκε.
He indeed has honors elsewhere also, and on the Nile there is an Egyptian city named after Antinous; and he obtained honors in Mantinea for the following reason.
γένος ἦν ὁ Ἀντίνους ἐκ Βιθυνίου τῆς ὑπὲρ Σαγγαρίου ποταμοῦ· οἱ δὲ Βιθυνιεῖς Ἀρκάδες τέ εἰσι καὶ Μαντινεῖς τὰ ἄνωθεν.
Antinous was by birth from Bithynium, which is beyond the river Sangarius; and the Bithynians are Arcadians and Mantineans by descent.
§8.9.8τούτων ἕνεκα ὁ βασιλεὺς κατεστήσατο αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν Μαντινείᾳ τιμάς, καὶ τελετή τε κατὰ ἔτος ἕκαστον καὶ ἀγών ἐστιν αὐτῷ διὰ ἔτους πέμπτου.
For these reasons the Emperor established honors for him in Mantinea also, and there is both an annual festival and games for him every four years.
οἶκος δέ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ Μαντινεῦσιν ἀγάλματα ἔχων Ἀντίνου καὶ ἐς τἄλλα θέας ἄξιος λίθων ἕνεκα οἷς κεκόσμηται καὶ ἀπιδόντι ἐς τὰς γραφάς· αἱ δὲ Ἀντίνου εἰσὶν αἱ πολλαί, Διονύσῳ μάλιστα εἰκασμέναι.
And the Mantineans have a hall in the gymnasium containing images of Antinous, and in other respects it is worth seeing both for the stones with which it is adorned and for one who looks at the paintings; and most of the paintings represent Antinous, being made to resemble Dionysus in particular.
καὶ δὴ καὶ τῆς ἐν Κεραμεικῷ γραφῆς, ἣ τὸ ἔργον εἶχε τὸ Ἀθηναίων ἐν Μαντινείᾳ, καὶ ταύτης αὐτόθι ἐστὶ μίμημα.
Moreover, there is also there a copy of the painting in the Cerameicus, which represented the action of the Athenians at Mantinea.
§8.9.9Μαντινεῦσι δὲ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ γυναικός τε εἰκὼν χαλκῆ— Μαντινεῖς καλοῦσι Διομένειαν Ἀρκάδος —καὶ ἡρῷόν ἐστι Ποδάρου· φασὶ δὲ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ πρὸς Ἐπαμινώνδαν καὶ Θηβαίους μάχῃ.
And the Mantineans have in their marketplace a bronze statue of a woman—whom the Mantineans call Diomeneia, daughter of Arcas—and a hero-shrine of Podares; and they say that he died in the battle against Epaminondas and the Thebans.
γενεαῖς δὲ τρισὶν ἐμοῦ πρότερον μετέθεσαν τοῦ τάφου τὸ ἐπίγραμμα ἐς ἄνδρα ἀπόγονον μὲν ἐκείνου Ποδάρου καὶ ὁμώνυμον, γεγονότα δὲ καθʼ ἡλικίαν ὡς πολιτείας ἤδη Ῥωμαίων μετειληφέναι.
And three generations before my time they transferred the inscription of the tomb to a man who was a descendant of that Podares and bore the same name, but lived at a time when he had already shared in the Roman citizenship.
§8.9.10Ποδάρην δὲ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ τὸν ἀρχαῖον ἐτίμων οἱ Μαντινεῖς, λέγοντες ὡς ἄριστος μὲν καὶ αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν συμμάχων γένοιτο ἐν τῇ μάχῃ Γρύλος ὁ Ξενοφῶντος, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ Γρύλῳ Κηφισόδωρος Μαραθώνιος, οὗτος δὲ τηνικαῦτα Ἀθηναίοις ἐτύγχανεν ἱππαρχῶν· τρίτα δὲ ἀνδραγαθίας Ποδάρῃ νέμουσιν.
But the ancient Podares was still honored by the Mantineans in my time, as they said that Xenophon's son Grylus proved the bravest both of themselves and of their allies in the battle, and next after Grylus was Cephisodorus of Marathon, who happened at that time to be cavalry commander for the Athenians, while they award the third place for bravery to Podares.