§9.17.1πλησίον δὲ Ἀρτέμιδος ναός ἐστιν Εὐκλείας· Σκόπα δὲ τὸ ἄγαλμα ἔργον.
Near is a temple of Artemis of Fair Fame, the image being the work of Scopas.
ταφῆναι δὲ ἐντὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ θυγατέρας Ἀντιποίνου λέγουσιν Ἀνδρόκλειάν τε καὶ Ἀλκίδα.
Within the sanctuary they say that Androcleia and Alcis, the daughters of Antipoinus, are buried.
μελλούσης γὰρ πρὸς Ὀρχομενίους γίνεσθαι μάχης Θηβαίοις καὶ Ἡρακλεῖ, λόγιόν σφισιν ἦλθεν ἔσεσθαι τοῦ πολέμου κράτος ἀποθανεῖν αὐτοχειρίᾳ θελήσαντος, ὃς ἂν τῶν ἀστῶν ἐπιφανέστατος κατὰ γένους ἀξίωμα ᾖ.
For when a battle was about to take place for the Thebans and Heracles against the Orchomenians, an oracle came to them that victory in the war would be theirs if whoever of the citizens was most illustrious by dignity of birth should be willing to die by his own hand.
Ἀντιποίνῳ μὲν οὖν—τούτῳ γὰρ τὰ ἐς τοὺς προγόνους μάλιστα ὑπῆρχεν ἔνδοξα—οὐχ ἡδὺ ἦν ἀποθνήσκειν πρὸ τοῦ δήμου, ταῖς δὲ Ἀντιποίνου θυγατράσιν ἤρεσκε· διεργασάμεναι δὲ αὑτὰς τιμὰς ἀντὶ τούτων ἔχουσι.
Now to Antipoinus—for to him belonged the most glorious ancestry—it was not pleasing to die for the people, but to the daughters of Antipoinus it was pleasing; and having made away with themselves, they hold honors in return for these things.
§9.17.2τοῦ ναοῦ δὲ τῆς Εὐκλείας Ἀρτέμιδος λέων ἐστὶν ἔμπροσθε λίθου πεποιημένος· ἀναθεῖναι δὲ ἐλέγετο Ἡρακλῆς Ὀρχομενίους καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῶν Ἐργῖνον τὸν Κλυμένου νικήσας τῇ μάχῃ.
In front of the temple of Artemis of Fair Fame is a lion made of stone; it was said that Heracles dedicated it after defeating in battle the Orchomenians and their king Erginus, the son of Clymenus.
πλησίον δὲ Ἀπόλλων τέ ἐστιν ἐπίκλησιν Βοηδρόμιος καὶ Ἀγοραῖος Ἑρμῆς καλούμενος, Πινδάρου καὶ τοῦτο ἀνάθημα.
Nearby is an Apollo surnamed Boëdromius, and a Hermes called Agoraeus; this too is a dedication of Pindar.
ἀπέχει δὲ ἡ πυρὰ τῶν Ἀμφίονος παίδων ἥμισυ σταδίου μάλιστα ἀπὸ τῶν τάφων· μένει δὲ ἡ τέφρα καὶ ἐς τόδε ἔτι ἀπὸ τῆς πυρᾶς.
The pyre of the children of Amphion is distant about half a stade from their tombs; and the ashes from the pyre still remain even to this day.
§9.17.3πλησίον δὲ Ἀμφιτρύωνος ἀνάθημα δύο ἀγάλματα λίθινα λέγουσιν Ἀθηνᾶς ἐπίκλησιν Ζωστηρίας· λαβεῖν γὰρ τὰ ὅπλα αὐτὸν ἐνταῦθα, ἡνίκα Εὐβοεῦσι καὶ Χαλκώδοντι ἔμελλεν ἀντιτάξεσθαι.
Nearby they say are two stone images of Athena surnamed Zosteria, a dedication of Amphitryon; for they say he took up his arms here when he was about to array himself against the Euboeans and Chalcodon.
τὸ δὲ ἐνδῦναι τὰ ὅπλα ἐκάλουν ἄρα οἱ παλαιοὶ ζώσασθαι· καὶ δὴ Ὅμηρον, Ἄρει τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα ποιήσαντα ἐοικέναι τὴν ζώνην, τῶν ὅπλων τὴν σκευήν φασιν εἰκάζειν.
Now, the ancients indeed called putting on arms "girding oneself"; and they say that Homer, when he made Agamemnon like Ares in his belt, was comparing him in the equipment of his arms.
§9.17.4Ζήθῳ δὲ μνῆμα καὶ Ἀμφίονι ἐν κοινῷ γῆς χῶμά ἐστιν οὐ μέγα.
For Zethus and Amphion there is a common monument, a mound of earth of no great size.
ὑφαιρεῖσθαι δὲ ἐθέλουσιν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τῆς γῆς οἱ Τιθορέαν ἐν τῇ Φωκίδι ἔχοντες, ἐθέλουσι δέ, ἐπειδὰν τὸν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ταῦρον ὁ ἥλιος διεξίῃ· τηνικαῦτα γὰρ ἢν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ λαβόντες γῆν τῷ Ἀντιόπης μνήματι περιάψωσι, Τιθορεεῦσιν οἴσει καρπὸν ἡ χώρα, Θηβαίοις δὲ οὐχ ὁμοίως.
Those who hold Tithorea in Phocis wish to steal earth away from it, and they wish to do so when the sun is passing through the Bull in heaven; for at that time, if they take earth from it and attach it to the monument of Antiope, their land will bring fruit to the Tithoreans, but to the Thebans not in like manner.
καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ φρουρὰν οἱ Θηβαῖοι τότε ἔχουσι τοῦ μνήματος.
And for this reason the Thebans at that time keep a guard over the monument.
§9.17.5ταῦτα δὲ αἱ πόλεις αὗται πεπιστεύκασιν ἐκ χρησμῶν τῶν Βάκιδος, ἔστι γὰρ καὶ τάδε ἐν τοῖς χρησμοῖς· "
ἀλλʼ ὁπόταν Τιθορεὺς Ἀμφίονί τε Ζήθῳ τε
χύτλα καὶ εὐχωλὰς μειλίγματʼ ἐνὶ χθονὶ χεύῃ
θελγομένου ταύροιο κλυτοῦ μένει ἠελίοιο,
καὶ τότε δὴ πεφύλαξο πόλει κακὸν οὐκ ἀλαπαδνόν
ἐρχόμενον· καρποὶ γὰρ ἀποφθινύθουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ
γαίης δασσαμένων, Φώκου δʼ ἐπὶ σῆμα φερόντων.
These cities have believed these things from the oracles of Bacis, for these verses also are among the oracles: "But when a man of Tithorea to Amphion and Zethus pours libations and offers prayers as placations upon the earth, when the Bull is softened by the power of the glorious sun, then indeed take guard against a disaster not easy to escape coming upon the city; for fruits wither away in it, when they share the earth and carry it to the tomb of Phocus.
" §9.17.6Φώκου δὲ μνῆμα ὁ Βάκις εἴρηκεν ἐπὶ αἰτίᾳ τοιᾷδε.
"Bacis has mentioned the tomb of Phocus for the following reason.
ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ Λύκου Διόνυσον θεῶν μάλιστα ἦγεν ἐν τιμῇ· παθούσης δὲ αὐτῆς τὰ λεγόμενα Διόνυσος νεμεσᾷ τῇ Ἀντιόπῃ.
The wife of Lycus held Dionysus in honor most of the gods; and when she suffered what is told of her, Dionysus was wroth with Antiope.
ἐπίφθονοι δὲ ἀεί πως παρὰ θεῶν αἱ ὑπερβολαὶ τῶν τιμωριῶν εἰσι· λέγουσιν Ἀντιόπην μανῆναι καὶ ἐκστᾶσαν τῶν φρενῶν κατὰ πᾶσαν πλανᾶσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα, Φῶκον δὲ τὸν Ὀρνυτίωνος τοῦ Σισύφου περιτυχεῖν αὐτῇ καὶ ἔχειν γυναῖκα ἰασάμενον· καὶ δὴ ὁ τάφος ἐν κοινῷ τῇ Ἀντιόπῃ καὶ Φώκῳ πεποίηται.
For excessive punishments from the gods are always somehow causes of resentment; they say that Antiope went mad and, being out of her mind, wandered through all of Greece, and that Phocus, the son of Ornytion the son of Sisyphus, met her and, having cured her, took her to wife; and indeed the tomb is made in common for Antiope and Phocus.
§9.17.7τοὺς δὲ παρὰ τὸ Ἀμφίονος μνῆμα λίθους, οἳ κάτωθεν ὑποβέβληνται μηδὲ ἄλλως εἰργασμένοι πρὸς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον, ἐκείνας εἶναί φασι τὰς πέτρας αἳ τῇ ᾠδῇ τοῦ Ἀμφίονος ἠκολούθησαν· τοιαῦτα δὲ ἕτερα λέγεται καὶ περὶ Ὀρφέως, ὡς κιθαρῳδοῦντι ἕποιτο αὐτῷ τὰ θηρία.
The stones beside the monument of Amphion, which are laid underneath at the foundation, and are not otherwise worked with great accuracy, they say are those very rocks which followed the song of Amphion; and other similar things are also said concerning Orpheus, how the wild beasts followed him as he sang to the cithara.