§9.31.1καὶ Ἀρσινόης ἐστὶν ἐν Ἑλικῶνι εἰκών, ἣν Πτολεμαῖος ἔγημεν ἀδελφὸς ὤν.
And there is a statue of Arsinoe in Helicon, whom Ptolemy married, being her brother.
τὴν δὲ Ἀρσινόην στρουθὸς φέρει χαλκῆ τῶν ἀπτήνων· πτερὰ μέν γε καὶ αὗται κατὰ ταὐτὰ ταῖς ἄλλαις φύουσιν, ὑπὸ δὲ βάρους καὶ διὰ μέγεθος οὐχ οἷά τέ ἐστιν ἀνέχειν σφᾶς ἐς τὸν ἀέρα τὰ πτερά.
A bronze ostrich of the flightless kind carries Arsinoe; indeed these also grow wings in the same way as other birds, but because of weight and due to size, the wings are not able to hold them up into the air.
§9.31.2ἐνταῦθα καὶ Τηλέφῳ τῷ Ἡρακλέους γάλα ἐστὶν ἔλαφος παιδὶ μικρῷ διδοῦσα καὶ βοῦς τε παρʼ αὐτὸν καὶ ἄγαλμα Πριάπου θέας ἄξιον.
Here there is also a hind giving milk to Telephus, the child of Heracles, when he was small, and a bull beside him, and a statue of Priapus worth seeing.
τούτῳ τιμαὶ τῷ θεῷ δέδονται μὲν καὶ ἄλλως, ἔνθα εἰσὶν αἰγῶν νομαὶ καὶ προβάτων ἢ καὶ ἑσμοὶ μελισσῶν· Λαμψακηνοὶ δὲ ἐς πλέον ἢ θεοὺς τοὺς ἄλλους νομίζουσι, Διονύσου τε αὐτὸν παῖδα εἶναι καὶ Ἀφροδίτης λέγοντες.
Honors are given to this god in other ways too, wherever there are pastures of goats and sheep, or also swarms of bees; but the inhabitants of Lampsacus honor him even more than the other gods, saying that he is the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.
§9.31.3ἐν δὲ τῷ Ἑλικῶνι καὶ ἄλλοι τρίποδες κεῖνται καὶ ἀρχαιότατος, ὃν ἐν Χαλκίδι λαβεῖν τῇ ἐπʼ Εὐρίπῳ λέγουσιν Ἡσίοδον νικήσαντα ᾠδῇ.
On Helicon other tripods also lie, and the oldest, which they say Hesiod received in Chalcis on the Euripus, having won in a song contest.
περιοικοῦσι δὲ καὶ ἄνδρες τὸ ἄλσος, καὶ ἑορτήν τε ἐνταῦθα οἱ Θεσπιεῖς καὶ ἀγῶνα ἄγουσι Μουσεῖα· ἄγουσι δὲ καὶ τῷ Ἔρωτι, ἆθλα οὐ μουσικῆς μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀθληταῖς τιθέντες.
Men also dwell around the grove, and the Thespians hold a festival and contest there, the Museia; and they also hold them for Eros, setting prizes not only for music but also for athletes.
ἐπαναβάντι δὲ στάδια ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄλσους τούτου ὡς εἴκοσιν ἔστιν ἡ τοῦ Ἵππου καλουμένη κρήνη· ταύτην τὸν Βελλεροφόντου ποιῆσαί φασιν ἵππον ἐπιψαύσαντα ὁπλῇ τῆς γῆς.
And for one having ascended about twenty stades from this grove, there is the fountain called that of the Horse; they say that the horse of Bellerophon made this by touching the earth with his hoof.
§9.31.4Βοιωτῶν δὲ οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἑλικῶνα οἰκοῦντες παρειλημμένα δόξῃ λέγουσιν ὡς ἄλλο Ἡσίοδος ποιήσειεν οὐδὲν ἢ τὰ Ἔργα· καὶ τούτων δὲ τὸ ἐς τὰς Μούσας ἀφαιροῦσι προοίμιον, ἀρχὴν τῆς ποιήσεως εἶναι τὸ ἐς τὰς Ἔριδας λέγοντες· καί μοι μόλυβδον ἐδείκνυσαν, ἔνθα ἡ πηγή, τὰ πολλὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου λελυμασμένον· §9.31.5ἐγγέγραπται δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ Ἔργα.
And of the Boeotians, those who inhabit around Helicon say from received tradition that Hesiod composed nothing else than the Works; and from this they remove the prelude to the Muses, saying that the beginning of the poem is the part about the Strifes; and they showed me lead, where the fountain is, for the most part ruined by time; and on it the Works are inscribed.
ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα κεχωρισμένη τῆς προτέρας, ὡς πολύν τινα ἐπῶν ὁ Ἡσίοδος ἀριθμὸν ποιήσειεν, ἐς γυναῖκάς τε ᾀδόμενα καὶ ἃς μεγάλας ἐπονομάζουσιν Ἠοίας, καὶ Θεογονίαν τε καὶ ἐς τὸν μάντιν Μελάμποδα, καὶ ὡς Θησεὺς ἐς τὸν Ἅιδην ὁμοῦ Πειρίθῳ καταβαίη παραινέσεις τε Χίρωνος ἐπὶ διδασκαλίᾳ δὴ τῇ Ἀχιλλέως, καὶ ὅσα ἐπὶ Ἔργοις τε καὶ Ἡμέραις.
But there is also another opinion distinct from the former, that Hesiod composed a great number of verses, those sung about women, and those which they name the Great Eoiae, and theogony, and on the seer Melampus, and how Theseus went down to Hades together with Pirithous, and the Precepts of Chiron for the instruction of Achilles, and all that is after the Works and Days.
οἱ δὲ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι λέγουσι καὶ ὡς μαντικὴν Ἡσίοδος διδαχθείη παρὰ Ἀκαρνάνων· καὶ ἔστιν ἔπη Μαντικά, ὁπόσα τε ἐπελεξάμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς, καὶ ἐξηγήσεις ἐπὶ τέρασιν.
These same people also say that Hesiod was taught the art of divination by the Acarnanians; and there are Divining Verses, as many as we ourselves have read, and expositions on portents.
§9.31.6ἐναντία δὲ καὶ ἐς τοῦ Ἡσιόδου τὴν τελευτήν ἐστιν εἰρημένα.
And contrary things have also been said regarding the death of Hesiod.
ὅτι μὲν γὰρ οἱ παῖδες τοῦ Γανύκτορος Κτίμενος καὶ Ἄντιφος ἔφυγον ἐς Μολυκρίαν ἐκ Ναυπάκτου διὰ τοῦ Ἡσιόδου τὸν φόνον καὶ αὐτόθι ἀσεβήσασιν ἐς Ποσειδῶνα ἐγένετο σφίσιν ἡ δίκη, τάδε μὲν καὶ οἱ πάντες κατὰ ταὐτὰ εἰρήκασι· τὴν δὲ ἀδελφὴν τῶν νεανίσκων οἱ μὲν ἄλλου τού φασιν αἰσχύναντος Ἡσίοδον λαβεῖν οὐκ ἀληθῆ τὴν τοῦ ἀδικήματος δόξαν, οἱ δὲ ἐκείνου γενέσθαι τὸ ἔργον.
For that the sons of Ganyctor, Ctimenus and Antiphus, fled to Molycria from Naupactus because of the murder of Hesiod, and that there justice befell them having committed impiety against Poseidon, all indeed have said these things in the same way; but as for the sister of the young men, some say that someone else having defiled her, Hesiod received the untrue reputation of the crime, but others say that the deed was his.
τὰ μὲν δὴ ἐς Ἡσίοδον καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐς τὰ ἔπη διάφορα ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο εἴρηται·
The disputes concerning Hesiod himself and his poems have been spoken of to this extent.
§9.31.7ἐπὶ δὲ ἄκρᾳ τῇ κορυφῇ τοῦ Ἑλικῶνος ποταμὸς οὐ μέγας ἐστὶν ὁ Λάμος.
And on the highest summit of Helicon is the Lamos, a river not large.
Θεσπιέων δὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ Δονακών ἐστιν ὀνομαζόμενος· ἐνταῦθά ἐστι Ναρκίσσου πηγή, καὶ τὸν Νάρκισσον ἰδεῖν ἐς τοῦτο τὸ ὕδωρ φασίν, οὐ συνέντα δὲ ὅτι ἑώρα σκιὰν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ λαθεῖν τε αὐτὸν ἐρασθέντα αὑτοῦ καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ οἱ συμβῆναι τὴν τελευτήν.
And in the land of the Thespians is a place called Donacon; there is the spring of Narcissus, and they say Narcissus looked into this water, and not understanding that he was seeing his own shadow, he fell in love with himself without knowing it, and due to his love, his end came upon him at the spring.
τοῦτο μὲν δὴ παντάπασιν εὔηθες, ἡλικίας ἤδη τινὰ ἐς τοσοῦτο ἥκοντα ὡς ὑπὸ ἔρωτος ἁλίσκεσθαι μηδὲ ὁποῖόν τι ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁποῖόν τι ἀνθρώπου σκιὰ διαγνῶναι· §9.31.8ἔχει δὲ καὶ ἕτερος ἐς αὐτὸν λόγος, ἧσσον μὲν τοῦ προτέρου γνώριμος, λεγόμενος δὲ καὶ οὗτος, ἀδελφὴν γενέσθαι Ναρκίσσῳ δίδυμον, τά τε ἄλλα ἐς ἅπαν ὅμοιον τὸ εἶδος καὶ ἀμφοτέροις ὡσαύτως κόμην εἶναι καὶ ἐσθῆτα ἐοικυῖαν αὐτοὺς ἐνδύεσθαι καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐπὶ θήραν ἰέναι μετὰ ἀλλήλων· Νάρκισσον δὲ ἐρασθῆναι τῆς ἀδελφῆς, καὶ ὡς ἀπέθανεν ἡ παῖς, φοιτῶντα ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν συνιέναι μὲν ὅτι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σκιὰν ἑώρα, εἶναι δέ οἱ καὶ συνιέντι ῥᾳστώνην τοῦ ἔρωτος ἅτε οὐχ ἑαυτοῦ σκιὰν δοξάζοντι ἀλλὰ εἰκόνα ὁρᾶν τῆς ἀδελφῆς.
This indeed is altogether foolish, that someone having already reached such an age as to be captured by love could not distinguish what a human being is like and what a shadow of a human being is like; but another story is also told of him, less known than the former, but told this one too, that a twin sister was born to Narcissus, in other respects completely like him in form, and they both had similar hair and put on similar clothing, and indeed they also went to the hunt together; and Narcissus fell in love with his sister, and when the girl died, going frequently to the spring, he understood indeed that he was seeing his own shadow, but even while understanding, it was a relief of his love to him, as he imagined that he was looking not at his own shadow but at an image of his sister.
§9.31.9νάρκισσον δὲ ἄνθος ἡ γῆ καὶ πρότερον ἔφυεν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, εἰ τοῖς Πάμφω τεκμαίρεσθαι χρή τι ἡμᾶς ἔπεσι· γεγονὼς γὰρ πολλοῖς πρότερον ἔτεσιν ἢ Νάρκισσος ὁ Θεσπιεὺς Κόρην τὴν Δήμητρός φησιν ἁρπασθῆναι παίζουσαν καὶ ἄνθη συλλέγουσαν, ἁρπασθῆναι δὲ οὐκ ἴοις ἀπατηθεῖσαν ἀλλὰ ναρκίσσοις.
But the daffodil flower, in my opinion, the earth produced even before, if indeed we must judge by the verses of Pamphus; for having been born many years before Narcissus the Thespian, he says that Core, the daughter of Demeter, was carried off while playing and gathering flowers, and that she was carried off having been deceived not by violets but by daffodils.