§12.6.1συνθῆκαι δὲ πρὸς μὲν τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα Λοκροὺς οὔτʼ ἦσαν οὔτʼ ἐλέγοντο παρʼ αὐτοῖς γεγονέναι, πρὸς μέντοι Σικελοὺς πάντες εἶχον ἐν παραδόσει.
But as for treaties with the Locrians in Greece, they neither existed nor were said to have been made among them; however, everyone had a tradition concerning those with the Sicels.
§12.6.2περὶ ὧν ἔλεγον διότι, καθʼ ὃν καιρὸν ἐκ τῆς πρώτης παρουσίας καταλάβοιεν Σικελοὺς κατέχοντας ταύτην τὴν χώραν, ἐν ᾗ νῦν κατοικοῦσι, καταπλαγέντων αὐτοὺς ἐκείνων καὶ προσδεξαμένων διὰ τὸν φόβον, §12.6.3ὁμολογίας ποιήσαιντο τοιαύτας, ἦ μὴν εὐνοήσειν αὐτοῖς καὶ κοινῇ τὴν χώραν ἕξειν, ἕως ἂν ἐπιβαίνωσι τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ καὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἐπὶ τοῖς ὤμοις φορῶσι.
Concerning these, they said that, at the time when on their first arrival they found the Sicels occupying this country where they now dwell, the latter, being terrified of them and receiving them out of fear, they made the following agreement, swearing that they would indeed remain friendly to them and hold the land in common, as long as they should tread upon this earth and carry their heads upon their shoulders.
§12.6.4τοιούτων δὲ τῶν ὅρκων γινομένων φασὶ τοὺς Λοκροὺς εἰς μὲν τὰ πέλματα τῶν ὑποδημάτων ἐμβαλόντας γῆν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺς ὤμους σκόρδων κεφαλὰς ἀφανεῖς ὑποθεμένους οὕτως ποιήσασθαι τοὺς ὅρκους, §12.6.5κἄπειτα τὴν μὲν γῆν ἐκβαλόντας ἐκ τῶν ὑποδημάτων, τὰς δὲ κεφαλὰς τῶν σκόρδων ἀπορρίψαντας μετʼ οὐ πολὺ καιροῦ παραπεσόντος ἐκβαλεῖν τοὺς Σικελοὺς ἐκ τῆς χώρας.
They say that, when such oaths were being taken, the Locrians put earth into the soles of their shoes, and placed concealed heads of garlic on their shoulders, and made the oaths in this manner; and then, having thrown the earth out of their shoes and cast away the heads of garlic, they, before long when an opportunity presented itself, expelled the Sicels from the country.
§12.6.6ταῦτα μὲν οὖν λέγεται παρὰ Λοκροῖς. —
This, then, is the story told among the Locrians.