Greek passages split into sentences with English translation
| Passage | Sentence | Greek | English | Era | Skepticism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.31.1 | 1 | εἰ δὲ ἀπίδοις πάλιν ἐς τὸ ἄνω τῆς γραφῆς, ἔστιν ἐφεξῆς τῷ Ἀκταίωνι Αἴας ὁ ἐκ Σαλαμῖνος, καὶ Παλαμήδης τε καὶ Θερσίτης κύβοις χρώμενοι παιδιᾷ, τοῦ Παλαμήδους τῷ εὑρήματι· | If you look again toward the upper part of the painting, next to Actaeon stands Ajax of Salamis, and Palamedes together with Thersites play a game with dice—an invention of Palamedes. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.1 | 2 | Αἴας δὲ ὁ ἕτερος ἐς αὐτοὺς ὁρᾷ παίζοντας. | The other Ajax looks at them as they play. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.1 | 3 | τούτῳ τῷ Αἴαντι τὸ χρῶμά ἐστιν οἷον ἂν ἀνδρὶ ναυαγῷ γένοιτο ἐπανθούσης τῷ χρωτὶ ἔτι τῆς ἅλμης. | The complexion of this Ajax is such as a shipwrecked man might have, his flesh still bloomed with the brine. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.10 | 1 | ἀνωτέρω τούτων ἐστὶν ἡ Λυκάονος Καλλιστὼ καὶ Νομία τε καὶ ἡ Νηλέως Πηρώ· ταύτης ἕδνα τῶν γάμων βοῦς ὁ Νηλεὺς ᾔτει τὰς Ἰφίκλου. | Higher up from these stands Callisto, daughter of Lycaon, along with Nomia and Pero, the daughter of Neleus—whose cattle, belonging to Iphiclus, Neleus had demanded as a bridal gift when he married her. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.10 | 2 | τῇ Καλλιστοῖ δὲ ἀντὶ μὲν στρωμνῆς ἐστιν αὐτῇ δέρμα ἄρκτου, τοὺς πόδας δὲ ἐν τοῖς Νομίας γόνασιν ἔχει κειμένους. | Callisto herself lies upon a bearskin in place of a couch, and her feet rest upon Nomia's knees. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.10 | 3 | ἐδήλωσε δέ μοι τὰ πρότερα τοῦ λόγου φάναι τοὺς Ἀρκάδας Νομίαν εἶναι φασὶν ἐπιχώριον νύμφην· τὰς νύμφας δὲ εἶναι πολὺν μέν τινα ἀριθμὸν βιούσας ἐτῶν, οὐ μέντοι παράπαν γε ἀπηλλαγμένας θανάτου, ποιητῶν ἐστιν ἐς αὐτὰς λόγος. | Regarding Nomia, my previous account made it clear that the Arcadians affirm she is a local nymph; as for the nymphs generally, the poets speak of them as beings who, while living an exceedingly long time, are nevertheless not wholly exempt from death. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.10 | 4 | μετὰ δὲ τὴν Καλλιστὼ καὶ ὅσαι σὺν ἐκείνῃ γυναῖκες, κρημνοῦ τε σχῆμά ἐστι καὶ ὁ Αἰόλου Σίσυφος ἀνῶσαι πρὸς τὸν κρημνὸν βιαζόμενος τὴν πέτραν. | Beyond Callisto and the women depicted with her there appears a cliff, and there also is Sisyphus, son of Aeolus, forcing a stone uphill against this cliff. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.11 | 1 | ἔστι δὲ καὶ πίθος ἐν τῇ γραφῇ, πρεσβύτης δὲ ἄνθρωπος, ὁ δὲ ἔτι παῖς, καὶ γυναῖκες, νέα μὲν ὑπὸ τῇ πέτρᾳ, παρὰ δὲ τὸν πρεσβύτην ἐοικυῖα ἐκείνῳ τὴν ἡλικίαν· | There is also a jar visible in the painting, along with an old man, a boy still quite young, and two women—one young, standing under the rock, and another beside the elderly man, appearing close to his age. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.11 | 2 | οἱ μὲν δὴ ἄλλοι φέρουσιν ὕδωρ, τῇ δὲ γραῒ κατεᾶχθαι τὴν ὑδρίαν εἰκάσεις· | The others are carrying water, but it looks as if the old woman’s pitcher has broken. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.11 | 3 | ὅσον δὲ ἐν τῷ ὀστράκῳ λοιπόν ἦν τοῦ ὕδατος, ἐκχέουσά ἐστιν αὖθις ἐς τὸν πίθον. | You might suppose that she is pouring back into the jar whatever water remains in the broken vessel. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.11 | 4 | ἐτεκμαιρόμεθα δʼ εἶναι καὶ τούτους τῶν τὰ δρώμενα Ἐλευσῖνι ἐν οὐδενὶ θεμένων λόγῳ· | We conjectured that these figures also represent people who paid no heed at all to the rituals performed at Eleusis. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 10.31.11 | 5 | οἱ γὰρ ἀρχαιότεροι τῶν Ἑλλήνων τελετὴν τὴν Ἐλευσινίαν πάντων ὁπόσα ἐς εὐσέβειαν ἥκει τοσούτῳ ἦγον ἐντιμότερον ὅσῳ καὶ θεοὺς ἐπίπροσθεν ἡρώων. | For the most ancient of the Greeks esteemed the Eleusinian Mysteries above all other forms of religious devotion, just as they esteemed gods more highly than heroes. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.12 | 1 | ὑπὸ τούτῳ δὲ τῷ πίθῳ Τάνταλος καὶ ἄλλα ἔχων ἐστὶν ἀλγεινὰ ὁπόσα Ὅμηρος ἐπʼ αὐτῷ πεποίηκεν, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτοῖς πρόσεστίν οἱ καὶ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἐπηρτημένου λίθου δεῖμα. | Beneath this jar stands Tantalus, enduring all the grievous punishments that Homer attributed to him; and in addition to these sufferings, there is upon him also the terror of the suspended stone. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.12 | 2 | Πολύγνωτος μὲν δῆλός ἐστιν ἐπακολουθήσας τῷ Ἀρχιλόχου λόγῳ· | Polygnotus evidently followed here the tradition of Archilochus. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.12 | 3 | Ἀρχίλοχος δὲ οὐκ οἶδα εἴτε ἐδιδάχθη παρὰ ἄλλων τὰ ἐς τὸν λίθον εἴτε καὶ αὐτὸς ἐς τὴν ποίησιν ἐσηνέγκατο. | But whether Archilochus learned from others the story of the stone, or introduced it himself into his poetry, I cannot say. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 10.31.12 | 4 | τοσαύτη μὲν πλῆθος καὶ εὐπρεπείας ἐς τοσοῦτόν ἐστιν ἥκουσα ἡ τοῦ Θασίου γραφή· | Such is the scale and beauty to which the painting of the Thasian has attained. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.2 | 1 | ἐς δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐπίτηδες τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἤγαγεν ὁ Πολύγνωτος· | Polygnotus intentionally brought together, in the same place, those who were enemies of Odysseus. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.2 | 2 | ἀφίκετο δὲ ἐς Ὀδυσσέως δυσμένειαν ὁ τοῦ Ὀιλέως Αἴας, ὅτι τοῖς Ἕλλησιν Ὀδυσσεὺς παρῄνει καταλιθῶσαι τὸν Αἴαντα ἐπὶ τῷ ἐς Κασσάνδραν τολμήματι· | Ajax, son of Oileus, incurred Odysseus' hostility because Odysseus had advised the Greeks to stone Ajax for his offense against Cassandra. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.2 | 3 | Παλαμήδην δὲ ἀποπνιγῆναι προελθόντα ἐπὶ ἰχθύων θήραν, Διομήδην δὲ τὸν ἀποκτείναντα εἶναι καὶ Ὀδυσσέα ἐπιλεξάμενος ἐν ἔπεσιν οἶδα τοῖς Κυπρίοις. | As for Palamedes, I know from verses in the Cypria that he was drowned while fishing, and that Diomedes was named as his killer along with Odysseus. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.3 | 1 | Μελέαγρος δὲ ὁ Οἰνέως ἀνωτέρω μὲν ἢ ὁ τοῦ Ὀιλέως Αἴας ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ γραφῇ, ἔοικε δὲ ὁρῶντι ἐς τὸν Αἴαντα. | Meleager, the son of Oeneus, is depicted higher up in the painting than Ajax, son of Oileus, but resembles Ajax to one observing him. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.3 | 2 | τούτοις πλὴν τῷ Παλαμήδει γένειά ἐστι τοῖς ἄλλοις. | With the exception of Palamedes, all these figures are portrayed with beards. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.3 | 3 | ἐς δὲ τοῦ Μελεάγρου τὴν τελευτὴν Ὁμήρῳ μέν ἐστιν εἰρημένα ὡς Ἐρινὺς καταρῶν ἀκούσαι τῶν Ἀλθαίας καὶ ἀποθάνοι κατὰ ταύτην ὁ Μελέαγρος τὴν αἰτίαν, αἱ δὲ Ἠοῖαί τε καλούμεναι καὶ ἡ Μινυὰς ὡμολογήκασιν ἀλλήλαις· Ἀπόλλωνα γὰρ δὴ αὗταί φασιν αἱ ποιήσεις ἀμῦναι Κούρησιν ἐπὶ τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς καὶ ἀποθανεῖν Μελέαγρον ὑπὸ Ἀπόλλωνος. | Regarding the fate of Meleager, Homer says that a Fury heard Althaea's curses, and thus Meleager died according to this reason, while the poems called the 'Ehoiai' and the 'Minyas' agree with one another, asserting that Apollo fought for the Curetes against the Aetolians, and Meleager was slain by Apollo. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.4 | 1 | τὸν δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ δαλῷ λόγον, ὡς δοθείη μὲν ὑπὸ Μοιρῶν τῇ Ἀλθαίᾳ, Μελεάγρῳ δὲ οὐ πρότερον ἔδει τὴν τελευτὴν συμβῆναι πρὶν ἢ ὑπὸ πυρὸς ἀφανισθῆναι τὸν δαλὸν καὶ ὡς ὑπὸ τοῦ θυμοῦ καταπρήσειεν αὐτὸν ἡ Ἀλθαία, τοῦτον τὸν λόγον Φρύνιχος ὁ Πολυφράδμονος πρῶτος ἐν δράματι ἔδειξε Πλευρωνίαις· κρυερὸν γὰρ οὐκ ἤλυξεν μόρον, ὠκεῖα δέ νιν φλὸξ κατεδαίσατο, δαλοῦ περθομένου ματρὸς ὑπʼ αἰνᾶς κακομηχάνου. | As for the story concerning the torch, namely that it was given by the Fates to Althaea and that Meleager was fated not to meet his end until the torch had been consumed by fire, and that Althaea, driven by her anger, burned it up—Phrynichus, son of Polyphradmon, was the first to depict this story in his drama, the "Pleuronian Women": | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 10.31.4 | 2 | οὐ μὴν φαίνεταί γε ὁ Φρύνιχος προαγαγὼν τὸν λόγον ἐς πλέον ὡς εὕρημα ἄν τις οἰκεῖον, προσαψάμενος δὲ αὐτοῦ μόνον ἅτε ἐς ἅπαν ἤδη διαβεβοημένου τὸ Ἑλληνικόν. | "For he did not escape his chilling fate, But swift flame consumed him, When the torch was destroyed by his wickedly scheming mother." | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.5 | 1 | ἐν δὲ τοῖς κάτω τῆς γραφῆς μετὰ τὸν Θρᾷκά εἰσι Θάμυριν Ἕκτωρ μὲν καθεζόμενος. | In the lower part of the picture, after the Thracian Thamyris, sits Hector. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.5 | 2 | ἀμφοτέρας ἔχει τὰς χεῖρας περὶ τὸ ἀριστερὸν γόνυ, ἀνιωμένου σχῆμα ἐμφαίνων. | He is seated with both hands clasped about his left knee, clearly exhibiting an attitude of grief. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.5 | 3 | μετὰ δὲ αὐτὸν Μέμνων ἐστὶν ἐπὶ πέτρᾳ καθεζόμενος καὶ Σαρπηδὼν συνεχὴς τῷ Μέμνονι. | Next to him is Memnon seated upon a rock, and Sarpedon sits beside Memnon. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.5 | 4 | ἐπικέκλιται δὲ τὸ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἀμφοτέρας ὁ Σαρπηδών, ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα τῶν χειρῶν τοῦ Μέμνονος ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ τοῦ Σαρπηδόνος κεῖται. | Sarpedon is leaning forward, with his face resting upon both his hands, while one of Memnon's hands rests upon Sarpedon's shoulder. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.6 | 1 | γένεια μὲν πᾶσίν ἐστιν αὐτοῖς, ἐν δὲ τοῦ Μέμνονος τῇ χλαμύδι καὶ ὄρνιθές εἰσιν ἐπειργασμέναι· | All of these figures have beards, but on the cloak of Memnon there are also birds worked in relief; | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.6 | 2 | Μεμνονίδες ταῖς ὄρνισίν ἐστιν ὄνομα, | these birds are called Memnonides. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.6 | 3 | κατὰ δὲ ἔτος οἱ Ἑλλησπόντιοί φασιν αὐτὰς ἐν εἰρημέναις ἡμέραις ἰέναι τε ἐπὶ τοῦ Μέμνονος τὸν τάφον, καὶ ὁπόσον τοῦ μνήματος δένδρων ἐστὶν ἢ πόας ψιλόν, τοῦτο καὶ σαίρουσιν αἱ ὄρνιθες καὶ ὑγροῖς τοῖς πτεροῖς τοῦ Αἰσήπου τῷ ὕδατι ῥαίνουσι. | The people around the Hellespont say that every year, on certain appointed days, these birds come to Memnon's tomb, and whatever portion of his tomb is bare of trees or grass, the birds sweep clean, and then sprinkle it with water from the river Aesepus, carrying it in their wet wings. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 10.31.7 | 1 | παρὰ δὲ τῷ Μέμνονι καὶ παῖς Αἰθίοψ πεποίηται γυμνός, ὅτι ὁ Μέμνων βασιλεὺς ἦν τοῦ Αἰθιόπων γένους. | Next to Memnon, too, a figure of a naked Ethiopian boy has been sculpted, since Memnon was king of the Ethiopian race. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.7 | 2 | ἀφίκετο μέντοι ἐς Ἴλιον οὐκ ἀπʼ Αἰθιοπίας ἀλλὰ ἐκ Σούσων τῶν Περσικῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Χοάσπου ποταμοῦ, τὰ ἔθνη πάντα ὅσα ᾤκει μεταξὺ ὑποχείρια πεποιημένος· | He came to Troy, however, not from Ethiopia but from Susa in Persia and from the river Choaspes, having subdued all the peoples inhabiting the lands in between. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 10.31.7 | 3 | Φρύγες δὲ καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν ἔτι ἀποφαίνουσι διʼ ἧς τὴν στρατιὰν ἤγαγε τὰ ἐπίτομα ἐκλεγόμενος τῆς χώρας· | Indeed, the Phrygians even still point out the road along which he led his army, selecting the shortest routes through the countryside. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.7 | 4 | τέτμηται δὲ διὰ τῶν μονῶν ἡ ὁδός. | The road itself is cut through the isolated regions. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.8 | 1 | ὑπὲρ δὲ τὸν Σαρπηδόνα τε καὶ Μέμνονα, ἔστιν ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺς ὁ Πάρις οὐκ ἔχων πω γένεια. | Above Sarpedon and Memnon stands Paris, depicted still beardless. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.8 | 2 | κροτεῖ δὲ ταῖς χερσίν, οἷος ἂν γένοιτο ἀνδρὸς ἀγροίκου κρότος· ἐοικέναι τὸν Πάριν φήσεις τῷ ψόφῳ τῶν χειρῶν Πενθεσίλειαν παρʼ αὑτὸν καλοῦντι. | He is clapping his hands, producing a sound like that which might be made by a rustic fellow; from the clapping noise of his hands, you might suppose that Paris is summoning Penthesileia, who is portrayed beside him. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.8 | 3 | ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἡ Πενθεσίλεια ὁρῶσα ἐς τὸν Πάριν, τοῦ προσώπου δὲ ἔοικε τῷ νεύματι ὑπερορᾶν τε αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν οὐδενὸς τίθεσθαι λόγῳ. | Penthesileia herself is also present, gazing toward Paris, but from her facial expression she appears contemptuous in manner, disregarding him and paying him no heed. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.8 | 4 | τὸ δὲ σχῆμά ἐστι τῇ Πενθεσιλείᾳ παρθένος τόξον ἔχουσα τοῖς Σκυθικοῖς ἐμφερὲς καὶ παρδάλεως δέρμα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων. | Penthesileia is represented as a maiden; she holds a bow like those of Scythian type and wears the skin of a leopard across her shoulders. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.9 | 1 | αἱ δὲ ὑπὲρ τὴν Πενθεσίλειαν φέρουσαι μέν εἰσιν ὕδωρ ἐν κατεαγόσιν ὀστράκοις, πεποίηται δὲ ἡ μὲν ἔτι ὡραία τὸ εἶδος, ἡ δὲ ἤδη τῆς ἡλικίας προήκουσα· | The women depicted above Penthesileia are carrying water in broken pots; one is represented as still youthful in appearance, while the other is already advanced in age. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.31.9 | 2 | ἰδίᾳ μὲν δὴ οὐδὲν ἐπίγραμμα ἐπὶ ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν γυναικῶν, ἐν κοινῷ δέ ἐστιν ἐπὶ ἀμφοτέραις εἶναι σφᾶς τῶν οὐ μεμυημένων γυναικῶν. | There is no specific inscription individually identifying either woman, but there is one common to both, which states that they belong to the women who have not been initiated. | Historical | Not Skeptical |