Greek passages split into sentences with English translation
| Passage | Sentence | Greek | English | Era | Skepticism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.7.1 | 1 | ἔοικε δὲ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τὸ ἱερὸν τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων ἐπιβεβουλεῦσθαι πλείστων ἤδη. | From the very beginning, it seems, the sanctuary at Delphi has been the target of numerous human attacks. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 10.7.1 | 2 | οὗτός τε ὁ Εὐβοεὺς λῃστὴς καὶ ἔτεσιν ὕστερον τὸ ἔθνος τὸ Φλεγυῶν, ἔτι δὲ Πύρρος ὁ Ἀχιλλέως ἐπεχείρησεν αὐτῷ, καὶ δυνάμεως μοῖρα τῆς Ξέρξου, καὶ οἱ χρόνον τε ἐπὶ πλεῖστον καὶ μάλιστα τοῦ θεοῦ τοῖς χρήμασιν ἐπελθόντες οἱ ἐν Φωκεῦσι δυνάσται, καὶ ἡ Γαλατῶν στρατιά. | This Euboean pirate was among them; afterward the tribe of the Phlegyae, and later Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, attempted it as well, along with a portion of Xerxes’ force, the Phocian leaders—who for the longest time and to the greatest degree assailed the god’s property—and the Galatian army. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.1 | 3 | ἔμελλε δὲ ἄρα οὐδὲ τῆς Νέρωνος ἐς πάντα ὀλιγωρίας ἀπειράτως ἕξειν, ὃς τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα πεντακοσίας θεῶν τε ἀναμὶξ ἀφείλετο καὶ ἀνθρώπων εἰκόνας χαλκᾶς. | Nor, it seems, was even Nero, who was contemptuous of all things, going to remain ignorant of this impulse; he carried away from Apollo five hundred bronze statues of gods and mortals alike. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.2 | 1 | ἀρχαιότατον δὲ ἀγώνισμα γενέσθαι μνημονεύουσι καὶ ἐφʼ ᾧ πρῶτον ἆθλα ἔθεσαν, ᾆσαι ὕμνον ἐς τὸν θεόν· | They record that the most ancient contest held, and that upon which prizes were first bestowed, was the singing of a hymn to the god. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.2 | 2 | καὶ ᾖσε καὶ ἐνίκησεν ᾄδων Χρυσόθεμις ἐκ Κρήτης, οὗ δὴ ὁ πατὴρ λέγεται Καρμάνωρ καθῆραι Ἀπόλλωνα. | The first victor who sang and prevailed was Chrysothemis from Crete, whose father, Carmanor, is said to have purified Apollo. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 10.7.2 | 3 | Χρυσοθέμιδος δὲ ὕστερον Φιλάμμωνά τε ᾠδῇ μνημονεύουσι νικῆσαι καὶ ἐπʼ ἐκείνῳ Θάμυριν τὸν Φιλάμμωνος. | After Chrysothemis, Philammon is mentioned as victorious in song, and following him Thamyris, son of Philammon. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.2 | 4 | Ὀρφέα δὲ σεμνολογίᾳ τῇ ἐπὶ τελεταῖς καὶ ὑπὸ φρονήματος τοῦ ἄλλου καὶ Μουσαῖον τῇ ἐς πάντα μιμήσει τοῦ Ὀρφέως οὐκ ἐθελῆσαί φασιν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ ἀγῶνι μουσικῆς ἐξετάζεσθαι. | But Orpheus, because of the solemn nature of his rites and his greater loftiness of mind, and Musaeus, owing to his close imitation of all Orpheus' practices, declined, it is said, to subject themselves to musical competition. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 10.7.3 | 1 | φασὶ δὲ καὶ Ἐλευθῆρα ἀνελέσθαι Πυθικὴν νίκην μέγα καὶ ἡδὺ φωνοῦντα, ἐπεὶ ᾄδειν γε αὐτὸν οὐχ αὑτοῦ τὴν ᾠδήν. | They say also that Eleuther won a victory in the Pythian games because his voice was powerful and sweet, although he did not sing a composition of his own. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.3 | 2 | λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἡσίοδον ἀπελαθῆναι τοῦ ἀγωνίσματος ἅτε οὐ κιθαρίζειν ὁμοῦ τῇ ᾠδῇ δεδιδαγμένον. | It is also said that Hesiod was excluded from the contest since he had not learned to accompany his singing with the lyre. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.3 | 3 | Ὅμηρος δὲ ἀφίκετο μὲν ἐς Δελφοὺς ἐρησόμενος ὁπόσα καὶ ἐδεῖτο, ἔμελλε δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ κιθαρίζειν διδαχθέντι ἀχρεῖον τὸ μάθημα ὑπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τῆς συμφορᾶς γενήσεσθαι. | Homer too came to Delphi to inquire about certain matters he desired to know, and though he had been taught the lyre as well, this training was destined to prove useless to him because of the affliction of his blindness. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.4 | 1 | τῆς δὲ τεσσαρακοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος καὶ ὀγδόης, ἣν Γλαυκίας ὁ Κροτωνιάτης ἐνίκησε, ταύτης ἔτει τρίτῳ ἆθλα ἔθεσαν οἱ Ἀμφικτύονες κιθαρῳδίας μὲν καθὰ καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, προσέθεσαν δὲ καὶ αὐλῳδίας ἀγώνισμα καὶ αὐλῶν· | In the third year of the forty-eighth Olympiad, in which Glaukias of Kroton won, the Amphictyons established contests, continuing as before for singing to the kithara, but also adding competitions for singing with the aulos and for playing the aulos itself. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.4 | 2 | ἀνηγορεύθησαν δὲ νικῶντες Κεφαλήν τε Μελάμπους κιθαρῳδίᾳ καὶ αὐλῳδὸς Ἀρκὰς Ἐχέμβροτος, Σακάδας δὲ Ἀργεῖος ἐπὶ τοῖς αὐλοῖς· | Melampus from Kephallenia was proclaimed victor in kithara-singing, Echembrotos the Arcadian in singing to the aulos, and Sakadas of Argos in playing the aulos. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.4 | 3 | ἀνείλετο δὲ ὁ Σακάδας οὗτος καὶ ἄλλας δύο τὰς ἐφεξῆς ταύτης πυθιάδας. | This Sakadas won also the two following successive Pythian contests. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.5 | 1 | ἔθεσαν δὲ καὶ ἆθλα τότε ἀθληταῖς πρῶτον, τά τε ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ πλὴν τεθρίππου καὶ αὐτοὶ νομοθετήσαντες δολίχου καὶ διαύλου παισὶν εἶναι δρόμον. | Then for the first time they also established contests for athletes, including the same events held at Olympia, except for the four-horse chariot race; and they themselves added a long-distance race (dolichos) as well as a double-length stadium race (diaulos) for boys. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.5 | 2 | δευτέρᾳ δὲ πυθιάδι οὐκ ἐπὶ ἄθλοις ἐκάλεσαν ἔτι ἀγωνίζεσθαι, στεφανίτην δὲ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀπὸ τούτου κατεστήσαντο· | But at the second Pythiad they no longer called upon competitors to compete for prizes, but instead established the contest thenceforth as one for crowns of victory. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.5 | 3 | καὶ αὐλῳδίαν τό τε κατέλυσαν, καταγνόντες οὐκ εἶναι τὸ ἄκουσμα εὔφημον· | They also abolished the flute-song (auloidia), judging that its sound was not well-suited for sacred festivity. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.5 | 4 | ἡ γὰρ αὐλῳδία μέλη τε ἦν αὐλῶν τὰ σκυθρωπότατα καὶ ἐλεγεῖα θρῆνοι προσᾳδόμενα τοῖς αὐλοῖς. | For flute-singing involved the most mournful tunes of the flute, as well as elegiac verses sung as laments accompanied by flutes. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.6 | 1 | μαρτυρεῖ δέ μοι καὶ τοῦ Ἐχεμβρότου τὸ ἀνάθημα, τρίπους χαλκοῦς ἀνατεθεὶς τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ τῷ ἐν Θήβαις· | The dedication of Echembrotus also bears witness to my statement, a bronze tripod dedicated to Heracles in Thebes. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.6 | 2 | ἐπίγραμμα δὲ ὁ τρίπους εἶχεν· | The tripod bore this epigram: | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.6 | 3 | Ἐχέμβροτος Ἀρκὰς θῆκε τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ νικήσας τόδʼ ἄγαλμʼ Ἀμφικτυόνων ἐν ἀέθλοις, Ἕλλησι δʼ ἀείδων μέλεα καὶ ἐλέγους. | "Echembrotus the Arcadian dedicated this offering to Heracles upon his victory in the contests of the Amphictyons, singing melodies and elegies for the Greeks." | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.6 | 4 | κατὰ τοῦτο μὲν τῆς αὐλῳδίας ἐπαύσθη τὸ ἀγώνισμα· | At this time, the contest in flute-playing was discontinued; | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.6 | 5 | προσέθεσαν δὲ καὶ ἵππων δρόμον, ἀνηγορεύθη δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ ἅρματι Κλεισθένης ὁ Σικυῶνος τυραννήσας. | and a horse-race was added, in which Cleisthenes, the tyrant of Sicyon, was proclaimed victor with his chariot. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.7 | 1 | ὀγδόῃ δὲ πυθιάδι προσενομοθέτησαν κιθαριστὰς τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν κρουμάτων τῶν ἀφώνων· καὶ Τεγεάτης ἐστεφανοῦτο Ἀγέλαος. | In the eighth Pythian festival they added a musical contest for lyre-players who performed instrumental music without voice, and Agelaus of Tegea won the crown. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.7 | 2 | τρίτῃ δὲ πυθιάδι ἐπὶ ταῖς εἴκοσι προστιθέασιν ὁπλίτην δρόμον· καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ Τιμαίνετος ἐκ Φλιοῦντος ἀνείλετο τὴν δάφνην, Ὀλυμπιάσιν ὕστερον πέντε ἢ Δαμάρετος Ἡραιεὺς ἐνίκησεν. | At the third Pythiad after the twentieth, they introduced the race in arms; the laurel in this competition was won by Timainetos of Phlius, five Olympiads after Damaretos of Heraea was victorious at Olympia. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.7 | 3 | ὀγδόῃ δὲ ἐπὶ τεσσαράκοντα πυθιάδι καὶ συνωρίδος εἶναι κατεστήσαντο δρόμον· καὶ Ἐξηκεστίδου Φωκέως ἐνίκησεν ἡ συνωρίς. | At the forty-eighth Pythiad, they established a race for two-horse chariots, and the pair belonging to Exaikestides of Phocis were the victors. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.7 | 4 | πέμπτῃ δὲ πυθιάδι ἀπὸ ταύτης πώλους ἔζευξαν ὑπὸ ἅρματι· καὶ παρέδραμεν Ὀρφώνδα Θηβαίου τέθριππον. | In the fifth Pythiad following this, they yoked foals to a chariot, and the chariot of Orphondas of Thebes outran the others. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.8 | 1 | παγκράτιον δʼ ἐν παισὶ καὶ συνωρίδα τε πώλων καὶ πῶλον κέλητα πολλοῖς ἔτεσιν ὕστερον κατεδέξαντο Ἠλείων, τὸ μὲν πρώτῃ πυθιάδι ἐπὶ ταῖς ἑξήκοντα, καὶ Ἰολαΐδας ἐνίκα Θηβαῖος· | The Eleans admitted the boys' pancratium and later, by many years, the race for two-horse chariots of colts and the riding-race for colts—the first of these contests at the sixty-first Pythian festival, when Iolaïdas of Thebes won. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.8 | 2 | διαλιπόντες δὲ ἀπὸ ταύτης μίαν κέλητι ἔθεσαν δρόμον πώλῳ, ἐνάτῃ δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς ἑξήκοντα συνωρίδι πωλικῇ, καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν τῷ πώλῳ τῷ κέλητι Λυκόρμας ἀνηγορεύθη Λαρισαῖος, Πτολεμαῖος δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ συνωρίδι Μακεδών· | After an interval of one festival from this, they set up a riding-race for colts, and at the sixty-ninth festival the chariot-race for a pair of colts; in the riding-match for colts, Lyformas of Larissa was proclaimed victor, and Ptolemy the Macedonian in the pair of colt-chariots. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.8 | 3 | ἔχαιρον γὰρ δὴ Μακεδόνες οἱ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καλούμενοι βασιλεῖς, καθάπερ γε ἦσαν. | For the Macedonian kings in Egypt, as they were then called, had a passion for such victories, since indeed they were actual Macedonians. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 10.7.8 | 4 | δάφνης δὲ στέφανος ἐπὶ τῶν Πυθίων τῇ νίκῃ κατʼ ἄλλο μὲν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν ἐστιν οὐδέν, ὅτι δὲ τῆς Λάδωνος θυγατρὸς Ἀπόλλωνα ἐρασθῆναι κατέσχηκεν ἡ φήμη. | As for why the crown at the Pythian games is of laurel, in my opinion there is no other reason except the tradition that Apollo fell in love with the daughter of Ladon. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |