Greek passages split into sentences with English translation
| Passage | Sentence | Greek | English | Era | Skepticism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.21.1 | 1 | κατελθοῦσι δὲ ἐντεῦθεν καὶ τραπεῖσιν αὖθις ἐπὶ τὴν ἀγοράν, ἔστι μὲν Κερδοῦς Φορωνέως γυναικὸς μνῆμα, ἔστι δὲ ναὸς Ἀσκληπιοῦ. | Going down from this place and turning once again toward the marketplace, there is the tomb of Cerdo, wife of Phoroneus, and a temple of Asclepius. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.1 | 2 | τὸ δὲ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν ἐπίκλησιν Πειθοῦς, Ὑπερμήστρα καὶ τοῦτο ἀνέθηκε νικήσασα τῇ δίκῃ τὸν πατέρα ἣν τοῦ Λυγκέως ἕνεκα ἔφυγε. | Nearby stands a sanctuary of Artemis surnamed Peitho; this sanctuary too was dedicated by Hypermnestra, who established it after defeating in court her father, whom she had defied on Lynceus' account. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.1 | 3 | καὶ Αἰνείου ἐνταῦθα χαλκοῦς ἀνδριάς ἐστι καὶ χωρίον καλούμενον Δέλτα· ἐφʼ ὅτῳ δέ---οὐ γάρ μοι τὰ λεγόμενα ἤρεσκεν---, ἑκὼν παρίημι. | Here also is a bronze statue of Aeneas, and a place called Delta; concerning the reason for this name—I did not find the current explanations satisfactory—I willingly pass it by. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 2.21.10 | 1 | τούτους δή φασιν Ἀργεῖοι τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς οἰκοδομῆσαι τῇ Λητοῖ τὸν ναόν· | The Argives indeed say that these were the ones who first built the temple of Leto. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 2.21.10 | 2 | ἐγὼ δὲ---πρόσκειμαι γὰρ πλέον τι ἢ οἱ λοιποὶ τῇ Ὁμήρου ποιήσει---δοκῶ τῇ Νιόβῃ τῶν παίδων μηδένα ὑπόλοιπον γενέσθαι. | But I—for I attach somewhat greater importance than others to the poetry of Homer—believe that none of Niobe's children survived. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.10 | 3 | μαρτυρεῖ δέ μοι τὸ ἔπος τὼ δʼ ἄρα καὶ δοιώ περ ἐόντʼ ἀπὸ πάντας ὄλεσσαν. Hom. Il. 24.609 | Homer’s verse, "But they destroyed the two remaining though they were among many others," confirms my opinion. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.10 | 4 | οὗτος μὲν δὴ τὸν οἶκον τὸν Ἀμφίονος ἐκ βάθρων ἀνατραπέντα οἶδε· | Homer indeed knows well that the house of Amphion was utterly overthrown from its foundations. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.2 | 1 | πρὸ δὲ αὐτοῦ πεποίηται Διὸς Φυξίου βωμὸς καὶ πλησίον Ὑπερμήστρας μνῆμα Ἀμφιαράου μητρός, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον Ὑπερμήστρας τῆς Λαναοῦ· σὺν δὲ αὐτῇ καὶ Λυγκεὺς τέθαπται. | In front of it has been erected an altar of Zeus Phyxios; nearby is the tomb of Hypermnestra, the mother of Amphiaraus, while another is of Hypermnestra, the daughter of Danaus, and Lynceus is buried with her. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.2 | 2 | τούτων δὲ ἀπαντικρὺ Ταλαοῦ τοῦ Βίαντός ἐστι τάφος· | Opposite these is the tomb of Talaus, the son of Bias. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.2 | 3 | τὰ δὲ ἐς Βίαντα καὶ ἀπογόνους τοῦ Βίαντος ἤδη λέλεκταί μοι. | I have previously spoken concerning Bias and the descendants of Bias. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.3 | 1 | Ἀθηνᾶς δὲ ἱδρύσασθαι Σάλπιγγος ἱερόν φασιν Ἡγέλεων. | They say that Hegeleos founded the sanctuary of Athena Salpinx ("Trumpet"). | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.3 | 2 | Τυρσηνοῦ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν Ἡγέλεων, τὸν δὲ Ἡρακλέους εἶναι καὶ γυναικὸς λέγουσι τῆς Λυδῆς, | This Hegeleos, they say, was the son of Tyrsenos, who in turn was the son of Heracles by a Lydian woman. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 2.21.3 | 3 | Τυρσηνὸν δὲ σάλπιγγα εὑρεῖν πρῶτον, Ἡγέλεων δὲ τὸν Τυρσηνοῦ διδάξαι τοὺς σὺν Τημένῳ Δωριέας τοῦ ὀργάνου τὸν ψόφον καὶ διʼ αὐτὸ Ἀθηνᾶν ἐπονομάσαι Σάλπιγγα. | Tyrsenos was the first inventor of the trumpet, and Hegeleos son of Tyrsenos taught the Dorians accompanying Temenos how to produce sound upon this instrument; for this reason, Athena received the epithet Salpinx. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.3 | 4 | πρὸ δὲ τοῦ ναοῦ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς Ἐπιμενίδου λέγουσιν εἶναι τάφον· | In front of the temple of Athena, they say, is the tomb of Epimenides; | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 2.21.3 | 5 | Λακεδαιμονίους γὰρ πολεμήσαντας πρὸς Κνωσσίους ἑλεῖν ζῶντα Ἐπιμενίδην, λαβόντας δὲ ἀποκτεῖναι, διότι σφίσιν οὐκ αἴσια ἐμαντεύετο, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀνελόμενοι θάψαι ταύτῃ φασί. | for the Lacedaemonians, while fighting against the Knossians, captured Epimenides alive and subsequently put him to death because he had prophesied ill fortune for them; later, however, repenting of their deed, they themselves claim to have buried him here. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 2.21.4 | 1 | τὸ δὲ οἰκοδόμημα λευκοῦ λίθου κατὰ μέσον μάλιστα τῆς ἀγορᾶς οὐ τρόπαιον ἐπὶ Πύρρῳ τῷ Ἠπειρώτῃ, καθὰ λέγουσιν οἱ Ἀργεῖοι, καυθέντος δὲ ἐνταῦθα τοῦ νεκροῦ μνῆμα καὶ τοῦτο ἂν εὕροι τις, ἐν ᾧ τά τε ἄλλα ὅσοις ὁ Πύρρος ἐχρῆτο ἐς τὰς μάχας καὶ οἱ ἐλέφαντές εἰσιν ἐπειργασμένοι. | The structure of white stone standing near the very center of the marketplace is not, as the Argives claim, a trophy commemorating victory over Pyrrhus the Epirote; rather, it marks the place where his corpse was cremated, and this can also be recognized by examining it closely. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 2.21.4 | 2 | τοῦτο μὲν δὴ κατὰ τὴν πυρὰν τὸ οἰκοδόμημα ἐγένετο· | For upon it, among other representations, are carved the elephants and other things used by Pyrrhus in battle. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.4 | 3 | αὐτὰ δὲ κεῖται τοῦ Πύρρου τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῆς Δήμητρος, παρʼ ᾧ συμβῆναί οἱ καὶ τὴν τελευτὴν ἐδήλωσα ἐν τῇ Ἀτθίδι συγγραφῇ. | The building was erected over the site of his pyre. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.4 | 4 | τοῦ δὲ τῆς Δήμητρος ἱεροῦ τούτου κατὰ τὴν ἔσοδον ἀσπίδα ἰδεῖν Πύρρου χαλκῆν ἔστιν ὑπὲρ τῶν θυρῶν ἀνακειμένην. | As for Pyrrhus' bones themselves, they lie in the sanctuary of Demeter, near which, as I explained in my Attic history, he met his death. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.5 | 1 | τοῦ δὲ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ τῶν Ἀργείων οἰκοδομήματος οὐ μακρὰν χῶμα γῆς ἐστιν· ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ κεῖσθαι τὴν Μεδούσης λέγουσι τῆς Γοργόνος κεφαλήν. | Not far from the building in the marketplace of the Argives, there is a mound of earth; they say that the head of the Gorgon Medusa lies within it. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 2.21.5 | 2 | ἀπόντος δὲ τοῦ μύθου τάδε ἄλλα ἐς αὐτήν ἐστιν εἰρημένα· | Apart from the mythical tradition, this other version about her is also recorded: | Historical | Skeptical |
| 2.21.5 | 3 | Φόρκου μὲν θυγατέρα εἶναι, τελευτήσαντος δέ οἱ τοῦ πατρὸς βασιλεύειν τῶν περὶ τὴν λίμνην τὴν Τριτωνίδα οἰκούντων καὶ ἐπὶ θήραν τε ἐξιέναι καὶ ἐς τὰς μάχας ἡγεῖσθαι τοῖς Λίβυσι καὶ δὴ καὶ τότε ἀντικαθημένην στρατῷ πρὸς τὴν Περσέως δύναμιν---ἕπεσθαι γὰρ καὶ τῷ Περσεῖ λογάδας ἐκ Πελοποννήσου--- δολοφονηθῆναι νύκτωρ, καὶ τὸν Περσέα τὸ κάλλος ἔτι καὶ ἐπὶ νεκρῷ θαυμάζοντα οὕτω τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποτεμόντα αὐτῆς ἄγειν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐς ἐπίδειξιν. | that she was a daughter of Phorcus, and upon her father's death she succeeded him as ruler of the people who dwell around Lake Tritonis; that she habitually went out hunting and led the Libyans into battle, and at that time indeed opposed her army to the force commanded by Perseus—for Perseus, too, was attended by chosen fighters from the Peloponnese. It is said she was treacherously murdered by night, and Perseus, even admiring her beauty in death, cut off her head in this way and brought it back to Greece as a marvel for display. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 2.21.6 | 1 | Καρχηδονίῳ δὲ ἀνδρὶ Προκλεῖ τῷ Εὐκράτους ἕτερος λόγος ὅδε ἐφαίνετο εἶναι τοῦ προτέρου πιθανώτερος. | A Carthaginian named Procles, son of Eucrates, presented another story, which seemed to him to be more credible than the previous one. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.6 | 2 | Λιβύης ἡ ἔρημος καὶ ἄλλα παρέχεται θηρία ἀκούσασιν οὐ πιστὰ καὶ ἄνδρες ἐνταῦθα ἄγριοι καὶ ἄγριαι γίνονται γυναῖκες· ἔλεγέ τε ὁ Προκλῆς ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἄνδρα ἰδεῖν κομισθέντα ἐς Ῥώμην. | The desert of Libya produces creatures which are unbelievable to those who hear of them; moreover, wild men and women inhabit it; Procles claimed that he himself saw a man of this sort who had been brought to Rome. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 2.21.6 | 3 | εἴκαζεν οὖν πλανηθεῖσαν γυναῖκα ἐκ τούτων καὶ ἀφικομένην ἐπὶ τὴν λίμνην τὴν Τριτωνίδα λυμαίνεσθαι τοὺς προσοίκους, ἐς ὃ Περσεὺς ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτήν· | He reasoned, therefore, that a certain woman of these people had wandered forth and come to Lake Tritonis, bringing harm upon the local inhabitants, until Perseus killed her. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 2.21.6 | 4 | Ἀθηνᾶν δέ οἱ συνεπιλαβέσθαι δοκεῖν τοῦ ἔργου, ὅτι οἱ περὶ τὴν λίμνην τὴν Τριτωνίδα ἄνθρωποι ταύτης εἰσὶν ἱεροί. | He held the opinion that Athena joined Perseus in this deed because the people dwelling around Lake Tritonis considered her sacred. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.7 | 1 | ἐν δὲ Ἄργει παρὰ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ μνῆμα τῆς Γοργόνος Γοργοφόνης τάφος ἐστὶ τῆς Περσέως. | In Argos, next to this monument, is the tomb of Gorgophone, daughter of Perseus. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.7 | 2 | καὶ ἐφʼ ὅτῳ μὲν αὐτῇ τὸ ὄνομα ἐτέθη, δῆλον εὐθὺς ἀκούσαντι· | The reason why she was given that name is immediately clear to anyone who hears it ("Gorgon Slayer"). | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.7 | 3 | γυναικῶν δὲ πρώτην αὐτήν φασι τελευτήσαντος τοῦ ἀνδρὸς Περιήρους τοῦ Αἰόλου---τούτῳ γὰρ παρθένος συνῴκησε---, τὴν δὲ αὖθις Οἰβάλῳ γήμασθαι· | They say she was the first among women who, after the death of her husband Perieres son of Aeolus—to whom she had been joined while still a maiden—married again, this time to Oebalus. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 2.21.7 | 4 | πρότερον δὲ καθεστήκει ταῖς γυναιξὶν ἐπὶ ἀνδρὶ ἀποθανόντι χηρεύειν. | Previously, it had been customary for women to remain widows when their husbands died. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.8 | 1 | τοῦ τάφου δὲ ἔμπροσθεν τρόπαιον λίθου πεποίηται κατὰ ἀνδρὸς Ἀργείου Λαφάους· | In front of the tomb stands a trophy of stone, raised against the Argive Laphes. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.8 | 2 | τοῦτον γὰρ---γράφω δὲ ὁπόσα λέγουσιν αὐτοὶ περὶ σφῶν Ἀργεῖοι---τυραννοῦντα ἐξέβαλεν ἐπαναστὰς ὁ δῆμος, φυγόντα δὲ ἐς Σπάρτην Λακεδαιμόνιοι κατάγειν ἐπειρῶντο ἐπὶ τυραννίδι, νικήσαντες δὲ οἱ Ἀργεῖοι τῇ μάχῃ Λαφάην τε καὶ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀπέκτειναν. | For this man—here I relate only what the Argives themselves say about their own affairs—when he was tyrant was expelled by an uprising of the people. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 2.21.8 | 3 | τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν τῆς Λητοῦς ἔστι μὲν οὐ μακρὰν τοῦ τροπαίου, τέχνη δὲ τὸ ἄγαλμα Πραξιτέλους. | After he fled to Sparta, the Lacedaemonians tried to restore him to the tyranny, but the Argives prevailed in battle, killing Laphes and most of the Lacedaemonians. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.9 | 1 | τὴν δὲ εἰκόνα παρὰ τῇ θεῷ τῆς παρθένου Χλῶριν ὀνομάζουσι, Νιόβης μὲν θυγατέρα εἶναι λέγοντες, Μελίβοιαν δὲ καλεῖσθαι τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς· | The image standing beside the goddess they call Chloris, asserting that she was a daughter of Niobe, though her original name was Meliboea. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.9 | 2 | ἀπολλυμένων δὲ ὑπὸ Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος τῶν Ἀμφίονος παίδων περιγενέσθαι μόνην τῶν ἀδελφῶν ταύτην καὶ Ἀμύκλαν, περιγενέσθαι δὲ εὐξαμένους τῇ Λητοῖ. | When the children of Amphion were being destroyed by Artemis and Apollo, she alone among her sisters survived, along with Amyclas, having prayed to Leto for mercy. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 2.21.9 | 3 | Μελίβοιαν δὲ οὕτω δή τι παραυτίκα τε χλωρὰν τὸ δεῖμα ἐποίησε καὶ ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν τοῦ βίου παρέμεινεν ὡς καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἐπὶ τῷ συμβάντι ἀντὶ Μελιβοίας αὐτῇ γενέσθαι Χλῶριν. | At that moment fear made Meliboea turn so pale (chlōrē) that for the rest of her life she continued to show this pallor; thus, due to this incident, her name was changed from Meliboea to Chloris. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |