Greek passages split into sentences with English translation
| Passage | Sentence | Greek | English | Era | Skepticism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7.1 | 1 | ὑπερβαλόντα δὲ ἐς τὴν Μαντινικὴν διὰ τοῦ Ἀρτεμισίου πεδίον ἐκδέξεταί σε Ἀργὸν καλούμενον, καθάπερ γε καὶ ἔστι· τὸ γὰρ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ κατερχόμενον ἐς αὐτὸ ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν ἀργὸν εἶναι τὸ πεδίον ποιεῖ, | After you cross through Artemisium into Mantinean territory, there awaits you a plain called Argon ("Idle"), just as it truly is; for the water descending upon it from the mountain renders the plain idle and barren. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.1 | 2 | ἐκώλυέ τε οὐδὲν ἂν τὸ πεδίον τοῦτο εἶναι λίμνην, εἰ μὴ τὸ ὕδωρ ἠφανίζετο ἐς χάσμα γῆς. | Indeed nothing would prevent this plain from becoming a lake, were the water not vanishing into a fissure in the earth. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.2 | 1 | ἀφανισθὲν δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἄνεισι κατὰ τὴν Δίνην· | After disappearing here, it re-emerges at the Dine spring. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.2 | 2 | ἔστι δὲ ἡ Δίνη κατὰ τὸ Γενέθλιον καλούμενον τῆς Ἀργολίδος, ὕδωρ γλυκὺ ἐκ θαλάσσης ἀνερχόμενον. | The Dine is located by the place called Genethlion in Argolis, and is fresh water that rises from the sea. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.2 | 3 | τὸ δὲ ἀρχαῖον καὶ καθίεσαν ἐς τὴν Δίνην τῷ Ποσειδῶνι ἵππους οἱ Ἀργεῖοι κεκοσμημένους χαλινοῖς. | In ancient times, the Argives used to offer horses adorned with bridles to Poseidon by sending them down into the Dine. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.2 | 4 | γλυκὺ δὲ ὕδωρ ἐν θαλάσσῃ δῆλόν ἐστιν ἐνταῦθά τε ἀνιὸν ἐν τῇ Ἀργολίδι καὶ ἐν τῇ Θεσπρωτίδι κατὰ τὸ Χειμέριον καλούμενον. | This phenomenon of fresh water emerging in the sea is clearly evident at this spot in Argolis, and also in Thesprotia near the place called Cheimerion. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.3 | 1 | θαύματος δὲ ἔτι πλέονός ἐστιν ἐν Μαιάνδρῳ ζέον ὕδωρ, τὸ μὲν ἐκ πέτρας, περιέχοντος τοῦ ῥεύματος τὴν πέτραν, τὸ δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἰλύος ἄνεισι τοῦ ποταμοῦ. | Yet a still greater wonder exists in the Maeander, a boiling water, partly rising from a rock—though the river flows around the rock—and partly emerging from the mud of the river itself. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.3 | 2 | πρὸ Δικαιαρχίας δὲ τῆς Τυρσηνῶν ὕδωρ τε ἐν θαλάσσῃ ζέον καὶ νῆσος διʼ αὐτό ἐστι χειροποίητος, ὡς μηδὲ τοῦτο τὸ ὕδωρ ἀργὸν εἶναι ἀλλά σφισι λουτρὰ θερμά. | Before Dicaearchia in the land of the Etruscans, there is also boiling water in the sea, and because of this, an artificial island has been constructed, so that even this water is not unused but serves as hot baths for them. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.4 | 1 | τοῦ δὲ Ἀργοῦ καλουμένου πεδίου Μαντινεῦσιν ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ, σκηνῆς τε Φιλίππου τοῦ Ἀμύντου καὶ κώμης ἐρείπια ἔχον Νεστάνης· | On the left-hand side of the plain called Argon there is a mountain belonging to the Mantineans, upon which stand the ruins of the village of Nestane and of the camp of Philip son of Amyntas. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.4 | 2 | πρὸς ταύτῃ γὰρ στρατοπεδεύσασθαι τῇ Νεστάνῃ Φίλιππον λέγουσι καὶ τὴν πηγὴν αὐτόθι ὀνομάζουσιν ἔτι ἀπὸ ἐκείνου Φιλίππιον. | For they say Philip encamped at Nestane, and the spring there is still named Philippium after him. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.4 | 3 | ἀφίκετο δὲ ἐς Ἀρκαδίαν Φίλιππος οἰκειωσόμενός τε Ἀρκάδας καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ σφᾶς τοῦ ἄλλου διαστήσων. | Philip had come into Arcadia both to establish friendly relations with the Arcadians and to detach them from the rest of the Greek alliance. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.5 | 1 | Φίλιππον δὲ βασιλέων μὲν τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὅσοι Μακεδόσι γεγόνασιν ὕστερον, τούτων μὲν πείθοιτο ἄν τις μέγιστα αὐτὸν ἔργα ἐπιδείξασθαι· στρατηγὸν δὲ ἀγαθὸν οὐκ ἄν τις φρονῶν ὀρθὰ καλέσειεν αὐτόν, ὅς γε καὶ ὅρκους θεῶν κατεπάτησεν ἀεὶ καὶ σπονδὰς ἐπὶ παντὶ ἐψεύσατο πίστιν τε ἠτίμασε μάλιστα ἀνθρώπων. | As for Philip, one might be convinced that, among the kings who preceded him and those who afterwards ruled over the Macedonians, he performed the greatest deeds; yet no one who judges rightly could call him a good general, since he continually trampled upon oaths sworn by the gods, was always false to his treaties in every circumstance, and showed himself to be the most contemptuous of all men regarding fidelity. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.6 | 1 | καί οἱ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ μήνιμα ἀπήντησεν οὐκ ὀψέ, πρῶτα δὲ ὧν ἴσμεν. | Not long afterward, divine anger overtook him, bringing upon him first of all the punishments known to us. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.6 | 2 | Φίλιππος μὲν οὐ πρόσω βιώσας ἕξ τε καὶ τεσσαράκοντα ἐτῶν τὸ μάντευμα ἐξετέλεσε τὸ ἐκ Δελφῶν, ὃ δὴ χρωμένῳ οἱ περὶ τοῦ Πέρσου γενέσθαι λέγουσιν, ἔστεπται μὲν ὁ ταῦρος, ἔχει τέλος, ἔστιν ὁ θύσων· | Philip, who lived no more than forty-six years, fulfilled the oracle given at Delphi, which, as they relate, had been delivered to him in his inquiry about the Persian: "The bull is garlanded; the end is at hand; there is one who will sacrifice him." | ? | ? |
| 8.7.6 | 3 | τοῦτο μὲν δὴ οὐ μετὰ πολὺ ἐδήλωσεν οὐκ ἐς τὸν Μῆδον, ἀλλὰ ἐς αὐτὸν ἔχον Φίλιππον· | Indeed, not long afterward, this oracle was clearly revealed to signify not the Persian, but Philip himself. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.7 | 1 | ἐπὶ δὲ Φιλίππῳ τελευτήσαντι Φιλίππου παῖδα νήπιον, γεγονότα δὲ ἐκ Κλεοπάτρας ἀδελφιδῆς Ἀττάλου, τοῦτον τὸν παῖδα ὁμοῦ τῇ μητρὶ Ὀλυμπιὰς ἐπὶ σκεύους χαλκοῦ πυρὸς ὑποβεβλημένου διέφθειρεν ἕλκουσα· | After the death of Philip, Olympias took his infant child by Cleopatra, niece of Attalus, and put him to death together with his mother by dragging them onto a bronze vessel heated by fire beneath. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.7 | 2 | χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον καὶ Ἀριδαῖον ἀπέκτεινεν. | Sometime later, she also killed Arrhidaeus. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.7 | 3 | ἔμελλε δὲ ἄρα ὁ δαίμων καὶ τὸ γένος τὸ Κασσάνδρου κακῶς ἐξαμήσειν· | But it seems heaven intended evil likewise to destroy Cassander's line. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.7 | 4 | Κασσάνδρῳ δὲ οἱ παῖδες ἐκ Θεσσαλονίκης γεγόνασι τῆς Φιλίππου, Θεσσαλονίκῃ δὲ ἦσαν καὶ Ἀριδαίῳ μητέρες Θεσσαλαί. | Cassander's sons were begotten of Thessalonice, daughter of Philip, and both Thessalonice and Arrhidaeus had Thessalian mothers. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.7 | 5 | τὰ δὲ ἐς Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ τοῖς πᾶσιν ὁμοίως δῆλά ἐστιν Ἀλεξάνδρου θάνατος · | Regarding Alexander, his death and its circumstances are equally well known to everyone. | ? | ? |
| 8.7.8 | 1 | εἰ δὲ τῶν ἐς Γλαῦκον τὸν Σπαρτιάτην ἐποιήσατο ὁ Φίλιππος λόγον καὶ τὸ ἔπος ἐφʼ ἑκάστου τῶν ἔργων ἀνεμίμνησκεν αὑτόν, ἀνδρὸς δʼ εὐόρκου γενεὴ μετόπισθεν ἀρείων, οὐκ ἂν οὕτω δίχα λόγου δοκεῖ μοι θεῶν τις Ἀλεξάνδρου τε ὁμοῦ τὸν βίον καὶ ἀκμὴν τὴν Μακεδόνων σβέσαι. | But if Philip had taken heed of his treatment of Glaucus the Spartan, and had reminded himself of this saying at each of his actions—that the descendants of a righteous man are made better—then it seems to me beyond doubt that no god would so swiftly have extinguished the life of Alexander and simultaneously ended the glory of the Macedonians. | ? | ? |