The end was square, not round as at Athens and Delphi. Nothing more is known of this person. [1.5.4] But his children expelled the Metionidae, and returned from banishment at Megara, and Aegeus, as the eldest, became king of the Athenians. [1.4.1] IV. But the Rhodians displayed daring and ingenuity in the face of the besiegers, while Ptolemy helped them with all the forces he could muster. But the Athenians assert that when the Amazons came, Antiope was shot by Molpadia, while Molpadia was killed by Theseus. That is, “those after whom others are named.” know that Triptolemus, son of Celeus, was the first to sow seed for cultivation. 22. Your current position in the text is marked in blue. And Perdiccas took Aridaeus, son of Philip, and the boy Alexander, whom Roxana, daughter of Oxyartes, had borne to Alexander, to lend color to the campaign, but really he was plotting to take from Ptolemy his kingdom in Egypt. In addition to the translation the books contain the source Greek text, Jones's introduction and footnotes, and an index of proper names. And the children of Themistocles certainly returned and set up in the Parthenon a painting, on which is a portrait of Themistocles. [1.7.3] Magas, who was married to Apame, daughter of Antiochus, son of Seleucus, persuaded Antiochus to break the treaty which his father Seleucus had made with Ptolemy and to attack Egypt. Athena, when he had destroyed all the host A Macedonian of the name of Docimus, a general of Antigonus, who afterwards surrendered both himself and his property to Lysimachus, had a Paphlagonian eunuch called Philetaerus. Before visiting Greece, Pausanias had traveled widely in Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Macedonia, Epirus (now in Greece and Albania), and parts of Italy. When the Macedonians attacked him, Pyrrhus went to Ptolemy, son of Lagus, in Egypt. 1. [1.9.7] He also crossed with a fleet to Asia and helped to overthrow the empire of Antigonus.36 He founded also the modern city of Ephesus as far as the coast, bringing to it as settlers people of Lebedos and Colophon, after destroying their cities, so that the iambic poet Phoenix com posed a lament for the capture of Colophon. Pausanias, Description of Greece ("Agamemnon", "Hom. Then on the arrival of Antigonus Ptolemy did not wait for him but returned to Egypt. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. [1.6.3] He crossed over to Egypt in person, and killed Cleomenes, whom Alexander had appointed satrap of that country, considering him a friend of Perdiccas, and therefore not faithful to himself; and the Macedonians who had been entrusted with the task of carrying the corpse of Alexander to Aegae, he persuaded to hand it over to him. [1.7.2] Ptolemy fortified the entrance into Egypt and awaited the attack of the Cyrenians. [1.16.3] I am persuaded that Seleucus was the most righteous, and in particular the most religious of the kings. It was late before the name “Gauls” came into vogue; for anciently they were called Celts both amongst themselves and by others. When his reputation had already spread throughout Greece he was raised to a greater height of fame by an order of the Pythian priestess, who bade the Delphians give to Pindar one half of all the first-fruits they offered to Apollo. In his self-conceit, although the Carthaginians, being Phoenicians of Tyre by ancient descent, were more experienced sea men than any other non-Greek people of that day, Pyrrhus was nevertheless encouraged to meet them in a naval battle, employing the Epeirots, the majority of whom, even after the capture of Troy, knew no thing of the sea nor even as yet how to use salt. And in front of the temple is one Apollo made by Leochares; the other Apollo, called Averter of evil, was made by Calamis. EMBED. [1.14.1] XIV. I have already stated how this Ptolemy sent a fleet to help the Athenians against Antigonus and the Macedonians, but it did very little to save Athens. Description of Greece. Current location in this text. It was late before the name “Gauls” came into vogue; for anciently they were called Celts both amongst themselves an… Translation based on the original rendering by W. H. S. Jones, 1918 (Scroll 2 with H.A. 56. Even up to my time there were docks there, and near the largest harbor is the grave of Themistocles. Od. share. [1.8.6] Before the entrance of the theater which they call the Odeum (Music Hall) are statues of Egyptian kings. The account, how ever, given by Hieronymus the Cardian is different, for a man who associates with royalty cannot help being a partial historian. [1.4.5] The greater number of the Gauls crossed over to Asia by ship and plundered its coasts. But Choerilus, an Athenian, who wrote a play called Alope, says that Cercyon and Triptolemus were brothers, that their mother was the daughter of Amphictyon, while the father of Triptolemus was Rarus, of Cercyon, Poseidon. In it are a wooden figure of Zeus Counsellor and an Apollo, the work of Peisias,14 and a Demos by Lyson. Od. and made a guardian of her temple. Now Acrotatus died first; and when afterwards Cleomenes died, a claim to the throne was put forward by Areus son of Acrotatus, and Cleonymus took steps to induce Pyrrhus to enter the country. [1.14.2] The Greeks who dispute most the Athenian claim to antiquity and the gifts they say they have received from the gods are the Argives, just as among those who are not Greeks the Egyptians compete with the Phrygians. 27. 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