Φρύνης δὲ εἰκόνα ἐπίχρυσον Πραξιτέλης μὲν εἰργάσατο ἐραστὴς καὶ οὗτος, ἀνάθημα δὲ αὐτῆς Φρύνης ἐστὶν ἡ εἰκών. τὰ δὲ ἐφεξῆς ταύτῃ, τὰ μὲν ἀγάλματα τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος Ἐπιδαύριοι τὸ ἕτερον οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἀργολίδι ἀπὸ Μήδων, τὸ δὲ αὐτῶν Μεγαρεῖς ἀνέθεσαν Ἀθηναίους μάχῃ πρὸς Νισαίᾳ κρατήσαντες· Πλαταιέων δὲ βοῦς ἐστιν, ἡνίκα ἐν τῇ σφετέρᾳ καὶ οὗτοι Μαρδόνιον τὸν Γωβρύου μετὰ Ἑλλήνων ἠμύναντο ἄλλων. καὶ αὖθις δύο Ἀπόλλωνος, τὸ μὲν Ἡρακλεωτῶν τῶν πρὸς τῷ Εὐξείνῳ, τὸ δὲ Ἀμφικτυόνων ἐστίν, ὅτε Φωκεῦσιν ἐπεργαζομένοις τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν χώραν ἐπέβαλον χρημάτων ζημίαν·
ὁ δὲ Ἀπόλλων οὗτος καλεῖται μὲν ὑπὸ Δελφῶν Σιτάλκας, μέγεθος δὲ πέντε πηχῶν καὶ τριάκοντά ἐστι. στρατηγοὶ δὲ οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος, τὸ δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς, δύο τε Ἀπόλλωνος ἀγάλματα ἔστιν Αἰτωλῶν, ἡνίκα σφίσιν ἐξειργάσθη τὰ ἐς Γαλάτας. στρατιὰν δὲ τὴν Κελτῶν, ὡς ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης διαβήσοιτο ἐς τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ τῶν πόλεων, Φαεννὶς προεδήλωσεν ἐν τοῖς χρησμοῖς γενεᾷ πρότερον ἢ ἐπράχθη τὸ ἔργον·
ἦ τότʼ ἀμειψάμενος στεινὸν πόρον Ἑλλησπόντου / † αὐδήσει Γαλατῶν ὀλοὸς στρατός, οἵ ῥʼ ἀθεμίστως / Ἀσίδα πορθήσουσι· θεὸς δʼ ἔτι κύντερα θήσει / πάγχυ μάλʼ, οἳ ναίουσι παρʼ ἠϊόνεσσι θαλάσσης— / εἰς ὀλίγον· τάχα γάρ σφιν ἀοσσητῆρα Κρονίων / ὁρμήσει, ταύροιο διοτρεφέος φίλον υἱόν, / ὃς πᾶσιν Γαλάτῃσιν ὀλέθριον ἦμαρ ἐφήσει. / παῖδα δὲ εἶπε ταύρου τὸν ἐν Περγάμῳ βασιλεύσαντα Ἄτταλον· τὸν δὲ αὐτὸν τοῦτον καὶ ταυρόκερων προσείρηκε χρηστήριον.
ἱππικοῦ δὲ ἡγεμόνας ἀναβεβηκότας ἐπὶ ἵππους Φεραῖοι παρὰ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἔστησαν τρεψάμενοι τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἵππον. τὸν δὲ φοίνικα ἀνέθεσαν Ἀθηναῖοι τὸν χαλκοῦν, καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ἐπίχρυσον ἐπὶ τῷ φοίνικι, ἀπὸ ἔργων ὧν ἐπʼ Εὐρυμέδοντι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ τὸ μὲν πεζῇ, τὸ δὲ ναυσὶν ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ κατώρθωσαν. τούτου τοῦ ἀγάλματος ἐνιαχοῦ τὸν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ χρυσὸν ἐθεώμην λελυμασμένον.
ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τὸ ἔγκλημα ἐς κακούργους τε ἦγον καὶ φῶρας ἀνθρώπους· Κλειτόδημος δέ, ὁπόσοι τὰ Ἀθηναίων ἐπιχώρια ἔγραψαν ὁ ἀρχαιότατος, οὗτος ἐν τῷ λόγῳ φησὶ τῷ Ἀττικῷ, ὅτε Ἀθηναῖοι παρεσκευάζοντο ἐπὶ Σικελίᾳ τὸν στόλον, ὡς ἔθνος τι ἄπειρον κοράκων κατῆρε τότε ἐς Δελφούς, καὶ περιέκοπτόν τε τοῦ ἀγάλματος τούτου καὶ ἀπέρρησσον τοῖς ῥάμφεσιν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὸν χρυσόν· λέγει δὲ καὶ ὡς τὸ δόρυ καὶ τὰς γλαῦκας καὶ ὅσος καρπὸς ἐπὶ τῷ φοίνικι ἐπεποίητο ἐς μίμησιν τῆς ὀπώρας, κατακλάσαιεν καὶ ταῦτα οἱ κόρακες.
Ἀθηναίοις μὲν δὴ καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα μὴ ἐκπλεῦσαι σφᾶς ἀπαγορεύοντα ἐς Σικελίαν διηγήσατο ὁ Κλειτόδημος, Κυρηναῖοι δὲ ἀνέθεσαν ἐν Δελφοῖς Βάττον ἐπὶ ἅρματι, ὃς ἐς Λιβύην ἤγαγε σφᾶς ναυσὶν ἐκ Θήρας. ἡνίοχος μὲν τοῦ ἅρματός ἐστι Κυρήνη, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἅρματι Βάττος τε καὶ Λιβύη στεφανοῦσά ἐστιν αὐτόν· ἐποίησε δὲ Ἀμφίων Ἀκέστορος Κνώσσιος.
ἐπεὶ δὲ ᾤκισε Βάττος τὴν Κυρήνην, λέγεται καὶ τῆς φωνῆς γενέσθαι οἱ τοιόνδε ἴαμα· ἐπιὼν τῶν Κυρηναίων τὴν χώραν ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις αὐτῆς ἐρήμοις ἔτι οὖσι θεᾶται λέοντα, καὶ αὐτὸν τὸ δεῖμα τὸ ἐκ τῆς θέας βοῆσαι σαφὲς καὶ μέγα ἠνάγκασεν. οὐ πόρρω δὲ τοῦ Βάττου καὶ ἄλλον ἔστησαν οἱ Ἀμφικτύονες Ἀπόλλωνα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδικήματος τοῦ ἐς τὸν θεὸν τῶν Φωκέων.
The gilded statue of Phryne is a work of Praxiteles, one of her lovers, but was dedicated by Phryne herself. Next to it are two images of Apollo: one of them was dedicated by the Epidaurians of Argolis out of spoils taken from the Medes; the other was dedicated by the Megarians for a victory which they won over the Athenians at Nisaea. There is an ox dedicated by the Plataeans at the time when, along with the rest of the Greeks, they defended themselves against Mardonius, son of Gobryas, in their own territory. Next there are two more images of Apollo, one dedicated by the people of Heraclea on the Euxine, the other by the Amphictyons at the time when they imposed a fine on the Phocians for cultivating the territory of the god. This last Apollo is called Sitalcas by the Delphians, and is five-and-thirty ells high. Also there are statues of the Aetolian generals, an image of Artemis, one of Athena, and two of Apollo: these were offered by the Aetolians when they had brought their affair with the Gauls to an end.
That the Celtic host would cross from Europe into Asia to destroy the cities had been foretold by Phaennis in her oracles a generation before the event took place :— Then having crossed the narrow strait of the Hellespont The destructive army of the Gauls shall pipe; they shall lawlessly Ravage Asia ; and God shall make it yet worse For all who dwell by the shores of the sea For a little while. But soon the son of Cronus shall stir up a helper for them, A dear son of a Zeus-reared bull, Who shall bring a day of doom on all the Gauls. By the son of a bull she meant Attalus, king of Pergamus, who is also described in an oracle as bull-horned. The statues of cavalry officers on horseback were set up by the Pheraeans in the sanctuary of Apollo after they had routed the Attic cavalry.
The bronze palm-tree and the gilt image of Athena on it were dedicated by the Athenians out of the spoils of the two battles—the battle on land and the naval battle on the river—which they won on the same day at the Eurymedon. I observed that in some places the gilding on the image was damaged. I laid the blame on evil-doers and thieves. But Clitodemus, the oldest of all the writers who have described Attica, says in his work on Attica, that when the Athenians were fitting out their armament to attack Sicily, an innumerable flock of crows flew to Delphi, pecked this image, and tore the gold off it with their beaks. He says, too, that they broke off the spear and the owls and the mimic fruit on the palm. He also describes other omens which warned the Athenians not to set sail for Sicily.
The Cyrenians dedicated at Delphi a statue of Battus on a chariot: it was Battus who led them in ships from Thera to Libya. The charioteer is Cyrene, and in the chariot are Battus and Libya, who is in the act of crowning him. The work is by Amphion, a Cnosian, son of Acestor. When Battus had founded Cyrene it is said that he was cured of his stammer in the following way. As he was traversing the district of Cyrene he beheld in the utmost parts of it, which were still uninhabited, a lion, and terror at the sight forced from his lips a loud articulate cry. Not far from the statue of Battus is another statue of Apollo, erected by the Amphictyons out of the fine paid by the Phocians for their sacrilege.
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